The Online Professional Certificate in Therapeutic Practice with Sex Offenders has been developed to provide counsellors, psychotherapists and other practitioners such as psychologists, probation officers, social workers and project workers with the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to work therapeutically with this client group. The course also prepares practitioners to work with partners of such individuals and with couples, where one party is at risk of sexual offending.
Online training
Joining requirements:
The pre-requisite for joining the certificate course is a recognised diploma in counselling, or a professional qualification and experience of working with individuals who pose a sexual risk, or completion of the StopSO COFRA 121 training programme.
Course content:
Emotional issues for practitioners, including making best use of supervision
Trauma, attachment and mental health issues
Power, control, paraphilias, sexual assault and rape
Paedophiles: offending and non-offending
Working with neurotypical and adolescent offenders
Female offenders
Working with non-abusing partners and family members
The legal/child protection systems related to sexual offending
Couple work, existential and transpersonal issues
Internet offenders and sexual addiction
The course runs from 11 to 1 and 2 till 5 on Saturdays.
Course dates and times:
The course will run once in 2025 over the following dates:
Sat September 27th 2025
Sat October 4th 2025
Sat October 11th 2025
Sat October 18th 2025
Sat October 25th 2025
Sat November 1st 2025
Sat November 8th 2025
Sat November 15th 2025
Sat November 22nd 2025
Sat November 29th 2025
Course completion:
Examination will be via students completing an on-going reflective learning log of not under 2000 words, and a viva conducted by telephone or Zoom. Completion of all of the 10 days, the learning log and the viva is necessary in order to be awarded the Professional Certificate.
Cost:
The cost of the Certificate is £1500 and is payable in advance
for more information, please email: [email protected]
Please ensure you have read and accept our terms and conditions as they form part of the booking contract.