Inspire CPD For Therapists

Courses in 2025

On this page you'll find a listing for all courses we're running in 2025.

We tend to set dates approximately 4 - 6 months ahead.

We've set dates for the first quarter of 2025 .... so you'll see those courses listed below.


2025. pencils

Unlocking the Unconsious - Therapeutic writing & it's place in therapy & supervision

20th January 2025
9.30 - 3.30
£85
On Zoom


Most of us know the power of writing to unlock previously unconscious thoughts & emotions. We probably did this on our training, and some of still utilise it now to process our client work. How often do you use it with your clients - whether they're in therapy or supervision?

We often suggest writing activities on our different training courses and we wanted to expand upon this.... plus one of us has recently begun a writing course! There will be a lot of variety, we'll use things like metaphor, poetry, directed activities... and much more!

This will be a very experiential course as we'll be using different activities throughout the day to show you their power, and to encourage you to think about how you could use them for yourself, for your clients and in your own supervision. If you are a supervisor you'll find ways to utilise them with your supervisees!

Even if you never use specific activities with your clients we can promise you a day of exploration, insights & creativity.... and a lovely welcoming space where you can share with other like-minded therapists. That's a very special place to be.


2025. father

Exploring the Father Wound

27th January 2025
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


  • 2025. handstouching

    Using Couple's Therapy Skills for Individual Clients

    10th February 2025
    9.30 – 3.30
    Where: on zoom
    Cost: £85


  • Is the focus of your client’s work often their struggle with their romantic or sexual relationships?
  • Do you feel frustrated that you’re working with one half of the couple?

    When we work with individuals the focus will often be their personal relationships, and the interpersonal dynamic with their partner that we’ve never met. If you’ve not had any couples training, then sometimes it can feel like you’re not sure where to focus? How best to encourage better communication? You can feel a bit out of your depth, or in the dark, uncertain of how to aid the client in making significant & lasting change.

    In this brand new workshop we’re going to look at some of the ways you can help clients – even when you’re only working with one half of the couple.

    We will look at:
  • How people get their needs met in relationships, and how to ask for what you need
  • Consider how individuals communicate in relationship and how this can be improved
  • Developmental stages and couple dynamics
  • Lack of sex or intimacy & what this means?
  • Explored the links between our earliest relationships & our significant other
  • Considered why conflicts occur in relationships

    This workshop will give you confidence when working with individuals around relationships and introduce you to some of the concepts & theories utilised in couples therapy that you can put to excellent use when just working with a single client.
    As with all our courses there will be both experiential elements and direct links to practical ways of working with clients. We will provide practical examples and there will be lots of opportunity for you to explore, ask questions and discuss issues with other therapists.


  • 2025. mother

    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."




    THURSDAY 20th February ***Chance to train on an alternative to Monday***
    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.


  • 2025. BrainADHD

    An Introduction to Working with ADHD

    24th February 2025
    9.30 - 3.30
    Where: zoom
    £85


    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, initially associated with childhood but more recently understood to frequently persist into adulthood. Most of us have heard the term ‘ADHD’, whether professionally, in our social circles, or in the media. But what is ADHD, beyond the generalisations, myths, stigmas, and stereotypes?

    This CPD will take you on an introductory tour of ADHD. Considering the diagnostic symptoms referred to in the DSM-IV, alongside the wider range of traits reported within both the literature and by those living with ADHD. This is an interactive session in which we will investigate how ADHD may present in the therapy room, along with commonly raised ADHD issues, and ways in which to work with this marginalised group.

    Whether working with diagnosed clients, individuals awaiting assessment, ADHD supervisees, or purely having an interest in developing your knowledge of neurodiversity, this CPD will equip you with an understanding of this complex, but fascinating, topic.

    Trainer/Facilitator
    This training is developed and delivered for Inspire by Danielle La Roche. Danielle has been an integrative psychotherapist for over 17 years, and is also a coach, clinical supervisor, and trainer.
    For the past five years, since her own ADHD diagnosis, Danielle has specialised in working with adult ADHD clients (both individually and within relationship therapy). Her recently obtained MA in Applied Positive Psychology also offered her the opportunity to research ADHD alongside the theories of positive psychology.

    Who is this workshop suitable for?

    Any therapist or supervisor, whether qualified, or in training who is interested in learning about ADHD. It is particularly beneficial for therapists working with:

  • their own ADHD (diagnosed or suspected)
  • ADHD (diagnosed) clients,
  • clients awaiting ADHD assessment,
  • family members of ADHDers (especially parents, partners and children),
  • clients whom you suspect may have ADHD,
  • ADHD supervisees.
  • Anyone who values experiential learning and time spent in the company of other therapists.
  • You don’t need any previous experience of ADHD.



  • 2025. PRIVACY

    Pre Trial Therapy Guidance - New Guidance was published by CPS - do you know what it means?

    We waited a long time for this revision of the Pre Trial Therapy guidance and it was finally published in 2022. It's safe to say in many areas of the country the Police & CPS are still getting to grips with it... and many therapists are unaware of its existence!

    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.

    Pre Trial Therapy Guidance - in depth

    3rd March 2025
    Time: 9.30 to 3.45 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


  • 2025. notalone

    Safe & Effective Trauma Therapy Essentials

    DATE: 17th March 2025
    9.30 am to 3.30 pm
    £85

    Discounts available for booking all 4 trauma courses at the same time, and if you're a therapy student

    This is course 1 in a 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.


    2025. handdrowning

    Working with suicidality

    *** NEWish COURSE - run 3 times already!***

    Date: 24th March 2025
    9.30 - 3.30
    £85


    One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds somewhere in the world. By the nature of our work every therapist can expect to experience at least one suicidal client. Clients who have suicidal thoughts and managing the risk of that are two things that therapists can find most challenging in their work. The fear of judgement should a client die by suicide can invade the therapeutic space, interfering with the relationship. Wherever you are working it can feel scary and lonely to carry the weight of suicidal clients. Therapists may feel compelled to break confidentiality rather than risk censure. So how do we manage the balance? In this new workshop we will look at this subject from both an experiential and practical perspective. In particular we will look at the cutting edge IMV model of suicide and how that assists us in having a much clearer idea of who may be most at risk.

    In this workshop we will we will:

  • Give space to our thoughts and understanding of suicide and its impact on us as therapists and how our own attitudes to suicide may impact the therapeutic relationship
  • Investigate who is most at risk of dying by suicide
  • Explore what suicidal pain is like for our clients
  • Look at the myths and misunderstandings that still exist around this subject
  • Learn why talking about suicide is so important
  • Understand the impact of the media on suicidal behaviour
  • Learn more about the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model of suicide behaviour. This helps us understand the pathway from mental pain to suicidal thoughts to acts of suicide, so aiding our risk assessment and ongoing decision making and interventions
  • Understand how traits such as perfectionism as well as the impact of early life experiences add to a client’s vulnerability
  • Explore 8 key factors that are associated with an increased likelihood that someone will act on their suicidal thoughts
  • Look at safety planning – how we can use this both in work with new clients and with long term clients
  • Explore how our own attitudes to suicide may impact the therapeutic relationship,
  • Consider our ethical/legal obligations regarding breaching confidentiality and outline what happens if we lose a client by suicide
  • Look at therapist self care


  • 2025. Grief

    Working with Grief & Loss

    WHEN: 7th April 2025
    9.30am – 3.30pm
    COST: £85
    WHERE: ZOOM


    Grief and loss are always common themes in client work. Many clients will be feeling intense emotions about their situation and not even recognise these stem from grief or the loss of their assumptive world. For others, the source of their grief will be as obvious as it is diverse – for example loss of loved ones, loss of livelihoods and jobs, loss of human contact, and loss of freedoms.
    Being able to identify and name life experiences as losses worthy of grief can be an important part of healing. Yet all too often we only identify death as being worthy of grief. And in our hectic world any loss can get quickly pushed aside as we force ourselves to 'get on with it’ - or ‘get over it'. But what if we can’t?

    In this newly updated workshop, we will cover:

  • Overview of loss/grief/bereavement theories and models including stage models, continuing bonds and assumptive world theory.
  • The need to understand that grieving is both lifelong and life changing
  • Exploration of the different ways that clients may choose to grieve
  • The multiple types of loss we may experience other than death, including losses experienced by survivors of childhood abuse
  • Death of a parent – this is a loss ultimately we expect to experience – but what if that loss brings up a whole host of unmet needs that can now never be met?
  • Death of a child – looking at the often-hidden grief of miscarriage or still birth. How do we grieve a child we may never have fully met?
  • Death through suicide – how do we support someone who has lost a loved one through what is still such a taboo subject?
  • A range of different tools and resources that you can utilise with your clients


  • Introduction to working with Sex Addiction

    14th April 2025
    9.30 - 3.30
    On zoom
    £85


    Details to follow


    2025. stones

    Achieving Safety & Stabilisation in Phase 1 Trauma Therapy

    Date: TBC - likely May 2025
    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.


  • 2025. Dissociation

    Working with complex PTSD & Dissociation

    2025 - TBC
    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

    This course was full of so many little gems - I can't possibly pick out one thing - thank you!


  • 2025. burnoutbed

    What about us? Considering Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Vicarious Trauma

    Vicarious trauma, Compassion Fatigue or Burnout

    Date TBC for 2025
    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


  • 2025. Russiandolls

    Working with Nesting Dolls & other objects

    Date for 2025 TBC
    9.30 am TO 3.30 pm
    On ZOOM
    COST: £85


    Would you like to work creatively with clients using nesting dolls or other objects?

    Do you worry about how to introduce these methods?

    Have you used them yourself and found it enlightening but lack confidence to do it with your clients?

    If so this workshop will help to give you the confidence you need to expand your therapeutic repertoire in a way that will help clients to explore the different aspects of self, or relationship dynamics

    On this practical AND experiential workshop we will cover:

  • General principles when working creatively
  • What, when & how
  • Safety considerations
  • Practical examples of how to use these methods
  • Demonstrations using nesting dolls
  • Using dolls to unpack layers of life/aspects of self/parts work
  • Using dolls to work with shame, anger or grief
  • Opportunities for experiential practice
  • Using creative methods remotely
  • Questions & Answers

    This course is suitable for anyone who would like to bring more creativity into their therapy or supervision practice. It’s suitable for qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, supervisors, coaches as well as therapists in training.


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

    2025 - date TBC
    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?



  • 2025. butterflyblossom

    The Self-compassion Struggle

    Date TBC 2025
    9.30 - 3.30
    On zoom


    Self Compassion can have a massive impact on our clients, helping them to understand their inner critic, find ways to counter it and gain better ways of coping with emotional dysregulation. 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 clients, especially trauma survivors, really struggle with self-compassion as a concept – albeit they usually have lots for other people!

    In this new workshop we will explore the concept of compassion and provide a practical guide for introducing compassion into your practice. We will:

  • delve into what compassion really is
  • consider why our society makes it hard to embrace as a concept
  • provide a practical guide for introducing compassion into your practice.

    Compassion is a bit of a buzzword at the moment – and for good reason – because there is a wealth of evidence to suggest that it is really effective in bringing about positive change. So if it's that simple and so effective why aren't we all using this more?
    We will consider:
  • the very human struggle of rejecting something we don’t feel we deserve
  • explore the link with society's obsession with self esteem and rejection of vulnerability
  • your own barriers to self-compassion, and to also experience a number of self-compassion exercises that you can use in your client work. So not only is it useful for your work but can provide you with some self-exploration and self-care!

    We will:
  • Look at what self-compassion really is and more importantly is not
  • Explore the benefits of self compassion
  • Explore why the language you use might be a barrier to a client’s acceptance of compassion
  • Explore the barriers to self-criticism and why it’s hard to be self-compassionate, including society's obsession with self esteem and the pursuit of happiness which makes life's struggles seem like we are failing
  • Understand the links to brain systems of threat, drive and soothe
  • Undertake a range of compassion exercises including compassionate imagery, body scans, breathwork, and letter writing
  • Work with compassionate imagery
  • Learn how to encourage self-compassionate thinking and behaviours in our clients


  • How to book a place

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

    If you have any specific needs around accessibility, suitability of courses or questions regarding this please do email us.

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


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