Are you a Psychotherapist looking to bring couples (or other intimate relationships) into your practice?
This Postgraduate Diploma in Couples Therapy is designed for qualified therapists who want to develop confidence and clinical depth in working with couples.
The programme offers a relational, depth-based approach that supports practitioners to work ethically and effectively with complex relationship dynamics, high conflict, and entrenched patterns.
Training is delivered by experienced clinicians at The Institute of Couples Therapy, with a strong emphasis on real-world application, reflective practice, and professional development.
Course Duration: March 2026 – February 2027 (Part-time)
Participant Limit: Maximum 20
Delivery: 10 weekends (Fri - Sat) | Online via Zoom
CPD: 110 IACP-approved CPD hours
Fee: €3,700 (payment plan available)
Why Choose This Diploma?
● Comprehensive Curriculum: Includes ethics, cultural sensitivity, working with sex and intimacy, betrayal, neurodiversity, and diverse relationship structures.
● Integrative, Relational Framework: The curriculum blends Gestalt Therapy, the Developmental Model, Differentiation, Relational Life Therapy, and insights from thought leaders like Salvador Minuchin and Esther Perel, helping you understand not just what to do, but why it works.
● Deep Clinical Confidence and Skill: This programme supports you to become a more grounded, responsive, and effective therapist in the room by combining theory, practice, and clinical insight.
● Hands‑On Learning: Through engaging lectures, live demonstrations, video analysis, skill‑building exercises and supervised client hours, you’ll develop practical tools and confidence you can bring directly into your work. Meets Professional Standards: Aligned with the UK’s NCPS recommendations for training in relationship therapy.
● Faculty Expertise: Taught by a team of experienced practitioners with deep clinical and academic backgrounds.
● Self-Awareness & Reflexivity: Develop your use of self, presence in the room, and clinical clarity in complex relational work.
● Support for Your Professional Identity: As part of your enrolment, you’ll have free one‑year access to the ICT Therapist Directory, helping you connect with clients seeking relationship therapy.
● Bonus Access: Free one-year access to the ICT Community (via Circle), ICT Therapist Directory and full CPD webinar library for the course duration.
Eligibility Criteria
This programme is open to therapists who have successfully completed a core psychotherapy or counselling psychology training course and are accredited with an accrediting body such as IAHIP, IACP, BACP, PSI, or equivalent.
A minimum of two years of post-qualification experience is a prerequisite. For the 2026 intake, this includes applicants who completed their core professional training during 2024.
Please note, this programme does not constitute core training for entry into the profession for the purposes of acquiring accreditation as a psychotherapist.
Learn More + Apply:
https://instituteofcouplestherapy.com/postgraduate-diploma/
View the Prospectus:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17MXBjn5E0tsGptHgVbp3JKtcK5wOHn0z/view?usp=sharing
