Certificate in effective brief and short term therapy

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calendar_today 31st July 2025, 9.30am - 4.00pm
person Counsellors and trainees
universal_currency_alt £125
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Suitable for:

Qualified and trainee psychotherapeutic counsellors and mental health practitioners who are increasingly delivering short-term counselling and brief interventions (1-6 sessions).

Time:

9.30 am - 4:00 pm (6 hr CPD)

Fee:

NCPS = £99 (Usual fee is £125)

This course is held online via Zoom.

About the course:

Increasingly, we are providing short-term and brief therapy for clients. We explore the development, key features and differences of three main models: brief solution-focused therapy, single session and one session at a time (OAAT) models and how to integrate these principles into your work. How to manage risk, safeguarding and client expectations to deliver effective counselling within 1-6 sessions, or less, even with more complex presentations.

Course contents:

  • Slides presentation, experiential small group discussions, case examples.
  •  Includes course materials: workbook, slides, reading list resources.

List of contents:

  • Therapist mindset
  • Pros and cons
  • Who the approaches best suit
  • Limitations and cautions
  • History of the approaches
  • Similarities and differences
  • Assessment
  • Safeguarding and risk in brief work
  • Structuring 4-6 session counselling
  • Therapist tips
  • Putting it into practice with discussions
  • Case examples
  • Class exercises

The award:

On successful completion of the course, you will gain: Certificate in effective short-term therapy (via email).

Limited numbers:

This will be a small interactive course; numbers will be limited to max 12 to ensure time for interaction, questions, small group work in threes and fours and progressive integration of learning. Learning takes place by interacting, discussing, and engaging with materials.

Find out more and book your place at: https://buytickets.at/thepsychologystudio/1755911

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Hosted by Melanie Phelps

TUTOR BIO: Melanie is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Tutor /Trainer & Supervisor who has delivered and supervises brief therapy interventions (NHS, Surrey University, Charitable Organisations & Private Practitioners). She has her own private practice in Surrey.