Advanced Diploma in Contemporary Psychotherapy
The Advanced Diploma in Contemporary Psychotherapy is our highest level of qualification and is required for UKCP Accreditation with BeeLeaf.
WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS
Description
The Advanced Diploma in Contemporary Psychotherapy is our highest level of qualification and is required for UKCP Accreditation with BeeLeaf.
WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING NEW APPLICATIONS
The Advanced Diploma is made up of components of training as detailed below. This will enable Psychotherapists who hold the BeeLeaf Diploma in Contemporary Psychotherapy to achieve an advanced accredited qualification and apply for UKCP Accreditation upon completing the Registration process and evidencing:
- A total of 450 hours of Supervised Clinical Practice. You are required to have one hour of Clinical Supervision with a Clinical Supervisor for every 6 hours of Clinical Practice with clients. (Clinical Supervisor fee not included in course fee).
- 100 hours of mental health familiarisation, either within clinical practice or other mental health role.
- Personal Therapy. You are required to have 50 hours of one-to-one personal therapy with a Psychotherapist or Counsellor who is UKCP Registered (or equivalent) over the 4 year training period, plus 55 hours of one-to-one or group therapy. This is not included in the course fee.
- Full details for joining the UKCP as a Full Clinical Member can be found on their UKCP website here.
Training for Advanced Diploma
BEELEAF DIPLOMA IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOTHERAPY
WORKING CREATIVELY WITH TRAUMA & TRIGGERS
WORKING COMPASSIONATELY WITH ANXIETY & DEPRESSION
WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH ADDICTION & RECOVERY
APPLIED CLINICAL HYPNOSIS IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOTHERAPY (For people enrolling on their first unit of the BeeLeaf Diploma after 1st November 2019)
RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY & CASE STUDY DISSERTATION
Helpful Summaries
Pathway for people enrolling on their first unit of the BeeLeaf Diploma after 1st November 2019:
Becoming a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist October 2024
NOTE some units of training may be completed at different stages over the 4 years to that shown in the diagram.
What is Contemporary Psychotherapy?
COURSE FEES 2024 updated October 2024
Application & Enrolment Policy
Accredited Prior Learning (APL)
Pathway to becoming a Psychotherapist for trainees enrolled on any unit of the BeeLeaf Diploma prior to 1st November 2019:
Summary of Requirements
Where, when, how much?
Where?
London E3. Nearest tube Mile End. Free parking at weekends. Some training takes place online using Zoom.
When?
Refer to individual training units for dates & venue.
How Much?
Teaching and learning
Refer to individual units for details.
Entry requirements
- Degree OR equivalent formal or life learning to benefit from BeeLeaf’s policy of inclusivity
- Be enrolled on or have completed the BeeLeaf Diploma
- Successful completion of application form and interview.
Application & Enrolment Policy
Personal Qualities
Being a psychotherapist is not just about academic or analytic achievement. In your application process we are also keen to assess the personal qualities that are needed to be a safe, effective and sufficiently robust professional. Those qualities include:
A lively and enquiring mind
An ability to experiment and value learning from mistakes as much as successes
Enjoyment of others’ process and uniqueness
Curiosity in situations of “not-knowing”
Desire to develop compassion for yourself and others
Training to be a psychotherapist, and practicing as one, are emotionally and psychologically demanding because the skills and qualities needed to form and maintain therapeutic relationships require a good relationship with our own feelings, thoughts and vulnerabilities. When we engage in experiential learning we need to be able to reflect on our experiences and be open to feedback from our own emotions and from peers and tutors.
The ability to safely hold clients who may at times be distressed, confused and processing uncomfortable feelings, depends on us reaching our own capacity for owning, reflecting and processing our own inevitable emotional challenges. This is part of what makes psychotherapy such a rewarding profession, as long as we continually develop our psychological robustness and awareness.
It is not unusual for people to have come to the profession of psychotherapy through having benefitted from it themselves in managing life’s difficulties and sometimes from having received a mental health diagnosis. This is not in itself a barrier to training, it can enhance your learning and practice, however during your application process we need to consider together whether training could exacerbate existing mental health issues and how this is best managed. If we feel that it is not the right time in an applicant’s recovery to be able to benefit from the investment of time and money in training, we reserve the right to not admit that applicant to training.