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Upcoming Training Events

Upcoming Training Events

For continuing professional development

We organise professional events related to different aspects of counselling/psychotherapy, coaching/mentoring and pastoral care. Most of our events are online which are easy to access, and are open to members and non-members.

They include:

  • professional CPD events that focus on specific themes
  • pastoral care courses and workshops
  • free members forums (members only)
  • conferences

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ACC events Members Only

Mandatory reporting and disclosures

This session is intended to provide a clear and practical overview of the statutory duty to report under the Crime and Policing Act 2026 alongside other disclosure duties, including when disclosure triggers mandatory reporting, balancing confidentiality and what it means in practice.

Working with spiritual abuse

This training will seek to enable counsellors to work more effectively with spiritual abuse. The training will explore what spiritual abuse is and the impact it has on those who experience it. It will consider how best to work with spiritual abuse and explore issues that counsellors and therapists might usefully reflect on. It will also include self-care. The training will be interactive, providing opportunities for discussion and reflection throughout.

Trauma essentials: How it works and how it heals

This training provides a brief overview of how trauma works and heals drawn from the latest developments in the field of trauma. There will be an opportunity for Q&A at the end.

Neurodivergence and spirituality

How can we ensure our faith communities and therapeutic spaces offer safety and belonging for everyone? For many neurodivergent individuals, the desire for spiritual community is met with misunderstanding, exclusion or even spiritual harm.

SCoPEd column B top up training

This intensive four-day online training is for ACC registered counsellor members who wish to take one of the top up routes for accreditation. It is also a CPD training for qualified counsellors who have already met column A competencies and who wish to deepen their knowledge and skills. It covers all of the SCoPEd column B competencies, including areas such as:

Working somatically with trauma in therapeutic practice

A one-day introduction to working somatically with trauma in therapeutic practice. The workshop explores how trauma is experienced and expressed through the body, and how therapists can work with nervous system responses, body sensations, movement, and regulation in a safe and effective way. The workshop will include teaching, discussion, a live demonstration, and experiential exercises designed to support understanding and application in clinical practice. Suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, and trainees interested in integrating somatic awareness into their work.

Beloved and Entrusted - Christian Trauma Training

You are warmly invited to a safe, compassionate space designed to honour your journey and explore how God is on a mission to bring healing and restoration.