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.

May 2022
Tavistock Trauma Service: External lectures on trauma series
This innovative series of lectures is organised by the Tavistock Trauma Service and is designed to reflect the clinical approach of the work,...
June 2022
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
Trauma-informed care: Using trauma awareness to enhance everyday practice
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) has rapidly become a high priority across the health and social care sector. TIC is an approach to service delivery that...
July 2022
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.
September 2022
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...
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...
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...
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
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...
October 2022
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.
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
November 2022
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
January 2023
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
February 2023
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
May 2023
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
June 2023
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a person-centred counselling style for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.
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
Reflective mental health practice today
This is a ten-week short course for mental health nurses, that provides a valuable opportunity to develop skills and understanding in processing...
Coming soon
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...
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...
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...
Psychoanalysis then and now: From Freudian to post-Kleinian thought
This lecture series will offer you a systematic introduction and overview of the development of psychoanalytic theory from Freud to the present...
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 Gender Identity Development Service for young and adolescent...
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 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...
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.
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...
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