Professional Psychotherapy Certification

Professional Psychotherapy

In this age of increasing stress, studying psychotherapy can help you to help people understand the reasons behind maladaptive behaviours and support them towards leading happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Unresolved trauma or issues often result in negative patterns of behaviour. Psychotherapy helps you understand how stress affects physical, mental and emotional health.

We encourage all readers to study the course thoroughly to obtain an in-depth understanding of all aspects, so you are able to utilise your knowledge to help as many people as possible. Studying this course will help you address a wide variety of problems, including stress, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

What You Will Learn

  • How psychotherapy helps people resolve inner conflict and how they benefit from seeing a professional psychotherapist
  • How the brain affects our thoughts, and understanding the different parts of the brain and how they impact our behaviour and thinking
  • The differences between the conscious and subconscious mind and how they work together in our day-to-day lives
  • How stress affects emotions, ability to rationalise and patterns of thinking, and how clients react to different stresses
  • The different types of affective disorders, and you will be able to differentiate between one-off emotions and psychological conditions

Benefits of the Course

Studying a professional psychotherapy course can help you in several ways, including:

  • Understand how to offer your own psychotherapy services with one-to-one or group therapy sessions
  • You can help people understand themselves better and address issues and concerns that may be impairing their lives
  • You can use psychotherapy to help people to live happier and more meaningful lives

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

Compatible with modern devices

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!
  • What is psychotherapy
  • Why people go to psychotherapy
  • About boundaries
  • About confidentiality
  • To understand the brain, how it functions and why that’s important to psychotherapy
  • The different parts of the brain and their respective functions
  • The difference between the left and the right side of the brain
  • The nervous system
  • The five levels of the mind
  • The importance of sleep and the stages of sleep
  • Why we dream
  • The importance of learning and the different types of learning
  • The areas of the brain that relate to memory
  • Why we may have poor memory recall
  • Different elements of memory
  • Effects of being tired
  • How different people respond differently to stress
  • The effect of unresolved stress on mental health
  • Common symptoms of stress
  • Coping strategies to help manage stress
  • That a psychotherapist must be able to recognise at what point a client’s behaviour may become a potential illness
  • The criteria for evaluation of behaviour
  • Considerations needed for identifying a mental health condition
  • Examples and guidelines for some mental health disorders
  • What are affective disorders
  • Depression - how to recognise depression, symptoms, time-frame for diagnosis, and some various forms of depression.
  • Bipolar - how to recognise bipolar, symptoms, genetic influence and a look at some related disorders.
ID: YDFT67YHJ
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Professional Psychotherapy Certification

on 21st November 2025

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

The course is broken down into 8 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

Once you have completed all 8 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 8 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

The pass mark for the test is 70%.

If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

We estimate that the course will take about 3.5 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

Really helpful course, it covers all the main aspects to become a successful PA. I was looking for an admin course where I can improve a new side of my professional career and this course had everything I needed. It gives you everything from basic computer knowledge to tips for the day to day basics like answering the phone or how to create a memo or book your boss’ travel arrangements. It offers a clear structure with all the main subjects divide in short modules, easy to study that way, and it gives you examples in real life as well as practice exercises that help you to understand everything. With support during all the course and access during a whole year, you cannot ask for more value for money! Totally recommended!

Alicia Prenda

I am so impressed with this course. For starters it was hugely discounted which saved me money, secondly it is really easy to use. It is jam packed with information yet so easy to follow and they layout is very clean, clear and precise. I have learnt so much from this course already and I can even revisit modules as and when I need to. If you are an aspiring Makeup Artist, then this course will definitely lead you on the right path and it teaches you how to deal with clients and how to get the best out of your career.

Esther Lawrence

Very Informative course, breaks everything down easily into simple steps.Thank you.

Nicola Hovell

A good course that covers all the basics and will leave you confident and equipped to deal with any emergencies as they arise, from basic equipment needed, to how to do CPR on your dog or cat, to administering medicines and dealing with burns, breaks and drownings. It gave me a lot of tips and pointers to explore the issues further as well as first aid equipment to buy. Providing you read through all of the modules, you'll be able to pass the course quite easily. Good value for money for what I paid for this course. Well worth the few hours needed.

Adam Waldron

I cannot recommend this course enough, and after seeing the standard of my current course, I can only assume others are to the same high standard.

One of the first things you will notice about the course is just how informative it is. The information given is in depth and intelligently written. I felt within the first 15 minutes of starting, I had a genuine understanding of the requirements of my course and the ways in which it would benefit me.

I have been working in hotels now for a few years and have made the step forward into a management role. This course has given me great confidence in my own abilities and is helping me understand just how much work goes into managing a hotel.

I cannot recommend this course enough! If you’re thinking of taking the plunge, perhaps making a career change or just starting out like me, then this course is the platform you need to boost your success.

Liam Hubbard

A brilliant course which was very informative and I really enjoyed it. Very difficult test at the end so you do really need to read through every module to do the test and pass it.

I will be recommending it to all my friends for sure. The bonus is I have access to this information forever. So I can revisit it anytime I like, how great is that??? I think its amazing personally.

Jay Harper

Duration:
3.5 hours

Access:
Lifetime Access

Approved by:
CPD

Learning Type:


Text based modules  Images  Video learning 

Cost:
$120.00

Professional Psychotherapy

In this age of increasing stress, studying psychotherapy can help you to help people understand the reasons behind maladaptive behaviours and support them towards leading happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Unresolved trauma or issues often result in negative patterns of behaviour. Psychotherapy helps you understand how stress affects physical, mental and emotional health.

We encourage all readers to study the course thoroughly to obtain an in-depth understanding of all aspects, so you are able to utilise your knowledge to help as many people as possible. Studying this course will help you address a wide variety of problems, including stress, anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

What You Will Learn

  • How psychotherapy helps people resolve inner conflict and how they benefit from seeing a professional psychotherapist
  • How the brain affects our thoughts, and understanding the different parts of the brain and how they impact our behaviour and thinking
  • The differences between the conscious and subconscious mind and how they work together in our day-to-day lives
  • How stress affects emotions, ability to rationalise and patterns of thinking, and how clients react to different stresses
  • The different types of affective disorders, and you will be able to differentiate between one-off emotions and psychological conditions

Benefits of the Course

Studying a professional psychotherapy course can help you in several ways, including:

  • Understand how to offer your own psychotherapy services with one-to-one or group therapy sessions
  • You can help people understand themselves better and address issues and concerns that may be impairing their lives
  • You can use psychotherapy to help people to live happier and more meaningful lives

This course includes

24/7 Student Support

End of course certification

Lifetime access to your course

Compatible with modern devices

PLUS - Access to the exclusive New Skills Academy Study Group!
  • What is psychotherapy
  • Why people go to psychotherapy
  • About boundaries
  • About confidentiality
  • To understand the brain, how it functions and why that’s important to psychotherapy
  • The different parts of the brain and their respective functions
  • The difference between the left and the right side of the brain
  • The nervous system
  • The five levels of the mind
  • The importance of sleep and the stages of sleep
  • Why we dream
  • The importance of learning and the different types of learning
  • The areas of the brain that relate to memory
  • Why we may have poor memory recall
  • Different elements of memory
  • Effects of being tired
  • How different people respond differently to stress
  • The effect of unresolved stress on mental health
  • Common symptoms of stress
  • Coping strategies to help manage stress
  • That a psychotherapist must be able to recognise at what point a client’s behaviour may become a potential illness
  • The criteria for evaluation of behaviour
  • Considerations needed for identifying a mental health condition
  • Examples and guidelines for some mental health disorders
  • What are affective disorders
  • Depression - how to recognise depression, symptoms, time-frame for diagnosis, and some various forms of depression.
  • Bipolar - how to recognise bipolar, symptoms, genetic influence and a look at some related disorders.
ID: YDFT67YHJ
certificate

of achievement

This certificate is presented to

Your Name

NSA

For completing the

Professional Psychotherapy Certification

on 21st November 2025

Selena Hurford

Selena Hurford

Course Tutor

cpd

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Head of Academy

Certificate Example

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.

The course is broken down into 8 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.

You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!

Once you have completed all 8 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 8 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.

The pass mark for the test is 70%.

If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.

You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.

You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.

We estimate that the course will take about 3.5 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.

Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.

Really helpful course, it covers all the main aspects to become a successful PA. I was looking for an admin course where I can improve a new side of my professional career and this course had everything I needed. It gives you everything from basic computer knowledge to tips for the day to day basics like answering the phone or how to create a memo or book your boss’ travel arrangements. It offers a clear structure with all the main subjects divide in short modules, easy to study that way, and it gives you examples in real life as well as practice exercises that help you to understand everything. With support during all the course and access during a whole year, you cannot ask for more value for money! Totally recommended!

Alicia Prenda

I am so impressed with this course. For starters it was hugely discounted which saved me money, secondly it is really easy to use. It is jam packed with information yet so easy to follow and they layout is very clean, clear and precise. I have learnt so much from this course already and I can even revisit modules as and when I need to. If you are an aspiring Makeup Artist, then this course will definitely lead you on the right path and it teaches you how to deal with clients and how to get the best out of your career.

Esther Lawrence

Very Informative course, breaks everything down easily into simple steps.Thank you.

Nicola Hovell

A good course that covers all the basics and will leave you confident and equipped to deal with any emergencies as they arise, from basic equipment needed, to how to do CPR on your dog or cat, to administering medicines and dealing with burns, breaks and drownings. It gave me a lot of tips and pointers to explore the issues further as well as first aid equipment to buy. Providing you read through all of the modules, you'll be able to pass the course quite easily. Good value for money for what I paid for this course. Well worth the few hours needed.

Adam Waldron

I cannot recommend this course enough, and after seeing the standard of my current course, I can only assume others are to the same high standard.

One of the first things you will notice about the course is just how informative it is. The information given is in depth and intelligently written. I felt within the first 15 minutes of starting, I had a genuine understanding of the requirements of my course and the ways in which it would benefit me.

I have been working in hotels now for a few years and have made the step forward into a management role. This course has given me great confidence in my own abilities and is helping me understand just how much work goes into managing a hotel.

I cannot recommend this course enough! If you’re thinking of taking the plunge, perhaps making a career change or just starting out like me, then this course is the platform you need to boost your success.

Liam Hubbard

A brilliant course which was very informative and I really enjoyed it. Very difficult test at the end so you do really need to read through every module to do the test and pass it.

I will be recommending it to all my friends for sure. The bonus is I have access to this information forever. So I can revisit it anytime I like, how great is that??? I think its amazing personally.

Jay Harper

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