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Dialogues that heal: skills-based training in Schema Chair Work

16 February 2026

Join us for a dynamic and evidence-informed session that brings Schema Chair Work to life, moving beyond insight into embodied change.

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Stepping up best-practice for personality disorders

02 March 2026

Do you want to know more about more about best-practice for Personality Disorders? Learn about common characteristics of evidence-based treatments, stepped care and brief interventions, care planning, and more.

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Advanced CBT skills: a masterclass series

16 March 2026

Therapy does not always go smoothly and each topic in this series of masterclasses will provide some solutions to the more common challenges in CBT.

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Advanced CBT skills: Tailoring the individual case formulation in complex cases

16 March 2026

A case formulation that is truly individualised becomes a powerful and active ingredient in the therapy process.

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Advanced CBT skills: Working with low motivation and ‘resistance’: integrating motivational interviewing into CBT

20 April 2026

Motivational interviewing has easy compatibility with CBT and is an essential item in the therapists tool kit, given that motivation will always fluctuate.

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Advanced CBT skills: Targeting the right cognition for more effective CBT

18 May 2026

Learn ways to reveal the unspoken thoughts and beliefs that are critical to client change.

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Seeing is believing: using imagery to improve treatment for OCD and anxiety disorders

25 May 2026

When talking keeps us stuck: using imagery-based techniques to enhance treatment for anxiety and OC-spectrum disorders

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Advanced CBT skills: Making the most of behavioural interventions - getting the 'dose' of intensity right for each client

15 June 2026

Direct behavioural interventions are one of the pillars in CBT – come and learn more!

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Advanced CBT skills: Enhancing the therapeutic alliance in CBT

20 July 2026

The therapeutic relationship or working alliance is inevitably a part of the therapy process and the clients who will find change the hardest will need that relationship the most.

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Advanced CBT skills: Teaching skills – can we do psychoeducation better?

17 August 2026

In CBT the therapist will often need to engage the client in ‘psychoeducation’ – but how often do we get taught good teaching skills? Learn from a teacher how to teach.

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Advancing psychological interventions for PMDD: a DBT-informed treatment approach

17 August 2026

If a client presented with PMDD would you be confident in your knowledge of how to work with them to treat this condition?

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Understanding and treating chronic loneliness: a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural approach

25 August 2026

Are you interested in transdiganostic, modular interventions that cut across diagnoses and ages?

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