CPD is an ongoing professional requirement for all registered practitioners of psychotherapy and counselling.
 
At CCPE we are now offering an opportunity for practitioners from any background to learn and develop from our expertise and experience in the area of Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
 
CCPE is both a teaching college and a therapy centre.  We have 24 years experience in both areas and are offering that experience to practitioners who wish to add something of the spiritual perspective to their view of psychology and psychotherapy.

These weekends on offer form part of a four-year diploma training in Transpersonal Psychotherapy. 
 
You will begin each day with a lecture of 1 - 1/2 hours duration introducing the themes of the weekend.  For this you will join the main body of students training with CCPE. After a break you will join a small group for the rest of the day.  This group will compose of others on the CPD programme and will be facilitated by a staff member of CCPE.
 
These groups will provide a mix of teaching, exploration and experiential work that are intended to provide a holistic experience of the subject.  All facilitators will be qualified supervisors and case material can also be brought and explored through the lens of the transpersonal.

Details of CCPE weekends are linked from the table or you can see them listed here, DSM IV and Body-Centred Psychotherapy details are below.

The Clinical Workshops I – ‘An introduction to diagnosis’

In this workshop we will explore the DSM-IV, the most widely used diagnostic system for mental difficulties. We will look at:

• The management and treatment of ‘Mental Illness’, including the role of mental health nurses, occupational therapists and psychiatrists;
• The basics of the legislative and organisational framework, including the Mental Health Act, the Care Programme Approach and the various agencies involved;
• Skills in assessing and responding to the range of responses to shock and trauma, bereavement and spiritual crisis and differentiating these from severe mental illness;
• Different drug treatments that are available and their effects and short and long term side-effects;
• The negative aspects of the use of diagnosis and then move on to explore how diagnosis can be used constructively and creatively in the service of our clients.
• An overview of the range of mental difficulties acknowledged by the DSM-IV.
This workshop will introduce you to the basics of this amazing diagnostic system.

The Clinical Workshops II – ‘The Anxiety Disorders’

In this workshop we’ll begin by exploring a number of the Anxiety Disorders including Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphobia, and a number of other Phobias. These are amongst the most common difficulties encountered in clinical practice. The rest of the day will be spent looking at a cognitive therapy understanding and treatment of panic attacks. This is, by far, the most successful method for treating this problem. This workshop will help you to recognize the various anxiety difficulties and will enable you to treat panic attacks from a cognitive point of view.

The Clinical Workshops III – ‘The Mood Disorders’

In this workshop we will explore the clinical approach to various Mood Disorders with the emphasis being on depression, perhaps the most common clinical problem of all. We will look at the biological and psychological aspects of depression, an understanding of anti-depressants, the assessment of suicide risk, and the cognitive therapy approach to the treatment of depression. This workshop is designed to compliment your present understanding of depression thus helping you to be more confident in dealing with this common difficulty.

The Clinical Workshops IV – ‘The Eating Disorders and Schizophrenia’

In the first part of this workshop we will have a brief look at a number of eating problems including anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating. The emphasis will be on compulsive overeating and bulimia. Most of the day will be spent exploring various clinical aspects of Schizophrenia in a way that will enable us to be more familiar with this difficult disorder. This workshop will enable you to be more confident in the worlds of the eating disorders and Schizophrenia.

The Clinical Workshops V – ‘Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Dissociative Disorders’

In the first part of the morning, we’ll look at the complex diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. We will then go on to explore a cognitive therapy approach to the treatment of this difficulty. This is certainly the most successful psychological approach to this problem. The rest of the day will be spent on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, disorders that are extremely difficult to recognize until one is familiar with them. Although they are not uncommon, they are very often missed. Consequently, we will explore a detailed assessment procedure for these disorders. This workshop will leave you more confident with both Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the Dissociative Disorders and it will enable you to treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder from a cognitive perspective.

The Clinical Workshops VI – ‘The Personality Disorders’

In this workshop you will be given insight into all ten of the Personality Disorders (Borderline, Narcissistic, Paranoid, Schizoid, Antisocial, Histrionic, Schizotypal, Avoidant, Dependant, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders). You will be enabled to recognize and have a much greater understanding of each of these personality difficulties.

Working with Your Dreams: A Spiritual Perspective
(With Nigel Hamilton)

This is a practical workshop for students and graduates of the CCPE Diploma Course.

This weekend will focus on working with participants’ dreams with a view to exploring not only the psyche, but also the spiritual dimensions therein.

In particular we will cover:

• Guidance
• Integrating the Shadow
• Dealing with Anima/Anumus
• Unfolding the Angelic dimension
• Incarnating into the human dimensions

To register for the workshop you must bring a dream to work on.

Numbers are limited, early booking advisable.

Costs and times are the same as CCPE workshops. Download and complete the CCPE workshop booking form.

Three CPD Cert. skills weekend with Annie Lloyd.

1st Weekend T.B.A. '08
Mindfulness - gaining the skils and confidence to use it in your work.

Saturday: developing Mindfulness & facilitating it in others.

Sunday: emphasis is on working as therapists to explore boundaries.

Theme: Boundaries

This weekend is strongly recommended to those who have previous experience of CBT training as Mindfulness as a skill is increasingly used in combination with CBT and, in this form, is widely accepted by the NHS and Mental Health Trusts.

2nd Weekend T.B.A. '08
Consolidating the use of Mindfulness in your work - using Focusing.

We shall be exploring experientially more about the body's role in the storing of core beliefs held at a sub-conscious and cellular level and how the technique of Focusing (Gendlin) can draw this information into consciousness where we have the power to choose, transform and strengthen will power.

Theme: Intimacy

3rd Weekend T.B.A. '08
Creating experiments in Mindfulness - and developing touch the courage to use touch in our work.

Greater confidence is strength. Here the emphasis is on connecting to one's inner guidance to help in developing creative experiments to support lasting change.

Theme: Creativity/Inner Guidance

3rd weekend participants must have attended at least one (preferably both) of the previous weekends.

CBT certificates (UKCP) will be awarded for each weekend. Participants must have either completed the CCPE Diploma Course or be qualified psychotherapists. These weekends are not open to current students.