Course Overview

PCE-CfD is an NHS Talking Therapies (formerly IAPT) approved modality, and this qualification will equip graduates for clinical supervisory practice in the NHS Talking Therapies context.

The course provides opportunities for participants who are licensed PCE-CfD practitioners to develop their PCE ways of thinking, being, and practicing in relation to the supervisory relationship. Emphasis will be placed on developing one’s competencies and unique style of PCE-CfDS practice.

Who is the course for?

• PCE-CfD licensed practitioners with approx. 6 months post CfD qualifying experience.

• PCE-CfD licensed counsellors who are interested in, or may already have, a supervisory role in an NHS Talking Therapies context.

Entry Requirements

Essential:

• Diploma in humanistic or person-centred counselling or psychotherapy
• BACP counsellor/psychotherapist accreditation or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years post counselling qualification experience of providing counselling to clients with common mental health problems, particularly depression
• Minimum 6 months post PCE-CfD licensing qualification of providing PCE-CfD to clients with depression
• Availability to undertake 18 hours min of supervision practice of IAPT counsellors for the Certificate modules and an additional 6 hours for the Diploma module.
• Support of Line Manager to participate (not required for self-funders)
• Support of Supervisor to participate

Dates

New training dates to be confirmed.

Course Fees for 2026/2027

Certificate: £2,750
Certificate + Diploma: £2,950
PCE-CfD Optional Workshop: £225

Teaching Methods:

The philosophy of the training programme is Person-Centred Experiential, and the learning style will be based on didactic, experiential and skills-based methods with a strong foundation in the clinical practice of working with counsellors working in the PCE-CfD modality.

The ethos of the whole programme is to support the individual learning styles and the emerging needs of participants. They will have opportunities to develop as reflexive practitioners and to deepen their knowledge of PCE approaches to supervision, philosophically, theoretically and in practice. The programme also includes work-based learning from supervised clinical practice, enabling participants to integrate and apply their knowledge and skills. Clinical supervision will start after module 3. Course participants are responsible for finding their supervisees and establishing meta-supervision to support their supervision practice circumstances.