Adult mental health CPD courses
Our short courses will appeal to a broad range of practitioners in psychiatry, psychology, nursing and social work and focus on working with couples, families and young adults.
April 2021
Assessing risk: a relational approach
This ten week course offers you an innovative framework for understanding the complex and subtle issues involved in assessing and managing the risk...
Families and beyond: an introduction to systemic thinking (Online)
We all live our lives in and through our relationships, both past and present, and we are all shaped by the social and cultural contexts in which...
Understanding development – adolescence (Online)
Adolescence is a time of life that is central to our sense of who we are in the world. It is a time of intense emotion, of startling changes, of...
May 2021
Tavistock Trauma Service: External lectures on trauma series
This innovative series of lectures is organized by the Tavistock Trauma Service and is designed to reflect the clinical approach of the work,...
Working with couples
Therapeutic work with couples is an important mode of intervention which is relevant in child, adolescent and adult clinical settings. Our...
Working with families with physical illness: a systemic approach
The care and support of children and adults affected by serious physical illness, disability and treatment regimes falls largely to their families.
June 2021
BIA Refresher
The developments in mental capacity and Deprivation of Liberty continue to progress, with the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 due to be...
Working with couples who adopt - the impact of adoption on the parental couple
This half-day course considers the nature and psychodynamics of intimate adult couple relationships and the momentous impact on partners becoming...
July 2021
An introduction to working with refugees and asylum seekers
This two-day workshop offers participants an insight into what it means to be a refugee and an asylum seeker. We will consider the role of trauma,...
Intermediate motivational interviewing
This intermediate level course is the next step for people who have already received introductory level training in Motivational Interviewing. A...
October 2021
An introduction to working with people with eating disorders and body dysmorphia
This is an introductory course on eating disorders and body dysmorphia, based on a psychodynamic frame of reference.
Courses you can join at any time
Working with personality disorder, severely ill and complex patients
This programme presents an opportunity for qualified psychotherapists/analysts to join the Fitzjohn’s unit at the Tavistock and Portman NHS...
Bespoke courses
Psychodynamic Practice in Mental Health
This is a bespoke 10-week short course for mental health nurses, which develops the capacity to understand, process and thoughtfully respond to...
Coming soon
An introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy
Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) was developed by Professor Paul Gilbert to work with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, many...
An introduction to working with people with eating disorders and body dysmorphia
This is an introductory course on eating disorders and body dysmorphia, based on a psychodynamic frame of reference.
A Practical Introduction to Neuropsychoanalysis: clinical implications
A Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust workshop in collaboration with the Bloomsbury Neuroscience Group in association with the London...
A Recovery Approach: Beyond existence and survival
The training is aimed at all professionals working in multi‐disciplinary community based teams (adults and young people) to enable them to develop...
Arrested Development and Facing Arrest: Dual diagnosis and complexity in adults and young people
The one-day workshop will provide participants with a broad knowledge and understanding of the complexities involved in mental health and substance...
Best Interests Assessor (BIA)
Government approved provider of Best Interest Assessor training
Couples as parents and parents as couples
Does your work involve contact with children and parents? Do you come across couples who are struggling to parent together? Do you want to...
Facilitating Reflective Practice Groups Training
This short course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required to establish and facilitate reflective practice groups in order...
Managing, Supervising and Facilitating Groups in The Workplace: A work based discussion group for public and voluntary sector professionals
Are you looking for a regular opportunity to think with others outside your organisation about your work? Do you facilitate groups that 'don't...
Mental Health First Aid Training
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of...
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
Neuropsychoanalysis: Clinical Implications
A workshop with Mark Solms
Safeguarding Adults: Level 3 Training
This one-day training is based on the Level 3 Safeguarding Adults Intercollegiate document and will offer an understanding of the legal and policy...
Understanding couples
This half-day workshop is designed for counsellors and psychotherapists who are concerned with couples in the course of their work and...
Voice and communication therapy within the Trans and Gender Diverse Care Pathway: Essential knowledge and skills for speech and language therapists and voice practitioners
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is the national provider for both the paediatric gender identity service and the largest gender...
Working therapeutically with couples contending with the effects of long-term illness
The subject of illness and how it relates to couple functioning is often an overlooked area of research and clinical practice. This workshop will...
Working with couples
Therapeutic work with couples is an important mode of intervention which is relevant in child, adolescent and adult clinical settings. Our...
Working with refugee people and their families (D35)
This is the first module of the oldest and longest running course in this field in the UK and aims to assist those working with asylum seeking...
