Training for professionals
Support for professionals
At Arun Counselling Centre (ACC) we offer:
- placements for counsellors in training
- volunteer opportunities for qualified counsellors
- a professional CPD membership for counsellors who want to keep learning, stay connected, and help make counselling accessible for everyone
Welcome to Arun Community of Practice
Arun Community of Practice (formerly Friends of Arun), is a professional community for counsellors and practitioners to access affordable CPD, peer learning, and ongoing connection to a values-driven service.
Membership includes:
- Discounted access to a minimum of 10 CPD sessions per year
- Peer networking
- Social events
- Monthly newsletter
Community benefits:
- Structured CPD that can contribute toward BACP, UKCP, and NCS requirements
- Opportunities to connect with fellow counsellors and reduce professional isolation
- Learning across modalities (e.g. humanistic, psychodynamic, integrative)
- Access to specialist topics, approaches, and emerging areas of practice
- A space for reflective discussion, shared insight, and collaborative learning
- Welcoming to counsellors and trainees from a range of modalities and experience levels
About the CPD
CPD covers a range of specialisms and modalities and is led by a mix of qualified therapists, counsellors and medical professionals, such as:
Dr Jonathan Prosser, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Health Service Leader
Di Hassell, COSRT Accredited Psychosexual & Relationship Therapist
Workshops are either a full/half-day and held at our centre in Littlehampton, West Sussex.
Membership costs
Core Member (current staff): Annual fee FREE; half-day CPD £15
Associate Member (recent alumni): Annual fee £25; Half-day CPD £30
Community Member (other): Annual fee £50; Half day CPD £30
If you are interested in joining a training session as a non-member, we offer half-day CPD at £50. Simply visit our EventBrite page to sign up.
All fees support subsidised counselling in the community.
Trainee Counsellor Placements
We welcome applications from trainees who are in the second year of their diploma level training courses using a range of modalities including humanistic, psychodynamic, transactional analysis and integrative.
We require our trainees to be actively engaged in their own therapy and see this as a key component of any training.
We recruit throughout the year whenever a vacancy occurs and hope trainees commit to the service for two years, hopefully longer!
We require our trainee counsellors to become members of a professional body such as BACP, UKCP or NCS and that they attend at last two of our workshops each year as part of their ongoing professional development.
What is the cost?
Students pay £25 per month for their supervision.
As a charity, unfortunately we are unable to pay travel expenses for counselling students, however we can help towards expenses for counsellors once they have completed all their training.
Why train with ACC?
We encourage mixed modality supervision groups, welcoming the exchange of ideas and practice.
We have supervisors with humanistic, psychodynamic and integrative backgrounds. Our philosophy is that we can all learn from each other.
We provide two hours of group supervision (four counsellors per group) each fortnight across seven groups.
How can I apply?
Please apply by email with a completed application form and an up-to-date CV to: admin@aruncounselling.com
Qualified Counsellors
All of our counsellors are volunteers and we welcome enquiries from qualified counsellors.
We provide two hours of free group supervision (four counsellors per group) each fortnight and will also pay reasonable travelling expenses.
We would also expect that all our qualified counsellors have previous related experience plus have undergone their own weekly therapy, and to become members of a professional body such as BACP, UKCP or NCS.
We hope they would attend at last two of our workshops each year as part of their ongoing professional development.
How can I apply?
If you wish to apply to work as an honorary counsellor at ACC, simply complete this application form and email it, together with an up-to-date CV, to our email address: director@aruncounselling.com.
Empowering the community
Your learning supports affordable counselling in the community.
As a registered charity, we don’t receive government or local authority funding so every placement, volunteer and membership helps us continue offering affordable counselling to local people.
When you join ACC, you’re investing in your growth and supporting the wellbeing of your community.
