CPD Workshops

Introductory Workshops

CPD workshops for Professionals and Trainees

For more detailed information and for a full list of our workshops please contact us at [email protected]

Creating the Therapeutic Frame

Date(s):       

  1. Friday 14th, Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th November 2025
  2. Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th January 2026
  3. Friday 27th February, Saturday 28th February & Sunday 1st March 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via  [email protected]

The Journey of Life

Overview

The aim of this workshop is to give you an experience you can reflect on and learn from, both from a personal and professional perspective. This workshop has an experiential rather than theoretical basis and, as such, the emphasis is on going on an emotional and imaginative journey together.

Date(s):

  1. Friday 27th, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March 2026
  2. Friday 29th, Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st May 2026
  3. Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July 2026

    Day 1: 5pm – 9pm, Days 2 & 3: 10am – 5pm

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

The Child Within

Overview

During the early stages of life our current identities were established, from birth to adolescence. Due to the impossibility of having all our needs met we grow on the outside while the child within us remains wounded.

You will have the opportunity to return to those various stages of your life to seek what your inner child missed. Learn how to listen and respond to the Inner Child through developing skills and methods in depth therapeutic work.

A 3-day workshop, followed by a subsequent 2 days

CPD Hours:        30

Date(s):

Part A (1 of 2):

  1. Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th October 2025
  2. Friday 17th, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2025

    Part B (2 of 2):

  1. Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th March 2026
  2. Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

In Search of Primal Self

Overview

In this workshop we will explore the healthy quest for relationship that begins before birth which, known or unknown, is within us throughout our lives. This workshop is intended for practitioners who are working with child or adult clients and who are keen to deepen their knowledge of the primal self.

CPD Hours:        6

Date(s): Friday 9th January 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

Story & Metaphor

Overview

Using Metaphor in Therapy can harness creative and imaginative energy and lead to integration and resolution of even deeply seated difficulties. 

We will explore how to work with the client’s own metaphors, as well as creating and reading metaphoric stories appropriate for a client’s needs.

CPD Hours:       18

Date(s):            Friday 10th, Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th April 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

Sand Tray Therapy

Overview

A three-part workshop designed for therapists who are interested in exploring the ways that sand tray therapy facilitates growth and healing, and in expanding their repertoire of therapeutic tools; incorporating sand tray therapy into their practices. This practical workshop is an invaluable source of learning.

The course entails a history and benefits of sand tray work, and step by step
instructions on how to conduct spontaneous and directed sand tray therapy
sessions.

 

CPD Hours:        18

Date(s):

  1. Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th & Friday 12th September 2025
  2. Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th January 2026
  3. Friday 5th, Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th June 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

Researching Counselling and Psychotherapy

Overview

Whether research is new or is already familiar to you, there is a place for you here!

This three day workshop will look at narrative, numbers and new methodologies; how poems, process and positivism produce pluralism; Carl Roger’s core conditions and common therapeutic factors as outcomes; ethics, controversies and the client’s voice.

CPD Hours:        18

Date(s):

  1. Friday 4th, Saturday 5th, & Sunday 6th September 2025
  2. Friday 7th, Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th November 2025
  3. Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th March 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

Imagery & Active Imagination

Overview

Images convey powerful messages, spoken and unspoken. When the therapist and client capture the image, mental and emotional energy is released, which can lead to the deepening of insight and awareness. This process can lead to deep and lasting change.

CPD Hours:        18

Date(s):

  1. Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th, & Wednesday 29th October 2025
  2. Friday 12th, Saturday 13th, & Sunday 14th December 2025
  3. Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd, & Sunday 3rd May 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

Creative Methods in Supervision

Overview

This training forms part of the 10-day supervision training, which is a route to the Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Supervision.

Date(s):              Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 5th, & Thursday 6th November 2025

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]

Containing Malicious Projections in Supervision

Overview

This training forms part of the 10-day supervision training, which is a route to the Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Supervision.

Date(s):              Tuesday 3rd, Wednesday 4th, & Thursday 5th February 2026

To apply, please ask the Northern Guild office for a Workshop Registration form via [email protected]