TM5C Level 5 Certificate in Integrating Creative Interventions
Focus of Course
- For counsellors with a Level 4 qualification who are seeing clients and receiving regular supervision. No previous experience of creative work is required.
Entry Requirements
- TC-L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling or equivalent
Course Hours
- 77 guided learning hours, usually 5 Friday/Saturday modules and final session
Course Topics
- Working with pictures; art therapy; guided imagery; ethics and contracts; relational dynamics
- Freud, Jung and Perls; unconscious processes; working with fairy tales; case studies and role plays; working with puppets and nesting dolls; creative group supervision
- Neuroscience and creativity; working with trauma, abuse and dissociation; sand tray therapy
- Working with animals and figures; aspects of the self; family and group dynamics; power and conflict
- Creative group supervision; working with the Roles Played in Families, Core Needs in Families and Roles Played in Anger; exploring conflict creatively
- Story writing; set pieces
Assessments
- Learning Journal
- Choice of Essay: 3,000 words
- Case Study: 3,000 words
- Criteria
- Live Assessment Write-Up: 1,500 words
- Minimum 12 hours supervised creative client work during the course
Course fee
- £1750 payable as initial deposit and 5 monthly payments
Course Accreditation
- Accredited by the Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) as a Tailor Made course
Course Feedback
"Very enlightening both personally and for my client work. It has fuelled my love for being creative and working creatively."
"Excellent, revelatory. Can’t imagine counselling without using Creative Interventions."
"Stimulating, practical, life-changing for me as a counsellor - my practice will never be the same again!"
Training Standards Director Susie Donaldson originally qualified and worked as a Dietitian, specialising in supporting patients with chronic debilitating conditions. She became Director of the Suffolk-wide Dietetic Service, before leaving to raise her two sons and re-train as a counsellor.
Maureen is currently Medical Lead for Personal and Organisational Development in Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Consultant Psychiatrist, Kisiizi, Bwindi and Kagando Church of Uganda Hospitals, south-west Uganda.
Andy is a chartered engineer and works as a Customer Solutions Manager in an Aerospace company. He and Hazel live in Hemel Hempstead and have two grown-up children.
Hazel has a degree in Biochemistry and worked in immunology research before being a full time mum. She has a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and in Supervision, and a L5 Certificate in Creative Counselling.
Business Director Ken Donaldson trained as a Chartered Secretary and has business experience in finance, admin, buying and customer service in the retail, printing, aviation and housing sectors. He worked for 3 years in Kenya for Mission Aviation Fellowship and was also in church leadership for 7 years.
