Clinical Placement Opportunities for Trainee Counsellors and Psychotherapists

I am currently at capacity and am not able to take on new placement students. I have kept this page live so you can see how a placement here works — it is based at 1 Park Lane, Allestree, Derby, within an established, well-held clinical environment where trainees on accredited counselling and psychotherapy courses begin to put their training into practice with real confidence. Please keep an eye on this page, which I update as soon as more opportunities open up.

What the placement offers

The placement is designed to give you meaningful, hands-on experience of working with clients across a range of presenting issues and lengths of work. You will be supported throughout, with supervision built in as a core part of the arrangement.

• ·Long-term and short-term client work
• ·Face-to-face, online and telephone experience
• ·Course-approved and adaptable to your training requirements
• ·A safe, confidential and well-established clinical setting

Group supervision included

Group supervision is offered as part of the placement. This gives you a reflective, peer-learning space where you can bring your client work, think through ethical questions, and develop your practice safely alongside other trainees.

• ·Small groups of 2–4 trainees
• ·Grounded in the BACP Ethical Framework
• ·Support with course paperwork and reports

When places open up

I am at capacity for placements at the moment, so I am not asking for expressions of interest or CVs right now. When new placement places become available I will update this page, and it is usually the first place I announce them. In the meantime, the details above still describe how a placement here works, so it is worth reading through and thinking about what you would want from your training placement.

• ·Keep an eye on this page — I update it as soon as places open up
• ·Check the blog for news from the practice
• ·Read about the practice and how I work