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Diploma in Adolescent Psychotherapy (2025 - 2026)
IACP CPD Accredited – 150 CPD Points
Commencing February 2026
Blended Delivery: In-person (Mullingar, Co. Westmeath) & Online
The Professional Diploma in Integrative Adolescent Psychotherapy offers a reflective, experiential, and trauma-informed training pathway for professionals who wish to work therapeutically with adolescents in a grounded, compassionate, and integrative way.
Now entering its second cohort following a highly successful pilot in 2025, this one-year diploma provides a balance of theory, experiential learning, and reflective practice. It invites participants to explore not only how they work with young people, but who they are in that space — holding stories, emotions, and potential with awareness and care.
Course Overview
This one-year diploma explores the emotional, developmental, and psychological world of adolescence through an integrative, trauma-informed approach. It combines a strong theoretical foundation with experiential learning, reflective development, and ongoing supervision. Students engage with a range of psychological and therapeutic frameworks, including psychodynamic, humanistic, attachment-based, and systemic perspectives.
Both directive and non-directive approaches are explored, helping participants develop flexibility, creativity, and confidence in their clinical and relational work. Learning is supported through Moodle, a secure online platform for materials, readings, reflective activities, and assessments. Each student also receives a comprehensive course handbook detailing all modules, learning outcomes, and assessment guidelines.
Course Details
Start Date: February 2026
Duration: 12 months (February 2026 – January 2027)
Format: Blended delivery (In-person and Online)
In-Person Venue: Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Online Delivery: Secure virtual learning platform via Moodle Supervision: Group supervision and reflective support included Accreditation: 150 CPD Points with IACP
Course Schedule 2026–2027
Course Schedule 2026-2027
| Month | Dates | Delivery | Key Topics / Themes | Reflective Focus | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 6-7 Feb 2026 | In-person | Relational foundations, human development, safety and connection | Therapist presence and connection | Phase One |
| March 2026 | 6-7 Mar 2026 | In-person | Brain development, co-regulation, reflective practice, therapeutic relationship | Therapist presence, systems and co-regulation | Phase One |
| April 2026 | 10-11 Apr 2026 | Online | Attachment, ACEs, therapist's adolescent stories and meaning-making | Self-reflection and reflective journaling | Phase One |
| May 2026 | 8-9 May 2026 | In-person | Assessment tools, genograms, timelines, case formulation | Readiness for clinical work | Phase Two |
| June 2026 | 5-6 Jun 2026 | Online | Anxiety, depression, emotional processing, ethical awareness | Integration of clinical theories | Phase Two |
| July 2026 | 3-4 Jul 2026 | Online | Family systems, engaging parents | Working within systems and managing | Phase Two |
| August 2026 | 14-15 Aug 2026 | In-person | Risk, supervision in peer work, reflective dialogue | End of readiness for supervision orientation | Phase Two |
| September 2026 | 4-5 Sep 2026 | In-person | Creative interventions, sand tray, metaphor and self-expression | Group supervision begins, clinical practice | Phase Three |
| October 2026 | 2-3 Oct 2026 | Online | Shame, identity, relational dynamics | Therapist identity and parallel attachment | Phase Three |
| November 2026 | 6-7 Nov 2026 | Online | Identity, addictions, reliance practice | Bringing creativity and theory together | Phase Three |
| December 2026 | 4-5 Dec 2026 | Online | Therapeutic endings, process and review | Reflective writing, closures, supervision | Phase Three |
| January 2027 | 8-9 Jan 2027 | In-person | Closing presentations, group integration | Final presentations and shared reflection | Phase Three |
Applications Now Open
Places are limited and early application is recommended.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/LNKNxySDRBu6SDiUA
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