Couples Therapy Training 2024/25
This requires a pitch why working with couples etc is so critical – how it supports change etc
Who is it for?
The purpose of this training is to give participants the opportunity to extend their therapeutic or coaching practice to include working with couples or other two-person systems.
Participants will already have basic skills in working with individuals, and therefore the course focus is on the shifts and additional skills needed to be of help when working with couples.
The teaching is intended to help therapists and coaches ‘see’ and work with systems, including the three interacting systems that are alive in the room when working with couples or two-person systems, and the wider and deeper family systems that surround the couple and often emerge and influence in hidden ways.
We draw on both Gestalt theory as a basic orientation, and the systemic constellation philosophy that originates in the wisdom of traditional communities from around the world.
We will also focus on presence, and an understanding of the many common contexts that bring couples into therapy or the issues that arise in two person systems in organisation.
During the 4 modules you will develop…
A basic framework
- The intimate relationship as a life journey, connecting two separate journeys.
- An understanding of the changing tasks of a relationship over time.
- An understanding of the cultural shifts in the institution of marriage.
- A look at what a relationship is for, and what intimacy consists of.
- Understanding of the perennial paradox between autonomy and communion
The process model of intervening
- How a couple ‘dance’ together in real time in the room. This is a hugely helpful but challenging Gestalt model, and forms the practical basis of the therapeutic work or effective coaching interventions.
- Positive framing, even-handedness, phenomenological tracking, setting up practice opportunities.
Systemic thinking and interventions
- An understanding of the motivations and action, ways of managing exchange, culture, roles and beliefs, as they develop through personal loyalties and deeper systemic entanglements and burdens.
- Moving the therapeutic focus between the present, the near past and the further past.
- A basic understanding of the ordering forces that support the flow of love and intimacy and healthy partnership working.
- Using the constellation process in the couple’s therapy room and healthy partnership working.
How to Apply for this Training
If you have trained with CSC you do not need to complete an application form. You can simply pay your deposit to start your journey…..
If you have not trained with CSC, we will arrange a telephone interview with one of our course facilitators. The main criterion is that you must have a grounding in either counselling/therapy or systemic constellations.
For further information please email Hannah Cox at [email protected], or call +44 7929 313 976.
Cost
The full course fee is £2,660. A non-refundable deposit of £400 is payable to secure your place. Once the deposit is received, the remainder is due by the first module, or by monthly instalments.
However, if you would like to take advantage of our early bird option, your course fee will be £2,400 if we receive your deposit by
the 31 July 2024.
A small number of bursary places are available. Please contact us for further details.
Please note: CSC is a Not for Profit organisation and does not therefore charge VAT.
Course Dates 2024/25
This course includes 4 training modules which will be held online via Zoom.
The modules will run from 9.30 am-5.30pm on the following dates.
| Module 1 | 9-11 Oct 2024 | Wednesday – Friday |
| Module 2 | 4-6 Dec 2024 | Wednesday – Friday |
| Module 3 | 5-7 Feb 2025 | Wednesday – Friday |
| Module 4 | 9-11 Apr 2025 | Wednesday – Friday |
Download the Couples Therapy Training 2024/25 information brochure here
Couples Therapy Training 2024/25
The Facilitators
This course will be led by Christopher Williams, BACP & UKCP, an internationally renowned trainer and couple’s therapist working with both Gestalt and Systemic approaches, and by Sheila McCarthy-Dodd (MBACP), a highly experienced trainer and therapist. Bernd Leygraf, from the NAOS Institute, will be teaching a day on Sex Therapy.
This training was originally created and designed by Judith Hemming who drew on her extensive professional experience of working with couples.
Chris Williams (BACP)
Director of the Centre and a teaching faculty member. He has been working in the therapeutic field since 1990 and currently works as a Constellation Practitioner, Psychotherapist, Supervisor, Coach and Trainer. He is a UKCP registered gestalt psychotherapist and a senior accredited BACP counsellor, with a well-established practice in South London.
Sheila McCarthy-Dodd (MBACP)
Sheila is a Director and member of the Senior Teaching Faculty at the Centre. She has trained and worked extensively in Systemic Family Constellations since 1996 and leads regular workshops in Ireland and the UK. Sheila has a well-established therapy practice in Gloucestershire for individuals, couples and supervision. She works extensively as a trainer including facilitating Relational Supervision training with Severn Talking Therapy in Bristol and Malta
Testimonials
The course was well planned and delivered. All of the teachers were excellent
I am now more curious as to what is happening at any time between myself and my partner, and between other close couples
The course has made me more interested in couples, in working as a triad and the future of close relationships
The content, pace and exercises were all excellent. The couples that came in provided REALLY useful experiences.
