Developing Personal Awareness

The Academy: Sheffield Psychotherapy and Counselling Education (S.P.A.C.E) Ltd

We have been established since 2010 and are a specialist training organisation dedicated to developing ‘people skills’. We are an independent, leading Counsellor training provider in Sheffield!

Do you

• Want to understand more about yourself and others and improve communication skills?

• Seek to enhance an existing role involving listening and interpersonal or ‘people’ skills?

• Want to train as a counsellor/psychotherapist?

• Wish to enhance your personal and/or professional development?

• Need to develop your staff to communicate and deal with the public or colleagues more effectively?

We offer a Foundations in Counselling course and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy. The Foundation course runs as two groups; Monday 9.30-1pm OR Friday 9.30-1pm starting September 2024.  The Diploma 2024 begins in October on Tuesdays 9.30-2pm. Deadline for Diploma applications is the end of May and end of June for Foundation applications

Why Study with us?

• A solid and professional training delivered by knowledgeable, expert practitioner-tutors

• This three year Diploma course supports you through to completion of all training requirements.

• Experience and research indicates clients are best served by an approach that takes account of their diversity: we train students to use the therapeutic relationship as the agent of change, to respond to a variety of people and problems with a range of methods.

• We place a high value on integrity and ethical practice.

• Past students have all gained placement experience in the public and voluntary sector in Sheffield and the surrounding region.

• Former students have successfully entered private practice and/or gained posts in the public sector (primary and secondary health, education) and voluntary sector and gained NCS/BACP accreditation.

• Small classes (max 14)

• Learning materials, refreshments and specialist library provided