Training Courses
All courses shown on this page have been checked and approved by APHP as being of high professional quality. Those with a star * indicated on them have agreed with APHP to give some kind of discount for APHP members. Please contact the training provider direct and state that you saw the training on the APHP website, and they will apply the discount at their end.
The APHP do not take any responsibility for any specific courses and the content and structure of the course is entirely the responsibility of the course provider. If you, as a member of the APHP, choose to undertake any of the courses listed below, it is understood that it is done so wholly with the knowledge that you are making a decision of your own accord. You are welcome to choose any forms of CPD whilst being a member of the APHP, not just those that are listed here.
Capital Knowledge – Trauma-Informed Mental Health Program (TIMP)
The Trauma-Informed Mental Health Program (TIMP) is a 10-month, 150-contact-hour professional certification offered by Capital Knowledge in Bahrain. The program was developed and is led by Eman Nooruddin, licensed psychotherapist and founder of Capital Knowledge, drawing on more than eighteen years of clinical practice and two decades of training mental health practitioners across Bahrain, Riyadh and Kuwait.
The program runs as ten monthly three-day intensives, delivered in person and online, across five progressive levels:
Level 1: Self and Trauma
Level 2: Body Image, Emotional Processing and Regulation
Level 3: Self-Esteem, Safety and the Nervous System
Level 4: Attachment and Parts Work
Level 5: Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning
At its heart is the Self-Image Triangle, an original integrated framework built around three corners of human experience: body image as the felt sense of living in a body, self-esteem as three dimensions of safety (with the nervous system housed inside it), and self-worth as the place where early relational wounds live. At the centre sits the Self, expressed through five core values that trauma dims but never removes.
Around this framework, students learn trauma theory and the neurobiology of traumatic stress, attachment theory, parts work (Ego State Therapy, Gestalt dialogue and Internal Family Systems), polyvagal theory, the window of tolerance, memory and emotion science, and somatic and emotional processing methods. These are brought together into one coherent clinical map, so graduates leave able to write a full case conceptualization and build a structured, safely paced treatment plan.
The training is experiential and personal-transformation-first: students do each piece of work in their own lives before learning to facilitate it for others. Each intensive combines teaching, live demonstration, guided experiential work, somatic practice, dyad and triad skills practice and supervised peer facilitation. Between modules, students complete written assignments and meet in peer supervision triads. Assessment is continuous and culminates in a written case conceptualization and treatment plan presented and defended under supervision.
Safe practice is taught throughout, with a clear distinction between coaching and therapy, ongoing risk awareness, and ethical referral to licensed clinical providers.
The program is designed for therapists, counsellors, coaches, educators and allied professionals seeking rigorous training in trauma-informed practice. It is culturally attuned to clients across the Gulf region and the wider Arab world, with bilingual English and Arabic delivery. Students must attend at least 90% of the training and complete the full program within two years.
Contact : Noor Nooruddin
Email : noor@cklearning.com
Telephone : +973 38389192
Website : https://cklearning.com/courses/trauma-informed-self-image-coach/
Life Clinics Hypnotherapy Training (LCHT) – Hypno4Children™ Practitioner
Become a Hypno4Children™ Practitioner ~ 2 day CPD Course
Empowering you to confidently support children and young people with hypnotherapy
Hi, we are Julie and Marcia, Clinical Hypnotherapists, co-founders of Hypno4Children™ and passionate advocates for helping children and young people develop the tools they need to thrive.
With over 40 years of combined experience working with children and teens, we have created this training to help qualified hypnotherapists confidently adapt their existing skills for younger clients.
Our two-day practitioner training is designed to give you practical, adaptable techniques that you can take straight into your practice.
Day One focuses on working with younger children, around ages 5 to 9, exploring how we can use imagination, stories, play and hypnosis in ways that really connect with them.
Day Two moves into working with older children and teenagers, looking at their developing brains, communication, emotional regulation and the tools that can help them build confidence and resilience.
Across the two days, we will introduce you to our MINDHACK™ system, an adaptable framework for working therapeutically with children and young people and our StudyCalm™ programme, designed to help students feel calmer and more confident with learning, studying and exams.
We also share scripts, strategies, resources and lots of practical ideas that you can adapt to your individual clients.
Two Training Options
OPTION 1 ~ TRAINING ONLY
Live Online: £395 | Self-Paced: £345
Attend the full two-day training and receive:
- Our 100-page Hypno4Children™ manual
- CPD certificate
- MINDHACK™ and StudyCalm™ training
- Practical scripts, strategies and ideas
- Safeguarding and contracting guidance
OPTION 2 ~ PRACTITIONER “BUSINESS IN A BOX”
Live Online: £595 | Self-Paced: £545
Everything in Option 1, plus a wealth of ready-to-use resources, including;
- Client worksheets
- MINDHACK & StudyCalm PowerPoints
- MINDHACK Workbook & Teen Feel-Good-File
- Intake forms.
You will also gain Hypno4Children™ Practitioner status, with a profile listing on our website, giving you the tools, resources and support to start developing your own Hypno4Children practice.
Choose How You Learn
You can join us live on Zoom over two days, enjoying an interactive learning experience with the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas.
Or choose our self-paced online training, made up of recordings from a previous live course, thoughtfully divided into bite-sized sections so you can learn at your own convenience and fit your training around your other commitments.
Our aim is simple.
We don’t just want to teach you techniques. We want you to finish your training feeling confident, equipped, inspired and excited about working with children and young people.
Contact : Marcia / Julie
Email : hello@hypno4children.co.uk
Telephone : Marcia 07739 263771 / Julie 07843434614
Website : https://www.hypno4children.co.uk/practitioner-training/
Life Clinics Hypnotherapy Training (LCHT) – EMDR for Hypnotherapists
EMDR for Hypnotherapists: 2-Day CPD Training
This practical two-day CPD course is designed for qualified hypnotherapists who would like to develop their understanding of EMDR theory, principles and techniques and explore how EMDR-informed approaches can be safely integrated into their existing therapeutic practice.
EMDR is much more than eye movements. During the training, we explore the theory behind EMDR, the Adaptive Information Processing model and how distressing experiences can become “stuck”, continuing to influence thoughts, emotions, behaviours and physical responses.
The course introduces the eight phases of EMDR, including history taking and treatment planning, preparation and stabilisation, assessment, processing, installation, body scan, closure and reevaluation. Particular attention is given to client readiness, appropriate preparation and the importance of working safely and within professional scope.
Delegates will explore different forms of bilateral stimulation, including eye movements, alternating tapping and sounds, alongside practical stabilisation, grounding and resource-building techniques. The training includes demonstrations, discussion and experiential exercises to help practitioners build confidence in applying their learning.
We also explore how EMDR-informed techniques can complement hypnotherapy and other therapeutic approaches, while maintaining a clear distinction between formal EMDR and the appropriate integration of EMDR-informed techniques within hypnotherapy practice.
On successful completion, you will receive a CPD Certificate in EMDR-Informed Techniques for Hypnotherapists.
Course Fee – £325
APHP Member Discount:
APHP members receive £25 off the full course fee. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount.
Discount code: APHP25
Contact : Marcia Eden
Email : info@lifeclinics.com
Telephone : 07739 263771
Website : https://lifeclinics.com/emdr-for-hypnotherapists-cpd/
Yorkshire Hypnotherapy Training – GDPR for Therapists: 2026 Update & Privacy Policy Guide
Home Study: £7.50
https://www.cpd.expert/gdpr-for-therapists-2026/
Tutor: Debbie Waller, Experienced hypnotherapist, tutor, and author of Anxiety to Calm, Their Worlds Your Words, The Hypnotherapist’s Companion, and The Metaphor Toolbox.
If you’re a hypnotherapist, counsellor, or other UK therapist in private practice, you need to understand how GDPR and UK data protection law apply to your client records, privacy policy, website, emails and everyday working practices. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 has updated several areas of UK GDPR, including Data Protection Complaints, Subject Access Requests, cookie rules, and legitimate interests. This short, practical guide explains what has changed and what you need to know and do, without wading through pages of legislation.
This 15-minute video on GDPR in 2026 with a cookie notice guide is just £7.50
What’s in the Video?
- keeping therapy client records under the GDPR
- the 13 things your Privacy Policy needs to include
- choosing lawful bases for processing client data
- the data protection changes introduced in 2026
- the new requirements for handling data protection complaints
- Subject Access Requests for therapists
- do you need a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA)?
- direct marketing and email consent
- cookie pop-up rules for therapists
- subcontractors and Data Processing Agreements
- data breaches and secure disposal of records
The emphasis throughout is on what these requirements mean in everyday language, rather than simply explaining the legislation. This means you can apply the rules to your practice quickly and easily.
This presentation is based on my own research, knowledge and experience as a therapist and webmaster, and does not replace advice from a legal professional.
Contact : Debbie Waller
Email : debbie@cpd.expert
Yorkshire Hypnotherapy training – Advanced Anxiety Management
Pre-course reading plus a one-day workshop in Castleford, on 20th September 2026
£160 – Early Bird price – £140 available only until 27th August 2026
APHP members get 10% off by using the code APHP when booking.
https://www.cpd.expert/anxiety/
Tutors:
Debbie Waller, Experienced hypnotherapist, tutor, and author of Anxiety to Calm, Their Worlds Your Words, The Hypnotherapist’s Companion, and The Metaphor Toolbox.
With Brian Turner of Phoenix Therapy, a psychotherapist specialising in anxiety and depression, and placement coordinator for Stamp Out Suicide. Author of Lessons Learned in the Therapy Business and Echoes of Empathy.
Take your hypnotherapy practice to the next level with our Advanced Anxiety Management certification. This practical CPD course is designed for hypnotherapists and talking therapists who want to master evidence-based anxiety reduction techniques, improve stress management strategies, and help clients build resilience in the face of anxiety.
This course is not available as a home study option and is only held once a year. We are limited to six places, so early booking is advised.
Anxiety Management Techniques You Will Learn
This intensive one-day course covers:
- The biology of anxiety – brain chemistry, medical interventions, and physiological responses
- Recognising and understanding anxiety-related conditions
- Effective intake methods – tools to collect and interpret client information, measure progress, and plan therapy
- Psychological explanations of anxiety – applying theory to practice
- Tools for clients in trance – hypnotherapy interventions for anxiety
- Tools for clients out of trance – practical strategies for stress reduction and emotional regulation
What You Will Receive
- Comprehensive pre-course ebook*: background reading with multiple-choice questionnaire (approx. 2 hours, to maximise workshop time)
- One-day seminar in Castleford, West Yorkshire
- Detailed workshop notes and downloadable resources: scripts, handouts, and leaflets ready to add your practice details and use with clients
- Practical exercises to immediately apply your learning in your practice
Review: This is an amazing course. If there is one thing you should do as part of your CPD, it’s to enrol on this course. It has taught me so much and progressed my business in ways I would not have believed. SL
New Horizon Training – Working With Weight Management Clients
Time: 10:00am–1:30pm
Price: £85
Tutor: Andy Workman, Solution Focused and Integrative Hypnotherapist, Author, Motivational Speaker, Broadcaster and qualified Therapy Supervisor.
Hosted by: New Horizon Training Academy – live online via Zoom.
Weight management remains one of the most common reasons clients seek support from hypnotherapists. Many already know what they would like to change, yet still find themselves caught in patterns around comfort eating, cravings, motivation, emotional eating, guilt, self-sabotage and repeated cycles of “starting again”.
This practical three-and-a-half-hour CPD with Andy Workman offers a compassionate, client-centred approach to exploring the mindset, habits, emotions and behavioural patterns that may influence a client’s relationship with food, movement, motivation and change.
Rather than focusing on shame, strict dieting or one-size-fits-all advice, the workshop looks beneath the surface at the role of stress, emotion, expectation, habit, learned behaviour and primitive brain responses.
Drawing on Andy’s well-known Cavemen and Polar Bears approach, the CPD combines clear explanation, practical tools and subconscious approaches to help practitioners work more confidently when progress feels stuck or motivation fluctuates.
During the workshop, we will explore:
• how stress, emotion and primitive brain responses can influence eating behaviour, comfort eating and reward patterns;
• why BMI and weight alone do not tell the full story, and how to discuss scales, setbacks and progress constructively;
• supporting motivation, self-awareness and realistic behaviour change;
• the role of movement, journalling, portion awareness and natural eating;
• discussing food, choice and personal responsibility without shame or judgement;
• how hypnosis, subconscious approaches and therapeutic language can support confidence and control;
• structuring the initial consultation and ongoing sessions;
• adapting your approach to the needs of individual clients.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is suitable for qualified and student hypnotherapists, solution-focused hypnotherapists and integrative practitioners who would like a broader, practical way of supporting weight management clients — particularly when reducing the stress bucket feels like only one part of the picture.
What is included?
Attendees will receive live online training with Andy Workman, hosted by New Horizon Training Academy, plus a supporting booklet containing hypnosis scripts, practical approaches and guidance for the initial consultation and ongoing sessions. A certificate of attendance is included.
About the Tutor
Andy Workman is a Solution Focused and Integrative Hypnotherapist, Author, Motivational Speaker, Broadcaster and qualified Therapy Supervisor. Known for his practical, engaging and down-to-earth teaching style, Andy combines warmth, humour and clinical experience with his Cavemen and Polar Bears approach to explaining the primitive brain.
Accreditation
New Horizon Training Academy is an accredited school with the National Council for Hypnotherapy. Its CPD training is accredited by The Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, and NHTA was awarded Provider of Training Excellence by the Professional Development Consortium in April 2023.
Further information and booking:
www.newhorizontraining.co.uk/events
Contact : Lisa Williams Edgar
Email : enquiries@newhorizontraining.co.uk
Telephone : 07920 147101
Website : http://www.newhorizontraining.co.uk