Certificate in Trauma

Certificate: A relational approach to the treatment of trauma

Delivered as 5 weekend workshops from January to April 2026. Nottingham City venue.

Course Leader: Rosemary Langford-Bellaby

Offered as 5 two-day (Sat & Sun) workshops from Jan to April 2026

Venue: In-person training based in Nottingham City.

Timings: 9.30am - 5.30pm each day

Fees: £1,500 (Non-Members), £1,350 (SPTI Members) Payable by instalments. £300 deposit required.

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Who is this training for?

During the course of their work, professionals are likely to come across individuals who have experienced psychological trauma. In the face of what seem like intractable difficulties or behaviour which is hard to understand, we can feel ill-equipped to know how to respond. The first two-part workshop introduces the key concepts of working therapeutically with people who have experienced trauma. The following three workshops are intended for counsellors, psychotherapists and mental health practitioners who wish to develop their practice to include a relational approach to working with trauma with a focus on resilience and the use of self.

Course aims

The fundamental aim of the training is to provide practitioners with theoretical and practical exposure to modern views in the field of trauma treatment. This will enable them to develop understanding and competence in their field, deepening their knowledge base philosophically, theoretically and clinically, and from this to enable an integration within their field of work and practice.

Why study psychological trauma with us?

Many of the current approaches to working with trauma are based on cognitive or behavioural models which emphasise helping techniques but run the risk of neglecting the uniqueness of the traumatised person and the particularity of their experience. Our core therapeutic philosophy emphasises the significance of the relationship between therapist and client in the successful outcome of therapy, and this series of workshops will take an intentionally relational approach to working therapeutically with trauma.

In addition, the workshops will balance the learning of theory and application to therapeutic practice, with the aim of enabling course members to develop their own integrative approach to therapeutic work with clients who have experienced trauma.

How is the course delivered?

The course is offered as 5 workshops leading to the Certificate in a Relational Approach to the Treatment of Trauma. The course will be delivered face to face.

In order to qualify for the Certificate, participants must:

have 100% attendance
evidence of 30 hours of appropriately supervised trauma related therapeutic work
submit a 5,000-word Case Study demonstrating knowledge, understanding and application to practice of trauma theory
pass a competency profile

Please note: The ‘Certificate in A relational approach to the treatment of trauma’ is delivered by Janus CPD in partnership with SPTI Ltd.

Programme leader:

Rosemary Langford-Bellaby has extensive training and experience as a psychotherapist, supervisor trainer and consultant. Rosemary has trained in both Gestalt Psychotherapy and Integrative Psychotherapy and has completed additional elements of training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Transactional Analysis, Behavioural Therapy and Client-Centred Counselling. She is accredited with the UKCP and runs a private practice working with individuals, couples, and groups. As part of her work Rosemary has had first-hand experience in the field of Trauma having worked in Israel and Croatia with trauma sufferers and survivors.

Fees: SPTI Members £1,350 and Non-Members £1,500

Please note: A deposit of £300 is required at time of booking. Fees may be paid by four instalments which include an administration fee.

For more information please contact:

Collette Colver,

Graduate Training & Community Engagement Manager,

Janus CPD

Email: info@janus-cpd.co.uk

Enquiries and applications: support@janus-cpd.co.uk

Please Note: The Certificate in Trauma is offered in partnership with The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute. Participants will benefit from access to the SPTI Library and other resources and use of venue spaces at Castle Quay Nottingham.

The course was previously known as SPTI Certificate: A relational Approach to the Treatment of Trauma