Index: New site, same specialist learning

We’re excited to welcome you to the new CCPT website. Whilst a few things have changed, we’re proud to continue to provide excellent, tutor supported courses in counselling and psychotherapy to aspiring learners, from the comfort of their own homes.

Index: Easing of lockdown restrictions in England

The UK government has announced further changes to lockdown measures that will apply in England from Saturday July 4th 2020.

We are continuing to operate as close to normal as possible within all Government guidelines – with the great majority of our staff continuing to work from home.

As always, we are absolutely committed to our students’ studies – we are continuing to welcome new and past students onto our courses, and are accepting assignments daily. Our tutors are working hard to mark these as soon as possible.

As we all get used to the ‘new normal’, you can be confident when enrolling or continuing your studies with us that we are striving to provide our usual high level of service.

We will continue to keep in touch with students and communicate any updates as the situation progresses.

We wish you all the very best.

From us all at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Training.

Index: COVID-19: Continuing to support you

We are continuing to stay in touch with our students during the COVID-19 pandemic with reassurance of our ongoing commitment to their studies. With the extension of lockdown measures in the UK, we are now getting used to a “new normal”, whereby with a handful of exceptions, we are staying at home in order to protect our NHS and save lives.

What this means for us.

As a distance learning provider, we are continuing to operate as close to normal as possible within all Government guidelines. We as a college understand we have a vital part to play in slowing the spread of the virus as we continue to operate and we take this responsibility very seriously. This has included facilitating the great majority of our staff working remotely from their homes.

We continue to welcome new and past students onto our courses.

We are currently still receiving postal assignments daily, but please remember you can also submit your assignments by email to info@ccpt.info, this will be marked and returned to you as soon as possible.

What this means for you.

As our student services support staff are now working remotely, some of you may experience short delays compared to our usual level of service when contacting us during this time. We kindly ask you to please bear with us – we are doing all we can to continue to support all current and prospective students. We believe learning can be a great source of comfort and fulfilment and home-study is a great way to make positive use of any free time you may have. We are here to support you and your self-development in any way we can. We will continue to communicate any updates as the situation progresses. May we wish you and your loved ones all the very best during this period.

Index: Supporting you

We are continuing to stay in touch with our students during the COVID-19 pandemic with reassurance of our ongoing commitment to their studies.

It is an unsettling and challenging time, with the situation developing and changing on a daily basis.

As a distance learning provider, we are continuing to operate as close to normal as possible within Government guidelines.

We as a college understand we have a vital part to play in slowing the spread of the virus as we continue to operate and we take this responsibility very seriously. This has included facilitating the great majority of our staff working remotely from home.

Whilst this does mean that some may experience short delays compared to our usual level of service when contacting us during this time, we kindly ask you to please bear with us – we are doing all we can to continue to support all current and prospective students.

In the meantime, we continue to accept new enrolments onto courses and welcome back past students. We are currently still receiving postal assignments daily, but please remember you can also submit your assignments by email to info@ccpt.info, this will be marked and returned to you as soon as possible.

We believe learning can be a great source of comfort and fulfilment and home-study is a great way to make positive use of any free time you may have. We are here to support you and your self-development in any way we can.

We will continue to communicate any updates as the situation progresses. May we wish you and your loved ones all the very best during this period.

From us all at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Training.

Index: Benefits of talking therapy

Talking therapies can help all sorts of people in lots of different situations. You may also hear them referred to as talking treatments or psychological therapies.

This article provided by the NHS provides more information on the benefits of taking therapy.

Index: Pupils suffering from anxiety and depression to receive counselling in schools

Children suffering from anxiety and depression will be offered counselling at school under government plans to tackle a widely reported crisis in young people’s mental health, reports Guardian.

Click here to read more.

Index: One in five couples in ‘distressed’ relationships, report finds

The stresses of parenting and financial pressures are heaping strains on relationships, leaving 1.4 million families “at breaking point” according to a new article in the Independent.

Read the full article here.

Index: Millions of British men suffer from loneliness

Loneliness among British men has been described as a “silent epidemic” with an estimated eight million admitting to feeling lonely at least once a week.

Read the full Independent article here

Index: Why are so many of Britain’s teen girls struggling with mental health problems?

A new study shows a worrying rise in mental health problems among teenagers in the UK.

Read the full Telegraph article here

Index: Counselling for cyberbullying has doubled in five years

Childline delivered 5,103 counselling sessions to children affected by cyberbullying in 2016/17, up 12% from 4,541 the year before and 2,410 in 2011/12. Girls between 12 and 15 are the most likely to seek help.

Read the full Guardian article here