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Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education

Applications for the 2025 CCPE Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy are now open. You can find FAQ’s regarding the course here. Please click here for the Application Pack materials and follow the instructions in the Guidance for Applicants to submit what is necessary.

Please direct any admission queries to admissions@ccpe.org.uk


CCPE is offering assessments for psychotherapy to the public.

Adults 18+
Anyone wishing to book an appointment should email info@ccpe.org.uk and request a call back, please include your phone number or call 020 7266 3006 to book a face to face assessment. You will then be referred to one of our senior assessors who will make an appointment with you to speak by video link, on the phone or in person at CCPE in Little Venice. The assessor will then refer you to a psychotherapist who will make the necessary arrangements to hold regular sessions with you.  Assessments are a cost of £60 and regular sessions cost £60 and upwards, you will be able to discuss what you can afford with the assessor.

Children, adolescents and parents or carers needing support
CCPE is open again for therapy for children and adolescents from 4 up to 18 years and for parents or carers needing support. If you wish to book an assessment please email info@ccpe.org.uk with your name and phone number, requesting a call back.

The initial assessment takes place in person at CCPE with the child/young person and their parent(s) or carer(s). It costs £60 and is with an experienced and fully qualified UKCP registered child psychotherapist. Depending on your preference and budget, the assessor will then refer the child/young person either to:

  • a fully qualified UKCP registered child psychotherapist or
  • a trainee child psychotherapist working for FreshSteps

FreshSteps is a CCPE charity providing low-cost affordable counselling and psychotherapy for children and adolescents and is staffed by trainees on CCPE’s masters child psychotherapy training, the MA Child, Adolescent and Family Therapy. Therapy will take place in person at CCPE and trainees are fully supervised.

The low-cost service is for session fees from £35 to £50; the full cost clinic is for session fees of £55 and above.

Whether you are considering a training with us or seeking help through psychotherapy, we hope our site answers most of the questions you may have. If not, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Since our establishment in 1984, we have grown to be the largest training centre for transpersonal psychotherapy in the UK, offering a range of accredited professional counselling and psychotherapy training programmes with a transpersonal and integrative orientation. We are occupying a seven storey Regency building on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in Little Venice, London.

All our courses are run by staff who are UKCP registered psychotherapists and are committed to sound ethical practice. The courses have no particular affiliations to any dogma, religion or philosophy and are open to all those sincerely interested in the field of counselling and psychotherapy from a spiritual perspective. CCPE promotes equal opportunities for students, clients and staff.

We also provide clinical services through some 100 practising therapists at CCPE. In addition we run a drop-in centre at The Caravan at St. James' Church, Piccadilly. The drop-in offers a core service of listening and emotional support, which can – by arrangement – evolve into counselling.

CCPE is a Member Organisation of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), providing accredited trainings for counsellors and psychotherapists.

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

The Centre for Counselling & Psychotherapy Education is a Registered Charitable Trust, Number 1056420