Now accepting applications for 2010/11

Welsh Psychotherapy Partership Ltd. Offers an Advanced Diploma in Integrative and an Advanced Diploma In Gestalt Psychotherapy.

Welsh Psychotherapy Partnership Ltd. offers psychotherapy training in Wales in association with Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute (ScPTI).An experienced team of trainers, many of whom are nationally and internationally renowned will be visiting Wales and supporting WPP to create a supportive learning environment on the journey to UKCP and European accreditation. The Integrative and Gestalt Psychotherapy Courses have been running successfully for many years. From Autumn 2008, in addition to running in Scarborough, these trainings have been offered in Cardiff - the capital city of Wales.

About the Course

The Advanced Psychotherapy Diploma courses are taught on a weekend modular basis. The programme is taught experentially and is designed so that each student is responsible for their own learning journey. The ScPTI course was designed to be a "roll on -roll off" with differing year groups being present concurrently. The training group can be separated into smaller groups for specfic learning outcomes or core curriculum teaching. This philosophy is maintained and adapted to meet the needs of the Welsh Students. The 2009 / 2010 intake will have some combined modules across year groups and some "stand alone" modules. The first year dates are listed below:

PLEASE NOTE THESE HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED.

Admission

Currently  interviewing for students for both the First and Second Years.

The Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and the Diploma in Gestalt Therapy are delivered at a postgraduate level. Standards of training are deliberately rigorous to ensure that, when qualified, participants feel equipped to deliver therapy of the highest competency. Entry to the course is generally via:

v Degree

v Professional Qualification e.g. nursing, Dip SW etc.

v Diploma of Counselling leading to BACP registration

v Accreditation of prior learning

v Suitable experience and WPP academic essay

v WPP Foundation Course/Other Circumstances

v All prospective students are required to demonstrate a commitment to study at an advanced level and a willingness to engage with personal therapy throughout the duration of the course.

If you are interested in our training and but are concerned there may be any barriers to admission or learning, please contact us and we will be interested in discussing ways we may be able to support your professional development. At WPP we will assess your prior learning and experiences to discuss ways of gaining acceptance on the course if you should not meet the usual admission criteria.

Our core training groups are small and each year group does not exceed 12 people.

Course Content

This will be a 4-year Part time course.  Both the Gestalt and Integrative courses will be taught simultaneously. In addition to shared core modules, specialist areas of interest will be covered. Whilst core groups will be established for each cohort of students, both separate and combined year learning groups will take place. Some modules will also attract qualified and experienced practitioners in the field who wish to enhance their CPD.

Timetable:

1st Year 2010 - 2011

 An Introduction to the Practicalities of Psychotherapy Training

The Schedule for each day comprises of:

9am – Refreshment

9.30 – Group Process

11am – Refreshment

11.30 – Theoretical Themes

1pm – Lunch

2.15 – Small Group

3.30 – Refreshment

4pm – Large group

Practicum - reflection on day

5.30 – End

Common Workshops

• Effective Treatment Planning Human Development
• Contracting With Clients
• Transference 
• Shame
• Hidden Cruelties Child Rearing
• Emotional Literacy Diagnosis
• Ethics
• Research

Gestalt Key Components

• Introduction & Gestalt

• Experimentation Enquiry, Attunement, Involvement

• Contact and Relational Meeting Human Development

• Dialogic Theory Projective Identification

• Phenomenological Enquiry Historical Models of Integration

• Here & Now/ Field Theory

• Development Model for Gestalt Including PP & MBCBT

Integrative Key Components

• Theory Approaches to Integration
•  Enquiry, Attunement,Involvement
• Human Development
• Projective Identification
• Models of Integration
• Contemporary Integrative Models
•  Development Model for Integrative Psychotherapy Including PP & MBCBT

Welsh Language

Cost to Individual

For the 2010– 2011 entry cost of the training will be £2000 per annum for each of the 4 years of training.

Ways of Payment

• £2000 paid on agreed date within the 1^st two modules.

• Deposit of £170 paid on signing training contract followed by Standing Order of 11 equal payments for year 1 and of £170 for 12 months for the next consecutive 3 years of training (this includes a small monthly fee to cover our administration costs)

• 3 equal payments of £667. First due upon signing the training contract, then first day of training in winter and Spring terms.

Other Costs

• Weekly therapy, minimum 40 hours per year, each year of training.

• Supervision – (see website)

• Late essay submission fee

• £30 Membership fee

If your organisation is sponsoring you please contact WPP for Organisational Rate.

The course fees go up with each entry but then remain constant for the consecutive 4 years of the training. ‘Gap year students’ pay the fee of the year they return into. Whilst there is no additional training fee for the residential module – which will be held either in Mid Wales www.welshretreat.com  or in France - a small charge per day is levied to cover food and accommodation. Travel to the residential is not included in costing.

 Application Process

 At WPP we want to make the application process straightforward and transparent.

• Contact WPP for the Application Form and Referee Forms (should  be downloadable from website but do contact if any difficulties and we will post out to you) Contact 2 referees and ask them to forward   references to WPP.

• Once we receive your application form we will contact you for a meeting with a Course Tutor (please bringing copies evidence of prior learning).

• Once all steps are satisfactorily completed we offering you a training place. WPP will send you a welcome pack including training contract, payment agreement, WPP Student Membership form, reading list, training dates etc.

• Once we receive the relevant paperwork and deposit you are ready to continue your professional and personal journey with WPP.

Transferring to WPP Training Courses from Existing Training.

WPP will consider discussion with trainees who wish to transfer into our course from another UKCP approved route. We will examine your Accredited Prior Learning to determine how to best to progress your training. WPP reserves a right to discuss with previous training providers any concerns regarding particular student applications. A student who has been asked to leave a previous training programme due to ethical concerns, will only be admitted onto a WPP training course in extreme, extenuating circumstances and generally after discussion with all parties concerned.

Downloadable version

Information on The Diploma in Psychotherapy Training Course (Gestalt  & Integrative) 2010/11(MS Word)

Download application forms here in MSWord format:
Application Form (MSWord)    Referee Forms

Click here for more detailed information on Gestalt course

Click here for more detailed information on Integrative course