Our comprehensive curriculum covers the foundational theories and techniques for working with CYP, equipping you with practical skills to support children and young people in overcoming challenges related to anxiety, depression, phobias, and other mental health issues. Through interactive workshops, case studies, and supervised practice, you will gain first hand experience and confidence in working with CYP.

The course is scheduled to begin in 2026. It consists of one full day of training each week over a 6 month period. After completing these sessions, participants will have an additional three months to fulfil practice hours, complete any outstanding coursework, and meet the assessment requirements. This flexible timeline is designed to accommodate your professional commitments and ensure a smooth learning experience throughout the programme.

This certificate is ideal for mental health professionals, counsellors, educators, who has a diploma level 4 or above in counselling and anyone interested in enhancing their therapeutic skills to better support children and young people struggling with mental health challenges.

• Accredited Qualification: Achieve a CPCAB accredited Level 5 Certificate, enhancing your professional credentials.

• Understanding of Child Development: Gain in-depth knowledge of physical, emotional, intellectual, and social developmental stages, key theories (Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky, Freud, Bowlby, Bandura), and the impact of external factors.

• Assessment & Intervention Skills: Learn to identify children's needs, utilize various assessment tools ethically and culturally sensitively, and develop tailored intervention plans.

• Psychopathology Expertise: Identify and describe common mental health disorders and psychopathologies in children and young people, including early identification and intervention strategies.

• Ethical & Safeguarding Competence: Master legal, ethical, and safeguarding requirements for working with children and young people, including handling confidentiality, consent, and mandatory reporting.

• Culturally Responsive Practice: Develop skills to adapt therapeutic approaches to respect cultural and developmental differences, fostering culturally sensitive relationship-building.

• Reflective Practice & Self-Awareness: Cultivate strong reflective skills, understand how personal experiences influence practice, and develop strategies for managing emotional triggers and boundaries.

• Creative Therapeutic Approaches: Explore and practice creative techniques like storytelling, art, and music to engage children effectively in treatment.

• Professional Development: Understand the role of clinical supervision, develop personal development plans, and gain insight into future pathways post-qualification.

• Practical Skills Application: Engage in numerous skills practices, simulations, and case studies to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios.

• Accreditation: Our certificate is accredited by the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB), ensuring high-quality training that meets professional standards.

• Flexible Learning: We are the ONLY training provider that offers this course solely ONLINE. The online format allows you to study at your own pace while still engaging with peers and instructors through virtual discussions and feedback sessions.

• Practical Application: Emphasis on hands-on practice with opportunities to apply techniques in simulated scenarios and real-life situations.

• Length: The course comprises 6 weekend sessions over 6 months. While it may seem concise, we firmly believe that, with confidence, you will acquire all the essential knowledge and skills needed to effectively understand and work with children and young people with confidence. Our focus is on practical learning and application, ensuring you’re well-equipped to implement these techniques in your practice.

Learn from experienced practitioners Alex & Amie who bring real-world insights and expertise to the classroom.

The course fees for 2025/2026 are £1,245.00, plus the CPCAB candidate registration fee £195. Course fees are non-refundable. By booking a place on the course, you are agreeing to these terms.

A non-refundable £500 deposit is required to secure a place, to be paid at time of booking. The total fee for our Children and Young People (CYP) course is £1,440.00. We offer a payment plan to help you manage your investment:

• A deposit of £500 is required to secure your place.

• Following the deposit, there are 5 further payments of £188 each, due on the 1st of the following months.

Due to the length of the course we can only split the cost over 5 months.

This payment structure allows you to spread the cost in instalments while securing your spot on the course.

All candidates are required to provide 30 hours of face to face work with children & young people and receive clinical supervision for their practice hours.  

Candidates are expected to work with CYP using the skills learned. Details of the agency should be discussed with the personal tutor as soon as possible after the course has begun. Any supervision costs associated with any placement will be payable by the candidate. 

Guidelines for your supervision hours will be provided, and guidance can be found on the CPCAB website.  

Assessment will be by way of tutor Internal Assessment of your portfolio. (The external assessment requirement has been withdrawn by CPCAB).

• Fill in the online application form below and send your personal statement to info@globaltherapytraining.com

• If you meet the initial entry requirements we will offer you a conditional place on the course and send you a Training Contract.

• To accept your offer of a place you will need to sign and return your Training Contract together with a £500 non-refundable* deposit.

• We will then seek a reference from your clinical supervisor and arrange an interview with one of the course tutors.

* The deposit is non-refundable unless either i) the course is cancelled or ii) The supervisor reference is not satisfactory/the interview is not successful. In these cases a refund will be issued.