CaPPP in-person CPD workshop Workshop: Safeguarding Adults & Children - Training for Therapists Description: Using anonymised scenarios, we will look at the practical implications of recent policy and legislative changes. We will explore applying thresholds and analysis of risks, understanding mental health and associated risks, (including suicidality, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, drug and alcohol dependency)... Read more »

A CaPPP CPD workshop for Therapists with Magda Piesiewicz CaPPP is proud to introduce a special one-off workshop on Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorders. We’ve heard your concerns and questions about how to understand and approach these behaviours, and we're here to support you. This workshop is designed to provide clarity, guidance, and practical insights, empowering... Read more »

Includes CaPPP CPD workshop on Stabilisation in Trauma Treatment with Ben Gatty Workshop: Stabilisation in Trauma Treatment This workshop will combine theory and experiential elements to highlight some of the nuances of working to resource someone who has been significantly traumatised. Given the prevalence of psychological trauma for the therapy seeking community, the topic can... Read more »

CaPPP CPD workshop with Micheal Connors and team from the Natural Academy Workshop: Deepening Our Therapeutic Practice through Nature and the Natural Self Description: Members of the teaching team from Natural Academy and developers of The Grenian Ecotherapy hub at Ham Green near Bristol, will draw on the Natural Self Ecotherapy (NSET) model, developed by... Read more »

CaPPP CPD event Saturday 13th September 2025 - 10.00am to 5.00pm Watch a video by Allan: https://youtube.com/shorts/7nhxBVLm6iI?feature=share Join author Allan Frater and learn an image-based approach to psychotherapy Allan is a psychotherapist with a long-term research interest in story and imagination – which came to fruition in his 2021 book, ‘Waking Dreams: Imagination in Psychotherapy &... Read more »

CaPPP CPD workshop with Katina Noble I will present a model of working short term, which explores and combines different ways to work in depth with our clients. We will look at the influence of David Malan, Jennifer Elton-Wilson and Gertrude Mander among others. I will present their different approaches, and we will also work... Read more »

CaPPP CPD - Beyond self-care: a workshop for all counsellors who wish to consider work / life balanceWe are excited to be offering this unique CPD – the focus is on our capacity as therapists and the direct effect of this on our clients. We are offering an experiential, insightful day exploring the concept of... Read more »

CaPPP CPD Event Susie Orbach discusses her life in therapy and Brett Kahr's new book in honour of Susie's pioneering work: "Expanding Psychoanalysis The Contributions of Susie Orbach" Programme 10.00am Registration and refreshments, and an opportunity for members to network 11.00am Prompt start. Susie speaks about her life and career as a therapist and Brett... Read more »

Includes CaPPP CPD workshop with Natasha WilsonWorkshop: Integrating or Transitioning to Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Natasha WilsonDescription: This experiential workshop aims to appeal to practitioners new to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and those who are beginning to integrate IFS into their practice as well as experienced practitioners who wish to further develop their work.... Read more »

Learning about Trans livesA full day of learning about trans lives, featuring people who are trans and shared experiences of trans individuals.ObjectivesTo give attendees insight into the delights and difficulties trans people experience in trying to live their authentic lives.To promote understanding of trans identities and how to support trans people.To explore the common misconceptions... Read more »

Creating a neuro-affirming practiceNeurodiversity. More and more people are using the word. Some with a depth of knowledge and lived experience. But for many, it’s still relatively new and comes with snippets of understanding pieced together from a wide range of sources that vary in reliability and helpfulness.This day-long training will provide a coherent and... Read more »

CaPPP CPD event Saturday 17th February 2024‘It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self’.D.W. Winnicott ‘Playing & Reality’, 1971,The play theorist Brian Sutton Smith asks,... Read more »

CaPPP Online eventComplaints: Therapists supporting TherapistsA question and answer session and discussion on complaints and the member support work of the PCU after a brief introduction. With Sasha Kaplin, PCU Member Support Coordinator, and Ruth Jones, Regional Rep for South West and Wales Branch.We are delighted to be hosting this online introduction to the work... Read more »

Includes CaPPP CPD event with Nicola JonesWorkshop: How an Attachment-Informed Approach Can Make Our Inner Worlds Visible Description: John Bowlby found that our first and most fundamental need is to connect to our parents (primary caregivers) and that this need, aka the attachment or careseeking system, exists from “cradle to grave.’ The corollary of this... Read more »

Dialoguing with sub-personalities to heal the childhood woundsThis workshop introduces Internal Family Systems (IFS) - a radical new style of individual psychotherapy which is rapidly growing in popularity around the world. Internationally renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk (author of ‘The Body Keeps the Score’) has described it as ‘the treatment method which all... Read more »

CaPPP CPD event in-person Saturday 18th March 2023 Weight stigma, fatphobia and diet culture in the therapy room: how to work respectfully with clients of every size with Cat Chappell and Jo Reader A safe, nourishing, interactive and empowering space to help you reflect on how you feel about your own body and how to... Read more »