The CICS two-year Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy comprises Years 2 and 3 of Qualification Pathway 1 and Years 1 and 2 of Qualification Pathway 2.
The course covers the combined bio-psycho-social dimensions of sexual and relationship health and wellbeing. It has been designed to ensure that, by the end of the programme, our graduates have a solid foundation of comprehensive knowledge and skills for confident therapeutic practice with psychosexual and relationship problems.
Gender, sexual, relationship and cultural diversity are fully integrated into all aspects of the course.
Our course is accredited by the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists, meaning that it meets the stringent requirements of the UK’s largest accrediting body for sex and relationship therapists, and leads to COSRT Registration.
The therapeutic theoretical orientation of the course is “pluralism”. Pluralism is an emerging way of thinking about therapy, based on the fundamental assumption that no one therapeutic approach has the monopoly on understanding the causes of distress or on the most helpful therapeutic responses. Instead, it suggests that different clients are likely to want, and benefit from, different things in therapy. We teach a range of contemporary approaches to therapy, to best serve each unique client, whilst maintaining the centrality of the client, relational working and research based practice.
We take a blended learning approach to all of our courses, combining comprehensive home study materials with live practice based, experiential training days.
To apply directly to the Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy, applicants must be fully qualified counsellors or psychotherapists. All other applicants are invited to apply for the CICS Foundations in Pluralistic Psychotherapy Practice.
We have an intake every September which is primarily for our Pathway 1 students, who go onto the Diploma from our Foundation course. If you feel you are eligible for Pathway 1 or if you are a newly qualified therapist and would like to start the Diploma ahead of our March intakes, please compete an application form below and indicate on the form which intake you are interested in. View September 2024 course dates.
The March 2025 intake runs monthly on Fridays and Saturdays, 10am to 5pm. This is a fully online access course for qualified therapists taking Pathway 2 with us. Pathway 1 starts with our Foundation in Counselling Skills and Practice Course.
Assessment is continuous and comprises of both written and observed assessment protocols.
Following successful completion of the CICS diploma, students will be eligible for the COSRT Register and can work as qualified sex and relationship therapists.
The total course fee is £7,800 including VAT for the full two-year programme and all home study materials. A non-refundable deposit of £600 is payable on acceptance of a place. The balance is then paid in 24 equal monthly payments of £300.
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