Diploma course at CCPE London - Details

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THE CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION

HISTORY

In January 1984 a two-year part-time training programme, offering a
Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy was launched to fill the need
for a genuinely transpersonal approach to counselling and
psychotherapy. This was followed in 1985 by the introduction of an
additional year of training so as to integrate some useful material
from other therapeutic approaches. Since 1984 two two-year, six
three-year and two four-year programmes have been completed.

In 1991 the three-year course was extended to four years part-time
training, so as to meet the high standards required in future
professional therapeutic practice. In 1987 a one-year part-time
certificate Course, Fundamentals of Counselling and Psychotherapy, was
introduced for those applicants who have had no previous counselling
training or experience.

The Centre offers a variety of weekend seminars and on-going groups to
the public. Some 90 therapists practise at the Centre at present.

THE SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

The word human comes from the two sources, hu meaning divine and mana
meaning mind. From the psychological point of view, hu relates to the
character, or that unique blend of inner qualities that make us an
individual. Manas refers to the different temperaments or what we
might call personality, which reflects our inner qualities.

In transpersonal psychotherapy personal breakdowns and crises are seen
to have a useful purpose in that they: a) act as a warning signal, as
well as b) to indicate the way for us to change, grow and unfold.

Once the crisis is over and the mental condition is stabilised there
is a chance to re-examine ourselves with a view to change and
unfoldment, thus preventing a recurrence of the crisis. This involves
reassessing our motivation, sense of purpose and meaning in life and
our capabilities.

Much of the counselling and psychotherapeutic work done at the Centre
is based on the fundamental principle of building and expanding on
people's strengths or 'qualities'. Attention is also paid to balancing
the person's energies and lifestyle, i.e. the balance between grounded
and aspiring, the balance between being expressive and receptive, and
to helping the person find their natural rhythm in work, home etc.

At this point the client is able to sense the right direction and to
set goals that give him or her a sense of fulfilment and achievement
in life.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course is run by staff trained and qualified in counselling,
psychotherapy and the spiritual disciplines. The emphasis on the
Course will be on developing a spiritual perspective on human
interaction, and on learning practical techniques to help people with
psychological problems, and those who are seeking to unfold their
potential.

The four-year part-time course involves 900 contact hours, including
one six-day intensive, 24 weekend seminars and 120 evening meetings
spread over four years. The evening meetings include a period for
lectures and group supervision. In addition, students undertake a
minimum of 150 hours of individual therapy and at least 600 hours of
supervised counselling practice, from which they submit four case
histories for assessment. Finally, students are required to develop an
individual counselling practical project which reflects their beliefs,
personality and style of working therapeutically.

The course is intended for people who wish to obtain a theoretical and
practical training in the counselling and psychotherapy profession,
from a spiritual perspective.

The Diploma programme has no particular affiliations to any dogma,
religion or philosophy, and is open to all those sincerely interested
in the field of counselling and psychotherapy from a spiritual
perspective. Students who successfully complete the four-year
training requirements will be awarded the Diploma in Counselling and
Psychotherapy.

NOTE: The course is recognised by the British Association for
Counselling (B.A.C.). The C.C.P.E. is also a member of the United
Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (U.K.C.P.).

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS (See Also Part 7)

1. Some prior experience of individual counselling and
* psychotherapy is required.
2. Basic counselling skills training and knowledge of basic
counselling theory.
3. Those candidates who do not meet the above requirements may be
asked first to complete the Fundamentals of Counselling and
Psychotherapy course

ELEMENTS OF THE COURSE

PART 1 - THEORY AND SKILLS

A brief outline of each year follows:

FIRST YEAR

The first year is intended to train students in the fundamentals of
psychotherapy/counselling theory and practice, and is also used as an
introduction to the spiritual dimensions of counselling and
psychotherapy. Some analytical approaches are included. Students are
also required to undertake peer counselling on an hour per week basis
as a means of practising skills and having further peer support.

TERM 1 - TOPICS
1. Spiritual model of human being and personality.
2. Core theories of Klein, Winnicott, Bowlby (and early childhood
issues), Freud (and psychoanalysis).
3. Personality theories.

TERM 2 - TOPICS
The therapeutic interview:
1. Verbal and non-verbal communication
2. Assessment of clients for counselling and psychotherapy
3. Creating a therapeutic alliance
4. Transference and counter-transference
5. Defence mechanisms
6. Interpretation, intervention and insight
7. Transformation strategies, working through.
8. The concept of resistance.
9. Acting out.
10. Termination.

TERM 3 - TOPICS
1. Counselling with obsessive clients.
2. Counselling with depressed clients.
3. Counselling with personality-disordered clients.
4. Counselling with disturbed clients.
5. Thought processes, cognition, emotion and perception.
6. Psychopathological syndromes.

WEEKEND SEMINARS

1. Fundamental Skills
Two days of working with listening, empathy, clarifying, and
reflection skills - under supervision.

2. Alchemy of Transformation
Understanding the stages of transformation.
Problems encountered at each stage.
How this relates to the counselling process and to life in
general.

3. Alchemy, Archetypes and Spiritual Unfoldment
Discovering the archetypes within, and their role in our
development.
Self image and archetypes.
Sensing the qualities in a person.
Expressive, receptive and balanced qualities.

4. Creative Imagination in Therapy (Six Days)
Concentration practices and their use.
Visualisation practices and their use.
Using guided imagery in therapy.
Working with dreams.
Developing creativity.

5. The Inner Child
Contacting the Inner Child as a means of working on early life
issues and touching the inner core of our being.

6. Alchemy of Relationships
A course to explore the dynamics of interpersonal
relationships as they go through different stages
of transformation (and transform us).
Relationships as a path of growth and development.
Awakening the ability to open, communicate, be vulnerable,
co-operate, share, be independent.
Purpose, meaning and faith in relationships.

SECOND YEAR

This focuses on early youth to adulthood, incorporating many of the
humanistic approaches.

TERMS 1, 2, AND 3 - TOPICS
1. Adler's individual psychology.
2. Combining different approaches in therapy.
3. Use of dreams in therapy.
4. Becoming an individual as part of a whole, resolving the
paradox
of transpersonal and individual psychology.
5. Existential approaches to therapy.
6. Kleinian and Freudian viewpoints on early childhood
development and adolescence. (two lectures).
7. Role playing and psychodrama.
8. Jungian approaches to imaging.
9. Jung: recognising symptom as symbol.
10. Role of touch in therapy.

TERMS 1 AND 2 - GROUP WORK - 16 EVENINGS
We focus on the use of group therapy starting with the relationship
between each individual member and the group, as well as interpersonal
relations and projections between group members.

Residential Weekend: A two day residential group weekend to complete
the group work as one whole group.

WEEKEND SEMINARS

1. Intermediate skills
Two days of working with skills and receiving supervision.
Fundamentals worked with are congruency, intervention, insight
and interpretation.
Also, a review of visualisation skills and other skills
learned in the first year.

2. Maleness, femaleness, sexuality
Exploring our personal and archetypal male and female images,
and
how they affect our relationship with the opposite sex.

3/4 Gestalt and Reichian Bodywork
Two experimental weekends combined with some basic theory,
working on emotional/body blocks and relationships between
the two. Spiritual perspective on this is taken into account.

5. Sexual Abuse
A weekend explaining and learning how to deal with the issues
around sexual abuse.

6. Family Therapy
Basic theory of family therapy
Skills and working with families
Recreating our own families.

THIRD YEAR

The focus is on the transpersonal approaches to therapy. Here the
spiritual dimension is fully considered.

TERMS 1 AND 2 - TOPICS
1. The nature of the transpersonal experience.
2. A detailed exposition of the spiritual model.
3. Going beyond our boundaries.
4. Finding a life's path that has meaning - this is the spiritual
path.
5. Ideals and becoming our ideals.
6. Integrating the personal and transpersonal into a whole
experience and outlook.
7. The role of intuition.
8. Four perspectives of unfolding qualities.
9. Purpose of unfolding qualities.
10. The role of faith, hope and belief in life.

TERM 3 - TOPICS
1. Jung and analytic psychology.
2. Review of particular topics previously covered.
3. Reading seminars.

WEEKEND SEMINARS

1. Healing with Breath and Sound
Gestalt and Reichian bodywork use what we consider the
grosser energies, whereas we now focus on pin-pointing and working
through the more subtle energy blocks using more subtle
techniques such as our breath and voice (three days).

2. Advanced Skills Training
Feedback and supervision on the skills learned on the course
to
date (three days).

3. Psychology of Accomplishment
Developing mastery through accomplishment.
Roles of will, concentration.
Choosing goals, aligning with purpose and achieving
balance in our development.
Balance between power and intelligence.

4. Life Crisis
Opportunities for a breakthrough
Causes and purpose of a crisis
Process of transformation in a crisis
Intervention points in a crisis
Holding in a crisis

5. Facilitating spiritual growth in counselling and psychotherapy
Guiding the client who is spiritually questioning and seeking.

FOURTH YEAR

This year is intended as a year of consolidation, attending to the
practical issues, case histories and projects.

TERM 1 - TOPICS
1. Reading seminar.
2. Planes of consciousness.
3. Review of topics covered during the course
and integrating this with the spiritual perspective.
4. Subtle energy centres and their effect on our
behaviour, thoughts and feelings.
5. Theory of dream work - use of myths in therapy.

TERM 2 - TOPICS
1. Case histories: preparation, presentation and assessment.
2. Examples of case histories.
3. Practical projects: planning, development, execution.
4. Professional issues: ethics, legal issues, building a
professional practice.

TERM 3 GROUP WORK

Four evenings are spent in three large groups focusing on appreciating
the qualities of each group member; and giving positive, critical
feedback to each member on areas they need to work on.

WEEKEND SEMINARS 1 & 2
Dreams
Role of dreams as metaphor for our inner life.
Waking dream therapy. Interpretation. Imaging work with dreams.

Dreams and Archetypes
Exploring the relevance of archetypes in dreams and their significance
in our personal lives.

WEEKEND SEMINARS 3, 4, 5 & 6
Fourth year students are required to attend four weekend seminars
during which they will receive specialised supervision and skills
training based on their client case load.

PART 2 - PRACTICUM
Students are expected to see clients for three hours per week during
the first year of training, either at the counselling centre or at an
approved placement (there will be a list). In the second, third and
fourth years students are expected to see at least three clients per
week on a formal contract basis.

PART 3 - TUTORIALS
Students attend one tutorial session per term.

PART 4 - CASE SUPERVISION
Lecture and weekly case supervision will be held at the Centre.
Practical work will be discussed, and a teaching tutorial will be held
with students' case studies used as teaching material. Students will
also be required to obtain individual supervision in the third and
fourth year, at their own expense. This would typically involve one
individual supervision session per month.

PART 5 - INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY

It is a requirement of the course that all students should undergo a
minimum of 150 hours of psychotherapy with a recognised therapist over
the first three years of the Course.

PART 6 - ON-GOING ASSESSMENT

Every year students are required to submit an essay based on the
course work and a self-assessment essay based on their own personal
growth.

PART 7 - CRITERIA FOR DIPLOMA COURSE ENTRY

The following are the criteria for the four-year B.A.C. recognised
Diploma course:-

1. Minimum age 27 plus maturity and relevant life experience.
(The course is not designed to sort out personal problems);
2. Successful completion of a one-year part-time
counselling course;
3. A degree and/or relevant work experience which indicate
readiness to undertake post-graduate vocational training;
4. 75 hours therapy with a qualified psychotherapist prior to
commencement of the course; and
5. Attendance at a Weekend Seminar which is part of the Diploma
course.

The interview procedure is as follows:

An appointment is made with either the Director or a core member of
staff for an hour long interview for which there is a fee of £30.

Candidates considered suitable will be invited to apply by formally
filling in an application form. They are then required to attend one
of our weekend seminars open to the public. This is to assess their
ability to function in a group and relate to the course material. It
is also an opportunity for the prospective student to meet current
students and help them decide whether the course "feels" right for
them. A ten minute appointment is then made to meet a second member
of staff for further assessment and to answer any questions the
candidate might have.

Student selection takes place twice yearly; in early July and late
September.

Application forms and interviews to be completed by September 1st.

PART 8 - REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE DIPLOMA

The following are the requirements for the award of the Diploma:

1. Four written case histories based on client work and showing a
clear integration of theory and practice.
2. Completion of an individual practical therapeutic project,
designed and documented by the student.
3. Completion of 150 hours of individual therapy.
4. Completion of 600 hours of counselling with clients spread
over
the duration of the course. (150 hours are to be completed
during the first practicum).

5. Satisfactory completion of essays during course. Two in year
one,
one in year two, and one in year three.
6. Full attendance of course programme.

DURATION AND COST OF COURSE

A new four year course starts every January. The fees include
lectures, seminars, case supervision and clinical placements. They do
not include the cost of individual therapy. The cost of the Course
commencing in 1997 is £1750, increasing by £100 each year ( i.e. £1850
in 1998, £1950 in 1999 and £2050 in 2000).

TRAINING STAFF

TUTORS AND CORE STAFF

Nigel Hamilton Course Director. M.A. (Couns. Psych.),
Dipl. Clinical Psychotherapy and Social Psychiatry. Allan Pimentel
Dipl. Psych.
Angela Gruber Cert. Ed., Dipl. Psych.
Tamara Alferoff M.A., Dipl. Psych.
Asha Quinn B.A. (Hons), Dipl. Psych., Cert. in Transpersonal
Psychology.

SUPERVISORS

John Bannon Dipl. Psych.
Theresa Carlson B.A. (Hons), M.A., Dipl. Psych.
John Daly B.Sc., M.A. (Couns. Psych.)
Thelma Griffiths Dipl. Psych.
Shafia Anita Harper Dipl. I.P.S.S., Dipl. P.E.T.
David Hiles B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Psychology)
Roma Jacques Dipl. Psych.
Lyn Lamplough B.A., Dipl. Psych.
Annie Lloyd B.Ed. (Hons), Psychotherapist,
Hakomi Therapist.
Paul McDermott B.A., Dipl. Psych.
Sue Nappez Dipl. Psych.
Susie Sanders B.A. (Hons), Dipl. Psych.

All Staff are U.K.C.P. Registered Psychotherapists

The Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education is a
Registered Charitable Trust No. 1056420

For further details and interviews please contact:

CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION

Beauchamp Lodge • 2 Warwick Crescent • London W2 6NE
Telephone: 0171-266 3006 • Fax: 0171-266 3691
Email cc...@rosp.demon.co.uk