Short course

Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression Training

Learn to provide depression-specific therapy for individual clients in an IAPT setting.

The Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE-CfD) programme trains counsellors to provide a depression-specific therapy for individual clients in an IAPT setting. It provides CPD for Counsellors who are already trained in person-centred or humanistic approaches and who have significant clinical experience.

York campus

Duration – 5-day training course
Start date – 31 October, 1 to 2 November and 10 to 11 November 2022
6 to 8 March and 16 to 17 March 2023
12 to 14 June and 22 to 23 June 2023

Course Fees
Please contact pce.cfd@yorksj.ac.uk

Course information

The CfD CPD training provides continuing professional development for counsellors who are already trained in person-centred or humanistic approaches and who have significant clinical experience. The course consists of a five-day taught programme, followed by a period of supervised clinical work. The CfD programme trains counsellors to provide a depression-specific therapy for individual clients in an IAPT setting.

Essential Desirable

Qualifications

Diploma in humanistic or person centred counselling or psychotherapy

In your application, please state clearly how your diploma qualification meets the criteria for the diploma in humanistic or person-centred counselling e.g., specify the core modality.

Evidence of working towards BACP Counsellor/Psychotherapy accreditation or equivalent

Postgraduate qualification in humanistic or person-centred counselling or psychotherapy.

Current BACP counsellor/psychotherapy accreditation or equivalent.

Qualification to provide clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists (e.g. Certificate or Diploma in Supervision).

Experience

Minimum two year post qualifying experience to providing brief counselling to clients with common mental health problems, particularly depression.
Experience of providing clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists in organisational settings.

Other

Opportunity to undertake 80 hours of client practice with depressed clients.

Support of Line Manager to participate.

Support of Supervisor to participate.

Support of SHA/Commissioner to participate, if funding is being sought.

Please note that there will be a one year training period post attendance on the course (5 days on-site). All applicants must submit their assessment tapes within this period.

Please note that funded places are directly allocated to employers by Health Education England, we can therefore only accept bookings for this course which meet this allocation.

We accept applications of the word document attached below, via email to pce.cfd@yorksj.ac.uk

Your application will then be assessed against the eligibility criteria, we will then notify you via email if you have been successful in securing a place on the course, or not.

Closing date for applications is three weeks prior to the start of the course.

Joining instructions will be sent out two weeks prior to the start of the course.

To book your place download and complete the form below.

PCE CfD Counselling for Depression application form (57.3kB)

Regarding Health Education England funding opportunities, please contact pce.cfd@yorksj.ac.uk to discuss eligibility.

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Essential	Desirable
Qualifications
Diploma in humanistic or person centred counselling or psychotherapy In your application, please state clearly how your diploma qualification meets the criteria for the diploma in humanistic or person-centred counselling e.g., specify the core modality. Evidence of working towards BACP Counsellor/Psychotherapy accreditation or equivalent	Postgraduate qualification in humanistic or person-centred counselling or psychotherapy. Current BACP counsellor/psychotherapy accreditation or equivalent. Qualification to provide clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists (e.g. Certificate or Diploma in Supervision).
Experience
Minimum two year post qualifying experience to providing brief counselling to clients with common mental health problems, particularly depression.	Experience of providing clinical supervision to counsellors and psychotherapists in organisational settings.
Other
Opportunity to undertake 80 hours of client practice with depressed clients. Support of Line Manager to participate. Support of Supervisor to participate. Support of SHA/Commissioner to participate, if funding is being sought.