Certificate/Diploma In Contemporary

Trauma Practice:

Mind, Body And Relationship:

Developing Competence in Applying

Neuroscience to Therapy

January to October 2026

Led by Miriam Taylor

assisted by Nick Adlington

with guest trainers Martin Capps, Ed Fellows, Sonja Hookway, and Margaret Landale

Seven modules (120 hours)

Central Oxford and online

We are delighted that this successful training (this will be the eighth cohort) is to run again. Due to popular demand we have decided to

run this cohort both face to face and online. The five two-day and two three day workshops will build your confidence, skills and understanding in working with trauma, especially complex trauma.

Grounded in a relational field perspective, the programme will offer a safe, non-pathologising and accessible approach to working with trauma. Drawing on a cutting-edge contextual approach to shared trauma, it will offer a combination of relational, embodied and experiential perspectives on trauma, including pragmatic ideas on psycho-education and experimental interventions.

The course will be creative and rigorous and have an emphasis on practice. It will be underpinned with input on, and discussion of, collective trauma, neuroscience, trauma theory, embodiment and developing resilience as a practitioner.

This programme is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches, organisational development consultants and other mental health practitioners who wish to extend their work with trauma, including those with an interest in using relational principles based on humanistic practice.

We will place an emphasis on developing a supportive training environment where you can build confidence in working with people presenting with trauma, complex trauma and dissociation. The focus will be on gaining an understanding of the impact of trauma on individuals and in the wider field. We will support this process by developing your ability to work with unspoken and embodied processes, including your own. As we work together to extend your practice to include a trauma focus you will learn a range of effective interventions; both psycho-educational and experimental.

There is maximum group size of sixteen, early application is advised.

Venue:

Friends Meeting House,

St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LW

and online

Dates:

January 16/17 2026 (Oxford)

February 27/28 2026 (Online)

April 17/18 2026 (Oxford)

May 22/23/24 2026 (Online)

July 3/4 2026 (Oxford)

Sept 11/12/13 2026 (Online)

October 23/24 2026 (Oxford)

Times:

09.30 – 17.30 (UK time) each day

Cost:

£2,400 or £2.150 early bird price for booking prior to 15 July 2025 (£2,600 and £2,450 for organisations).

Non-returnable deposit £150 payable on acceptance of application.

Monthly payment options are available.

For more information or to book

call or email:

Martin Capps on 07941 647740

martin@martin-capps.co.uk