Inspire CPD For Therapists

Courses in early 2023

3rd April - Pre Trial Therapy Guidance in depth (Other dates available - 18/5, 10/7, 25/9 & 2/11)

17th April - Working with complex PTSD, Dissociation & Shame
Each of the courses in our trauma series work as part of the series but also as a standalone workshop. If you book, and pay for, 3 or 4 of them together there is a discount available.

24th April - Disclosures, Safeguarding & Pre-Trial Therapy: what are your legal & ethical obligations

For more information see full list of workshops and dates below. If you have a query or anything isn't clear please contact us via the email link.


How to book a place

Complete the online booking form on the bookings page. You'll receive an automatic email confirmation, which includes instructions on how to pay. Your place is not confirmed until we receive payment.
We send joining instructions about a week before each course.


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Cost of courses

All courses on zoom cost £85 from March 2023. Workshops in the room are £95. We are currently offering a discount of £25 if you book 3 of our Trauma series or £40 off if you book on all 4.


Workshop location - we remain on zoom for now (other than our Supervisor's Course)

We've decided due to the success of our delivery of workshops on zoom we will remain on that format for the time-being. Please be assured that they are just as interactive and practical as when we deliver in the room. We've really great feedback and 99.9% saying they'd do a zoom workshop with us again.

We've run a course for supervisors in the room. It's a large airy room & we limit numbers to 12. We'll run another in September. We plan to run these twice a year. The content is different every time and if you're a supervisor it's a brilliant session to connect with others and share openly the challenges and to get some inspiration and ideas.

If you'd like to attend our training but would prefer "in the room" then do email us to let us know as that's what will encourage us to consider doing so!


Pre Trial Therapy Guidance - revised 2022

We've been waiting a long time for this revision of the Pre Trial Therapy guidance and it's finally published! In this new and completely rewritten workshop we will consider what the impact is for therapy and therapists. As well as covering all the important and fundamental principles we will allow plenty of time for you to ask questions and we'll use case studies to bring it to life.

Dates scheduled:
Pre Trial Therapy Guidance - in depth

27th March - Fully Booked
3rd April (NEW DATE DUE TO DEMAND)
18th May
10th July
25th September
2nd November

Disclosures, Safeguarding & Pre Trial Therapy - what are your legal & ethical obligations?
24th April

Time: 9.30 to 3.30 pm
Cost: £85
Where: On zoom

After attending delegates will be able to:

  • Understand the requirements of the new PTTG in relation to therapy work
  • Recognise the need to balance the principles of confidentiality of client data with the Attorney General’s guidelines on disclosure and understand why this matters for therapists
  • Recognise the components of current GDPR and Data Protection legislation in order to comply with the requirements of the law & current Ethical Frameworks
  • Revise and adapt current privacy notice, contracts and PTT guidance for clients and service users in order to comply with the new PTTG guidance and current legislation on data protection
  • Demonstrate increased knowledge & understanding of the legal system
  • Inform clients of the implications for therapeutic work and future therapy of reporting to the police
  • Describe to clients the importance of understanding the PTTG and of any contract changes which may result from the criminal proceedings
  • Handle requests from the police for disclosure of therapy records
  • Recognise general principles around good note keeping & additional requirements where a client reports SV to the police

    We are also still running our original Disclosure, Safeguarding & Pre Trial Therapy course on 24th April - it has been totally revised to take account of the new guidelines and also GDPR. This course is particularly useful for therapists who
  • work in private practice or who
  • haven't had any training around what you should/might do if a client discloses sexual violence or childhood abuse, and for
  • students


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    Trauma: Working with complex PTSD & Dissociation

    17th April 2023 (or 16th October 2023)
    9.30 am - 3.30 pm on zoom
    Cost £85


    Course 3 in our new series on working with Trauma. Discounts available if you book 3 or 4 of the series.

    The impact of childhood abuse or neglect and of living in dysfunctional environments has long lasting effects on our clients. We need to understand the impact of long-term abuse, the role of shame and how dissociation presents in the therapy room to work effectively and safely with this client group. In this new workshop we’ll consider

  • The role of dissociation in CSA
  • Complex PTSD and dissociative disorders
  • Parts of self
  • Understanding why shame is so important to appreciate when working with traumatised clients
  • Treatment strategies based on body therapies, internal family systems parts work, mindfulness techniques, and polyvagal theory
  • The challenges of working with this client group and understanding your own limits


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    Understanding Your Obligations to Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Pre-Trial Therapy, Disclosure & Safeguarding

    DATE: 24th April 2023
    9.30 am to 3.30 pm
    £85


    This course is a MUST DO for anyone who works with survivors of abuse or sexual violence. unpick the tricky balance between safeguarding and confidentiality as well as looking at the different types of disclosure, the differing times when clients may disclose and what actions you should take. We delve into the NEW Pre-Trial Therapy Guidelines (issued May 2022) and what it means for therapy and your clients.

    This course is particularly useful for therapists who maybe work in private practice or who haven't had any training around what you should/might do if a client discloses sexual violence or childhood abuse. It's also great for students or newly qualified therapists as it gives a good overview of all the relevant aspects.

    We also run a full day course specifically on the new Pre-Trial Therapy Guidelines which may be more suitable for those who work in organisations working predominantly with sexual or domestic violence.

    The course covers:

    Disclosure:

  • How to handle disclosures of abuse both recent and non-recent.
  • Using a mixture of case studies and discussion we will explore:
  • The potential conflicts between confidentiality and safeguarding
  • What action you should take
  • Understanding the importance of the context within which you work

    Safeguarding
  • understanding your obligations

    the New Pre-Trial Therapy Guidelines
  • What is it?
  • What do the guidelines say & what does it mean for therapy?
  • How might therapy impact on a criminal trial?
  • Your obligations under GDPR, including the need to update your privacy notice, and why you cannot rely on consent as your reason for disclosure of notes
  • How does this impact on note taking?
  • How long should notes be retained?
  • What should I do if I get a request from the police?
  • How can I best support my client through the criminal justice process?


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    Adult Attachment & Relationship: What does it mean for therapy?

    When: 5th May 2023
    Time: 9.30 - 3.30
    Where: zoom
    Cost: £85


    Moving on from Bowlby, we look at the latest in adult attachment theory and how it impacts on client, therapist and the therapy as a whole. We will look at the links between trauma and attachment and the latest neuroscience developments. As with all our workshops we'll take a practical look at how we can utilise current knowledge in our work with clients and what it adds to our understanding of how we work with our clients. Inevitably with this course we'll look at our own attachment styles and ways of being in relationship with others.

  • Polyvagal theory and right and left brain attunement
  • Attachment through a somatic lens
  • The theory of adult attachment, primary and secondary systems, and where does it ‘fit’ in terms of emotional resilience?
  • Polyvagal theory and right and left brain attunement
  • Attachment through a somatic lens
  • How does a client’s attachment history affect therapy?
  • Why is it important to have an understanding of attachment when working with traumatised clients?
  • How does therapist attachment style impact the therapeutic relationship?
  • What’s the latest neuroscience around attachment? What does it mean for therapy?



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    Exploring the Father Wound - the impact of the absent father

    Date: 22nd May 2023
    Time: 9.30 - 3.30
    Where: zoom
    Cost: £85


    Our Mother Wound course has been so popular we thought we would take a look at Fathers too!

    Fathers are so often absent in our lives – through divorce/separation, work, or most often simply emotionally absent. We explore the personal impact and ways of working with clients to address their wounds.

    This workshop combines some didactic theoretical learning with experiential exercises to help you explore your own relationship with your father, and ways of exploring this with clients.

    In particular we will explore:

  • The many ways that a father can be absent from our lives
  • The historical development and societal impact that has led to Father’s having an emotional disconnect
  • The ‘rules’ men live by to avoid emotional intimacy and the impact of these
  • The myths around the importance of Fatherhood – for example that girls need Mothers more than fathers during adolescence
  • The different wounds experienced by girls and boys
  • The impact of a loss of relational needs
  • How your relationship with your father has impacted your relationships
  • How understanding neural plasticity and attachment is improving the way we look at a father’s relationship with his children


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    Vicarious trauma, Compassion Fatigue or Burnout

    5th June 2023 (or 20th November 2023)
    9.30 am - 3.30 pm on zoom
    Cost: £85


    Course 4 in our new series on working with Trauma. Discounts available if you book 3 or 4 of the series.

    What if we’re not just tired?

    What if we’re not just tired?
    What if it’s our souls that are exhausted?
    The kind of tired that sleep won’t remedy.
    You see, when the world is in crisis (and it is),
    your soul becomes weary with the weight of collective grief….

    Donna Ashworth
    From History Will Remember


    This is one of a number of poems by Donna Ashworth on themes around the pandemic, from her book “History Will Remember”. These words really capture some of the exhaustion that many therapists, frontline workers, and those who support others are feeling. We hear it every day in the therapy room and with our supervisees. Many are exhausted.

    Plus, it’s not just that our jobs are demanding and tiring because we’re supporting others who are finding life and the world difficult, but we’re expected to do this whilst we also deal with the same issues ourselves. Add into that the ever-growing number of people needing support, working from home and working remotely for 18 months or more and you’ve a recipe for exhaustion!

    If you work with trauma, and who doesn’t as a therapist, then you’ll recognise “burnout”, “vicarious trauma”, “compassion fatigue” as key concepts…. You might even be wondering if that’s the path you’re on?

    How can we protect ourselves, or the people that we employ or who volunteer, from what are very real challenges when working with trauma, and traumatised individuals? We’re constantly told to practice self-care…but do we walk the walk? And what if we are and it’s still not enough?

    In this new course we’ll take a practical look at the difficulties and what we can do to help keep ourselves healthy and functioning, so that we enjoy our work more! It will cover:
  • Burnout, compassion fatigue & vicarious trauma
  • Why self-care often isn’t enough
  • The impact of the pandemic and remote working
  • The neurophysiology of empathy
  • Assess your needs and devise your own well-being plan


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    Setting Up A Successful Counselling Business: A Practical Workshop

    Date 3rd July 2023
    9.30 am to 3.30 pm on Zoom
    Cost £85


    This one day workshop addresses the questions and practicalities for therapists wanting to start out in private practice. This course will take place on Zoom - but will have all the usual elements of discussion & interactive elements including small groups.

    The course covers:

  • Is private practice the right choice for me?
  • The advantages/disadvantages of working from home or an office space
  • How should I charge
  • How much should I charge?
  • How should I take payments?
  • Should I have a cancellation fee?
  • What insurances do I need?
  • Does GDPR affect me?
  • What business expenses can I claim?
  • What directories should I use?
  • What other marketing should I consider or avoid?
  • Brand awareness
  • Do I need a website and how to get one
  • Working for organisations/EAP programmes
  • Professional wills


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    Safe & Effective Trauma Therapy Essentials

    DATE: 17th July 2023
    9.30 am to 3.30 pm
    £85

    This is course 1 in a new series of 4 looking at Trauma. Each of the courses can be taken as a standalone but form part of this series on the essentials of trauma work. This first workshop is particularly helpful for therapists new to trauma work, whether in training, or because you haven't worked in this area.

    Sadly, if you work as a therapist you will inevitably work with traumatised people. Whether that be individuals who experienced childhood abuse and/or neglect, others who’ve experienced domestic or sexual violence in adulthood or maybe members of the armed forces, or others like police or ambulance workers who suffer trauma in the course of their working lives.

    It may have been taught on your initial therapy training, but often not in great depth or with an understanding of the frequency within which it appears in the therapy room. If you trained 10 or more years ago then it may not even have been covered at all as this is a fast developing area of research and understanding within the fields of mental health and neuroscience.

    To work safely and effectively with trauma you will need to know about, and understand, how to work with:

  • The three-stage model of trauma therapy
  • The impact of trauma, both in the short-term and over time
  • The difference between trauma, PTSD, complex PTSD, and other psychological diagnosis and what that means for clients and us
  • The inherent challenges of working with this client group

    In this new course we’ll guide you through
  • Understanding the neurobiological impact of trauma and the latest concepts from neuroscience & psychotherapy including the concepts of latent vulnerability, stress susceptibility and social thinning
  • The brain’s systems of threat, reward, and memory
  • How trauma is stored in the body and implicit memory
  • The key concepts for successful therapy including psychoeducation, window of tolerance, the importance of pacing and understanding how boundaries are impacted because of trauma and how to help clients reinstate them

    This course is aimed at students/newly qualified therapists or any therapist who didn’t adequately cover trauma in their training. It will look at the impact and mechanisms of trauma, and will include up to date theory and neuroscience. As with all our courses it will also take a practical approach of how to work in this field.


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    Achieving Safety & Stabilisation in Phase 1 Trauma Therapy

    Date: 18th September 2023
    Time: 9.30 am - 3.30 pm on Zoom
    Cost: £85

    Course 2 in our new Trauma series

    Feedback from SB 22.11.21 "I found it really interesting, inspirational and informative. Hope to be able to join you on another course soon".

    Safe trauma therapy needs to be paced and the trauma left unexplored until the client has sufficient skills to feel more in control of trauma symptoms. This enables clients to manage primary symptoms such as hyper-arousal, flashbacks and dissociation and learn vital skills to reduce negative coping strategies such as self-harm and self-medication. However, this is often easier said than done as clients can find this incredibly hard.

    Research (Herman 1992, Rothschild 2010) has shown that safe and effective trauma therapy is best conducted in 3 stages and that this can be successfully adapted whatever the therapist’s primary modality. This course looks at the first stage of phased trauma treatment where the primary aims are to establish safety and stabilisation.
    There is no one method that works for all clients so in our practical workshop the learning (including experiential activities) will include:

  • The importance of assessment – including trauma history, current symptoms and looking at current lifestyle
  • How a client’s ability to stabilise is impacted by lack of sleep, poor diet, and other ‘inflammatory’ factors
  • Assessing a client’s level of arousal to better pace therapy
  • Management of panic attacks & flashbacks
  • Creation of safety plans
  • A variety of grounding and stabilisation methods
  • Creating and utilising a ‘felt sense’
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Different ways to use Journaling

    This is course 2 in our new series of 4 workshops looking at the essentials of Trauma work. It is a revised version of a course we delivered previously.


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    Exploring the Mother Wound

    Feedback from JJ from 1.11.21 - "Thank you for such a fantastic training. One of the best I think for me not only with you but in my whole entire life of counselling. Thank you."

    Date: 9th October 2023
    Time: 9.30 - 3.30
    Where: Zoom £85


    Mothers seem to occupy a special place in the therapy room. There is seldom a client whose story is not impacted in some way by their relationship with their mother. For so many clients the ‘good enough mother’ was not a concept they experienced - often leading to a profound ‘mother wound’. In this workshop we look at the impact of mothers who are:

  • Narcissistic
  • Emotionally unavailable/Abandoning
  • Controlling or smothering
  • Abusive

    We will explore ways of working with clients that can both help to identify the mother wound and take steps towards its healing.


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    Creating Transformative Relationships in Supervision - a course for Supervisors

    Dates TBC for 2023 - one in spring and one in autumn
    9.30 am to 4 pm
    "In the room" in Nottinghamshire
    £95
    Maximum 12 delegates


    We ran our first workshop for supervisors in July 2021 and we loved and so did the delegates.... so we're now running these twice a year and in the room!

    It will provide a space for supervisors to think and reflect on their relationships with supervisees and the process of supervision. This will be an experiential course but based on well understood & researched theories of supervision. We'll utilise theories of integrative & person-centred supervision as well as other models such as Appreciative Inquiry and the 7 Eyed Model of Supervision devised by Robin Shohet & Peter Hawkins.

    We don't see many courses for supervisors so we wanted to offer something which we'd want to attend! Something that gives you time and space with other supervisors to think & reflect on the work.

    It's our intention to deliver this "in the room" in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. However, we will be guided by the latest government guidance at the time.

    We will offer:

  • Time & space to think, reflect & simply be present
  • Activities to promote reflection, to bring about insights and to explore with like-minded others the therapeutic and supervisory relationship
  • Space for sharing. At a time when we’ve had limited interaction with others this workshop will create opportunities for us all to be heard and discover our own understanding of where we are


  • Previously run courses

    The courses listed below are ones we have run previously but we have no set date to run again at present. If you're interested in one of these do let us know as that can inform our decision making around which courses to put on next year. Additionally if you're an organisation looking for bespoke courses you can let us know if you'd like to run one of these for your staff and/or volunteers.


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    The Self-Compassionate Struggle – a practical guide to introducing compassion into your therapeutic work

    Date: TBA for 2023
    By Zoom – 9.30 am to 3.30 pm


    Compassion is a bit of a buzz word at the moment – and for good reason – because there is a wealth of evidence base to suggest that it is really effective in bringing about positive change. Research has shown that people who are more self-compassionate experience less depression, anxiety, stress and shame – and more life satisfaction, confidence, and better physical health.

    But how do you or your clients respond to the notion of self-compassion? Do you embrace it – or struggle with it? Our experience has been that many of us and our clients, especially trauma survivors, really struggle with self-compassion as a concept – albeit they usually have lots for other people!

    In this brand-new workshop, we will explore this very human struggle of rejecting something we don’t feel we deserve. As always this means that the workshop will be experiential as we ask you to look at your own barriers to self-compassion, and to also experience a number of self-compassion exercises that you can use in your client work.

    In addition, we will:

  • Look at what self-compassion actually is – and just as importantly what it isn’t!
  • The difference between self compassion and self esteem
  • Explore the benefits of self-compassion
  • The concept of ‘backdraft’
  • Explore the barriers to self-criticism and why it’s hard to be self-compassionate
  • Explore why the language you use can be so important
  • Understand the links to brain systems of threat, drive and soothe
  • Undertake a range of compassion exercises that you can use with clients
  • Work with compassionate imagery
  • Learn how to encourage self-compassionate thinking and behaviours in our client
  • Understand why self-compassion is important to us in our work as therapists

    To book please complete the online booking form. You can pay by bank transfer or by credit card.
    If you have any questions please email us by clicking on the link at the top or side of the page.


  • Pricing & Cancellation policy

    Just a word on pricing....
    From 1st March 2023 we will charge £85 for Zoom courses, and £95 for any "in the room".

    Fees are non-refundable. However, if you cancel 4 weeks or more prior to a course you can transfer your booking to another of our courses. Whilst we fully appreciate that life often happens last minute, we need time to be able to try and sell your space to another delegate, so we cannot simply transfer you to another course. If you cancel late we do offer you the option to re-book another course within the next 12 months at half price.

    Running training courses is administratively hard work. We know that for most training organisations if you cancel you simply lose your fee completely, and many also charge a fee for amending bookings. We take the view that our policy is the fairest way of doing things, and whilst we realise not everyone will agree with us we have to have a plan & policy in place, which we hope people will understand and accept.


    Booking Information

    To book onto any of our courses please complete the online booking form on the bookings page.
    You'll be sent confirmation of your booking once you've made payment.

    We look forward to seeing you on one of our courses!


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