The Academy
S.P.A.C.E

• Want to understand more about yourself and others and improve communication skills?
• Seek to enhance an existing role involving listening and interpersonal or ‘people’ skills?
• Want to train as a counsellor/psychotherapist?
• Wish to enhance your personal and/or professional development?
• Need to develop your staff to communicate and deal with the public or colleagues more effectively?

We offer a Foundations in Counselling course and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy. The Foundation course runs as two groups; Monday 9.30-1pm OR Monday 6.00-9.30pm (possibly Friday morning) starting September 2024.  The Diploma 2024 begins in October on Tuesdays 9.30-2pm. Deadline for Diploma applications is the end of May and end of June for Foundation applications.

          Why Study with us?

• A solid and professional training delivered by knowledgeable, expert practitioner-tutors
• This three year Diploma course supports you through to completion of all training requirements.
• Experience and research indicates clients are best served by an approach that takes account of their diversity: we train students to use the therapeutic relationship as the agent of change, to respond to a variety of people and problems with a range of methods.
• We place a high value on integrity and ethical practice.
• Past students have all gained placement experience in the public and voluntary sector in Sheffield and the surrounding region.
• Former students have successfully entered private practice and/or gained posts in the public sector (primary and secondary health, education) and voluntary sector and gained NCS/BACP accreditation.
• Small classes (max 14)
• Learning materials, refreshments and specialist library provided