Healthcare Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
The School of Healthcare runs a developing portfolio of CPD courses. These courses are delivered by leading educators with experience across the NHS, psychotherapy, trauma, higher education, and wellbeing settings and can offer participants a variery of practical skills. Taking part you will:
- Develop practical tools that can immediately be applied in practice.
- Increase confidence in responding to trauma sensitively and safely.
- Deepen relational and reflective skills.
- Explore creative ways of working when verbal approaches feel limited
- Strengthen understanding of emotional processing and psychological safety.
- Enhance confidence in interprofessional and community settings.
Working Creatively in Mental Health Practice: Experiential Tools to Enhance Relational Depth with Clients – short course (non-credit bearing)
This course offers an engaging opportunity to explore how creative and experiential approaches can enrich work with people across a range of settings. Grounded in relational and humanistic principles, the training introduces methods such as arts-based work, imagery, and embodied techniques to support deeper connection and emotional understanding—especially when words feel limited. The course combines clear theory, live demonstration, and practical exercises, helping participants both understand the ideas behind these approaches and develop simple, usable tools they can take into their own practice or professional role. It is interactive and participatory, with small-group activities and experiential learning, creating a supportive space to explore and reflect. Suitable for a wide range of professionals and those with an interest in creative ways of working with others.
Suitable for:
- Counsellors and psychotherapists
- Mental health practitioners
- Nurses and allied health professionals
- Social workers
- Teachers and pastoral staff
- Support workers and youth workers
- Coaches and wellbeing practitioners
- Students and trainees in helping professions
- Professionals interested in relational and creative approaches
Course details: 12 hours in total. 3 hours per week over 4 consecutive weeks Online delivery only on Microsoft Teams.
July 2026 cohort:
Monday 6 July 2026 10am – 1pm
Monday 13 July 2026 10am – 1pm
Monday 20 July 2026 10am – 1pm
Monday 27 July 2026 10am – 1pm
Trauma Informed Practice – short course (non-credit bearing)
This professional development course provides an advanced understanding of trauma and its impact on individuals and communities. Participants will explore key trauma theories, including developmental, relational, neurobiological, somatic and socio-cultural perspectives, and learn how these inform trauma-informed care. The course emphasizes practical application of core principles: safety, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural humility across clinical, educational, and community settings. It includes discussion of trauma presentations such as PTSD and CPTSD, strategies for maintaining psychological safety, and approaches to prevent vicarious trauma and burnout. Through interactive sessions and experiential activities, participants will build confidence in integrating trauma-informed practices ethically and sensitively, while working effectively in interprofessional teams.
This course is suitable for:
- Counsellors and psychotherapists
- Mental health professionals
- Healthcare practitioners
- Nurses and AHPs
- Social workers
- Education professionals
- Community and third-sector workers
- Managers and team leaders
- Anyone working with vulnerable individuals or trauma-affected communities
Course details: 12 hours in total. 4 hours per week for 3 weeks, delivered fortnightly. Online delivery only on Microsoft Teams
June/July 2026 cohort:
Tuesday 23 June 10am – 2pm
Tuesday 7 July 10am – 2pm
Tuesdat 21 July 10am – 2pm
How to apply
To book your place or for general enquiries and information relating to these courses you can email us at: BusinessSupport@healthcare.leeds.ac.uk