Other Courses
Advanced Diploma in Couples Therapy
January 2021 to November 2021 – London – 19 days
We will start interviewing students for the 2021 year in May and June. We still have spaces available.
We run a number of dedicated seminars on sex, sexuality, psychosexual therapy and couples therapy, including relationship enhancement. We endorse and collaborate with the London Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy, a two year training accredited by COSRT, NCP and Middlesex University.
For a direct link to the website of the London Diploma click here.
Psychotherapy with couples requires specific skills rather than those applicable to general psychotherapy work. This course aims to build on existing psychotherapy and counselling skills and to widen these to include systemic and psychosexual skills. We support individual students in building on, enhancing and honing their practice when working with couples. Our intention is to enable participants to work with complex and multi-faceted presentations at a deep level incorporating a variety of psychotherapeutic models within the couple framework.
January 2021 to November 2021. Times: 10.00 – 16.30 hrs. 9 weekends, 19 days in total.
Weekend 1: Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January 2021
Weekend 2: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February 2021
Weekend 3: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March 2021
Weekend 4: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 April 2021
Weekend 5: Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May 2021
Weekend 6: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 June 2021
Weekend 7: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July 2021
Weekend 8: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September 2021
Weekend 9: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October 2021
Weekend 10: Saturday 27 November 2021
Testimonials 2019
“Thank you for this past year but also the past three years. I have had the most amazing experience with you and the entire vital spirit that NAOS has been to me.” Student 2019
“The experiences, the people, the teaching and enlightenment, the place, the insides and the outsides, everything has contributed to profound changes within in me other personally and in my work. Thank you really doesn’t feel a significant enough phrase to express the gratitude I feel.” Student 2019
“I have really enjoyed training with your over the last 3 years. They have been great trainings and wise investments.” Student 2019
“Bernd is warm, irreverent, brave, experienced, shaped by grit, free.” Student 2019
“The year on this course has given me so much, mostly time with incredible thinkers who, as a group of professionals both trainers and attendees, have contributed to broadening my mind and my approach to the way I am able to work with clients. NAOS is a centre of excellence and brings together excellent people to learn and grow with. Thank you.” Student 2019
“I thoroughly enjoyed the Naos learning experience and the insights into couples work I gained on the Diploma. I have used what I have learned in my day to day practice and got the chance to meet some really fantastic, skilled people that I would otherwise not have met. The teaching staff form a well-integrated network of clinicians who seem to have worked together and formed an approach to the work that I was very interested to learn about.” Student 2019
Testimonials 2017
“Another brilliant day facilitated by Bernd. Experiential work hugely beneficial and insightful. Thank you!” Student 2017
“The course has been terribly enriching and thought provoking. I left feeling much better equipped to think about and work with couples. I was also able to integrate the knowledge and use it into my individual work. I recommend this course wholeheartedly.” Dr Yasmine Haimovici, 2016
“Each of the course modules gave me unique insights which is very useful in my work. I learnt the theory but also how to use them practically in therapy. It had enhanced my level of working with couples.” Rima Hawkins, 2016
“The course gave me a great foundation from which to understand the dynamics between couples and tools to assist them. I am much more confident about tackling some of the more complex situations that couples bring to the consultant room” RG, 2016
“I highly recommend the Advanced Diploma Course for anyone currently working with couples or anyone who is interested in working with couple relationships. The course content was informative and challenging, stimulating and insightful for the couple process and relationship developments. The course tutors offered their experience and knowledge to inform theory and bring alive practice, which I valued as a real learning resource. I felt supported and encouraged by the structure of the course, the delivery of the material plus discussion and role play that transformed theory and learning into practice.
I valued and enjoyed my time with you and continue to work with couples in a more confident and, I hope, more competent way than I did before completing the course.” J.M. 2016
“It’s been a pleasure to study with you and get to know you over the year. Many thanks for an enriching experience and allowing me to learn more about myself.” David Piner, 2014
“I was delighted to be a part of it.” Dominic Davies, 2014
“I found this to be an exciting and diverse training, giving me many more skills to integrate into my work with couples.” Priya, 2014
“It was a lovely ending, very graceful, kind and elegant…” Carolyn Cowan, 2014
“Thanks for the ending. I certainly hope it’s the start of some beginnings in terms of keeping in touch. I’d love to catch up and see how things are going with everyone.” Janine, 2014
Bernd C. Leygraf (Course Director), David Piner, Ana Rhodes, Serge Nicholson, Jean Miller
At NAOS premises, 3 Montpelier Avenue, Ealing – London W5 2XP
The Curriculum includes
Entry requirements
Counsellors, psychotherapists or related professions with a minimum of 2 years training and a minimum of 6 months experience of working with at least one couple
Assessment
Dates
January 2021 to November 2021. Times: 10.00 – 16.30 hrs. 9 weekends, 19 days in total.
Weekend 1: Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January 2021
Weekend 2: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February 2021
Weekend 3: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March 2021
Weekend 4: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 April 2021
Weekend 5: Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May 2021
Weekend 6: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 June 2021
Weekend 7: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July 2021
Weekend 8: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September 2021
Weekend 9: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October 2021
Weekend 10: Saturday 27 November 2021
Accreditation
Students may undertake this training in part fulfilment of the Accredited Register (Professional Standards Board), as a pathway into UKCP registration or BACP accreditation.
The course is accredited with NCS and NCP and faculty members are all accredited with national accrediting bodies (AHPP, NCP, NCS, BACP, UKCP, COSRT)
Fees
£2950.00 (incl 20% VAT) for the year. Payments can be made monthly by standing order over 10 months. Applicants who are able to pay for the year ahead in one lump sum, are offered a 2.5% reduction in fees.
Enquiries and Application
If you require more information, please fill in an application form (click here). We will contact you as soon as possible.
All applicants are required to complete the application form. This will be followed by a telephone interview. If offered a place, a course contract will have to be completed and an initial non-refundable deposit of £100 to secure a place will be required.
£2950.00 for the year. Payments can be made monthly by standing order over 12 months. Applicants who wish to pay for the year a one off payment, are offered a 2.5% reduction in fees.
