The diploma is accredited at Level 7 and is designed to provide advanced, postgraduate-level learning appropriate for qualified occupational therapists, or those who hold a recognised occupational therapy qualification.

Yes. ISPC ACCREDITED AT LEVEL 7The Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy® is accredited at Level 7 by the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling (ISPC).Accreditation was awarded following a full examination by ISPC of the course content and the procedures and policies of REMIND Therapy, which were found to comply with the accreditation standards agreed by the ISPC Administrative Board.Accreditation awarded: 10 September 2026.

Students are offered free student membership of the ISPC during their studies should they wish to join its wider community of counsellors and psychotherapists.

Yes. Applicants must hold a recognised occupational therapy qualification that enables them to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).Occupational therapists returning to practice through the HCPC return-to-practice route may also be eligible, as are those who are currently not registered.

Yes. Occupational therapists practising outside the UK may apply, but they remain responsible for ensuring that their practice complies with the professional, regulatory, insurance and legal requirements applicable within the country, state or jurisdiction in which they practise.

Yes. All students must have appropriate professional indemnity insurance covering their practice. This may be provided through professional membership or through a separate appropriate insurance provider.

The diploma is an intensive six-month programme.Courses will typically run from January to June or September to February.

The complete programme comprises of 600 notional learning hours with approximately 400–450 focused teaching and learning hours. The expected learning commitment is therefore:Learning activityExpected hoursFocused live teaching150Weekly focused task learning80Workplace practice100Case-study preparation and assessment70–100Independent reading and study170Total notional learning hours600Students should therefore expect the Diploma to require a substantial commitment alongside scheduled teaching. The programme combines direct teaching with independent academic study, structured learning activities, workplace application and assessed learning.

The diploma uses a blended-learning approach.The majority of teaching takes place live online via Zoom, normally on a Wednesday or Thursday evening from 5.00 pm–9.00 pm UK time. Monthly Saturday tutorials are also included.Students additionally attend an intensive in-person skills-based weekend in Taunton, Somerset.

Yes. Attendance at the in-person Saturday and Sunday skills-based weekend in Taunton is a compulsory requirement of the course.Meals and refreshments are provided during the day time teaching weekend. Students are responsible for their own travel, accommodation and associated costs.

Students are expected to attend the live teaching programme, with a minimum attendance requirement of 80%.Any missed teaching must be studied independently, and students remain responsible for completing the associated learning activities.Attendance at the in-person skills weekend is compulsory in order to pass the course.

You need to have access to an appropriate practice setting in which you can complete 100 hours of supervised practice experience and apply the principles of integrative psychotherapy and REMIND Therapy®.Practice may take place within statutory, voluntary or independent settings and may be undertaken alongside either full-time or part-time employment. As occupational therapists work across both physical and mental health settings you will need to ensure that whatever the setting you are based in you can apply your course learning. This is the responsibility of individual students and we are unable to offer support finding an appropriate practice placement if you need one.

If you can appropriately embed the required practice within your existing professional role, you do not need a separate placement.If your current employment or practice does not provide suitable opportunities, you are responsible for arranging an appropriate practice placement in which you can complete the required supervised practice hours.

The Diploma requires a minimum of 100 hours of clinical practice experience. The purpose of these hours is for students to demonstrate that they are embedding an integrative psychotherapeutic approach within their occupational therapy practice.The hours are not restricted to psychotherapy or mental health services. They can be completed across any appropriate occupational therapy setting, including physical and mental health, hospitals, community services, rehabilitation, social care, learning disability and neurodiversity services, education, vocational services and private or independent practice.The important factor is how you are working psychotherapeutically with clients, rather than the particular setting in which you work.The 100 hours are also not restricted solely to direct face-to-face client contact. They may include direct therapeutic client work and activities directly associated with that work, such as assessment and formulation, therapeutic interventions, purposeful use of the therapeutic relationship and therapeutic use of self, preparation for client work, clinically focused reflection, and the integration of appropriate counselling and psychotherapy approaches within occupational therapy interventions. General administration, unrelated meetings, presentations or training would not normally count.There is no prescribed number of clients that you must see. Occupational therapy caseloads vary considerably in number, complexity and length of intervention. The emphasis is therefore on the quality, relevance, depth and psychotherapeutic nature of your practice, rather than achieving a particular client number.The 100 hours are a minimum requirement. Students who are working clinically and embedding an integrative psychotherapeutic approach throughout the six-month Diploma are likely to exceed this.Students will be expected to undertake supervision and maintain a clinical practice reflective log, with their supervisor confirming completion of the minimum 100 hours. Students will also demonstrate through their assessed case study how they have integrated psychotherapeutic theory, formulation, therapeutic skills, clinical reasoning, therapeutic use of self, occupational perspectives and critical reflection within their work with a client.For reference, 100 hours equates to approximately 14.29 seven-hour clinical practice days. The requirement remains 100 hours regardless of how these hours are distributed across your working week.The emphasis is not simply on completing an hours requirement, but on demonstrating that you can think, formulate, intervene and reflect psychotherapeutically while retaining and integrating your occupational therapy professional identity and scope of practice.

For occupational therapists returning to the HCPC register, 100 hours equates to approximately 14.29 days (approximately 14 days and 2 hours; based on the current criteria of 7 hours per day).Students using their practice for HCPC return-to-practice purposes remain responsible for ensuring that they meet the HCPC's current requirements.

Yes. Supervision is compulsory throughout the diploma.Applicants must provide details of their supervisor, who must agree to supervise them during the course, including during their 100 hours of practice.The supervisor will be required to sign the student's supervision record at the end of the programme. The supervisor can either be your current practice supervisor, or an independent supervisor who provide the necessary 90 minutes required each month.

The course specifies a minimum of 90 minutes of psychotherapy supervision per practice month.This should be regarded as a minimum rather than an automatic indication that sufficient supervision has been undertaken. Students are expected, as autonomous professionals, to recognise when the complexity or volume of their work requires additional supervision.

No. Students are responsible for arranging and funding their own supervision.

Personal therapy is recommended but is not a compulsory requirement of the diploma.As students are already qualified healthcare professionals, the course does not prescribe personal therapy as a mandatory component. However, approximately 10–20 sessions of personal counselling or psychotherapy are recommended.Personal therapy can provide valuable insight into the experience of being a therapy client and support the student's development of self-awareness, reflexivity and therapeutic use of self.

Yes. Psychotherapy education necessarily explores complex aspects of human experience.Some teaching and case-study material may address trauma, neglect, abuse and childhood sexual abuse. Students are expected to monitor their own wellbeing and recognise potential personal responses, including triggering, vicarious trauma or reactivation of previous experiences.Students should make appropriate use of supervision and seek additional professional support or personal therapy where required.

The diploma introduces and integrates a broad range of psychotherapeutic perspectives and skills, including:core counselling and therapeutic communication skills;person-centred and humanistic psychotherapy;Gestalt approaches;Transactional Analysis (TA);existential approaches;Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT);Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT);Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT);Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT);Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT);trauma-informed approaches;somatic approaches and Polyvagal Theory; andspiritual, transpersonal and metaphysical perspectives.Students learn to consider how different theoretical perspectives can be integrated appropriately rather than approaching psychotherapy through a single therapeutic model.

REMIND Therapy® brings psychotherapeutic thinking together with the holistic and occupational perspective of occupational therapy.Alongside established psychotherapeutic theories and modalities, students explore the psychotherapeutic application of the REMIND components:Routine – Exercise – Mindfulness – Invest in Self – Invest in Others – Nature – Diet.These are explored in relation to areas including identity, habits, roles, sleep, motivation, relationships, attachment, self-worth, values, boundaries, self-compassion, meaningful occupation, sensory regulation, embodiment, physical activity, nourishment, social participation and wellbeing.The emphasis is not simply upon learning individual techniques, but upon developing the ability to think and practise integratively, psychotherapeutically and holistically.

Yes. Practical skills development is an important component of the diploma.Students explore active listening, attending, paraphrasing, summarising, reflection of feeling, open questioning, Socratic questioning, therapeutic silence, empathic responding, therapeutic use of self, transference and countertransference alongside modality-specific skills.The compulsory in-person weekend provides additional opportunities for intensive skills-based learning.

Assessment consists of:Case-study assessment – 80%Students complete either:two anonymised case studies of approximately 3,000 words each; orone in-depth case study of approximately 6,000 words.Reflective learning journal – 20%Students also complete a 2,000-word reflective learning journal based upon their learning, practice, supervision and professional development throughout the programme.In addition, students must successfully complete the required 100 hours of supervised practice.

Yes, within certain limits.If completing two 3,000-word case studies, one may be based upon group practice. The other must concern an individual client, patient or service user.A group-only case study cannot be used for the single 6,000-word in-depth case-study option.

Yes. Case-study material must be fully anonymised, and appropriate permission must be obtained for the use of practice material.Students are taught to consider consent, confidentiality, anonymisation and the ethical presentation of client material as part of their Level 7 assessment preparation.

The overall pass mark for the diploma is 50%.Students must also satisfactorily complete the course requirements, including supervised practice and compulsory elements of the teaching programme.

Students are expected to work at Level 7 and demonstrate more than descriptive knowledge of therapeutic approaches.Assessment requires students to demonstrate skills including critical thinking, assessment and formulation, selection and justification of therapeutic approaches, integration of theory, research and practice, reflexivity, ethical reasoning, evaluation of outcomes and appropriate academic referencing.

Yes. Students are expected to use Harvard referencing within their assessed academic work.Teaching and guidance on case-study preparation, academic presentation and referencing are incorporated into the course.

The programme is designed to enable occupational therapists to develop advanced integrative psychotherapeutic knowledge and skills and to apply the REMIND Therapy® approach with clients, patients and service users.These skills may be embedded within appropriate occupational therapy roles in hospitals, clinics, community services and other statutory settings, or used within appropriately insured and supervised independent psychotherapy / counselling practice.Graduates remain responsible for practising within their individual competence, professional scope, insurance arrangements and any relevant regulatory or professional requirements.

No. The diploma is a post-qualifying professional programme and does not alter the protected professional title under which an occupational therapist is registered with the HCPC.Students and graduates remain responsible for representing their qualifications and professional status accurately.

Yes. You can use the letters : DipIPRT - this stands for the Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy

The standard course fee is £2,300.A £400 deposit is required to secure a place, with the remaining £1,900 normally payable before the course begins.In exceptional circumstances, a payment arrangement may be available. Where the remaining fee is spread over five monthly payments of £450 following the £400 deposit, the total course cost is £2,650.All fees must be paid in full before the diploma can be awarded.You are responsible for funding the diploma as an individual applicant. This includes securing necessary funding from your employer (if available). We cannot liase on your behalf for any funding opportunties as this is your responsiblity.

Students should budget separately for:clinical/practice supervision;personal therapy, if undertaken;additional one-to-one tuition;books and additional learning resources;travel to the compulsory Taunton weekend;overnight accommodation; andother personal expenses associated with attending the face-to-face component.

Yes. Additional one-to-one tuition, advice or support outside the scheduled teaching programme may be arranged at an additional cost of £85 per hour. Students are responsible for payment of this if it is requested.

The diploma may be particularly relevant to occupational therapists who want to:develop greater confidence in counselling and psychotherapy skills;integrate established psychotherapy modalities within occupational therapy;develop a specialist psychotherapeutic occupational therapy role;practice independently as psychotherapists;work more holistically with psychological distress;enhance their therapeutic use of self;integrate occupation, identity, relationships, lifestyle and psychological processes;develop their existing statutory or independent practice; orundertake advanced professional development in REMIND Therapy®.

This is an intensive professional practitioner programme. Students are expected to take responsibility for their own learning, attendance, professional conduct, supervision, practice opportunities, emotional wellbeing and academic development.The course is intended to develop reflective, ethical and autonomous practitioners who can recognise both their competence and the limits of that competence.

The diploma is likely to be most appropriate if you are already a qualified occupational therapist and want to develop substantial psychotherapeutic knowledge and skills while retaining the distinctive holistic and occupational perspective of your existing profession.Prospective applicants should consider whether they can realistically commit to the live teaching, independent study, compulsory skills weekend, assessment requirements, supervision and 100 hours of practice before applying.

Potentially, yes. Applicants who hold an appropriate recognised qualification in Occupational Therapy but who are not currently registered with the HCPC may be considered for admission on an individual basis.For example, you may have qualified as an occupational therapist but then subsequently moved into another area of therapeutic practice and now work professionally as a counsellor or therapist, rather than practising under the protected title of Occupational Therapist.Applicants in this position will need to demonstrate that they hold an appropriate Occupational Therapy qualification and that they have a suitable current therapeutic practice setting in which the learning from the diploma can be safely and appropriately applied. For example, within your existing counselling or therapy practice.You will also need to demonstrate that you:have appropriate professional indemnity insurance for your current therapeutic practice;have appropriate professional supervision in place for the duration of the diploma;are able to complete the required 100 hours of supervised practice;practise within the scope of your current professional competence, qualifications and insurance; andmeet the other academic and professional requirements for admission to the course.Where you are not currently HCPC registered, undertaking or completing the Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy® does not confer HCPC registration or entitle you to use the HCPC-protected title “Occupational Therapist.”Admission in these circumstances is considered individually by the Course Lead. Applicants may be asked to provide evidence of their Occupational Therapy qualification, current counselling or therapeutic practice, professional membership where applicable, insurance and supervision arrangements before a place is offered.If you are intending to return to HCPC-registered Occupational Therapy practice, you remain responsible for meeting the HCPC's current return-to-practice requirements separately.

Yes. The Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy® has been specifically developed for people with an Occupational Therapy background who wish to develop advanced psychotherapeutic knowledge and skills, including those who are interested in developing independent psychotherapy practice.The course provides advanced teaching in integrative psychotherapy and draws upon a range of established psychotherapeutic approaches, including psychodynamic, humanistic and person-centred approaches, CBT, DBT, ACT, Solution-Focused Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, trauma-informed and somatic approaches, alongside spiritual and transpersonal perspectives.These approaches are integrated with the distinctive holistic and occupational perspective of REMIND Therapy®.If your intention is to move towards independent psychotherapy practice, the diploma provides an opportunity to develop your psychotherapy skills through 100 hours of supervised practice, advanced theoretical study, skills development, case-study assessment, reflective practice and ongoing psychotherapy supervision.However, completion of the diploma does not remove your individual responsibility to practise within your competence and to ensure that your professional arrangements are appropriate for independent practice. This includes having suitable professional indemnity insurance, appropriate ongoing clinical supervision, robust safeguarding and record-keeping procedures, and working within the ethical and professional framework applicable to your practice.If you remain HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist, you must continue to meet the requirements associated with your HCPC registration and accurately represent your professional qualifications and registration status.If you hold an Occupational Therapy qualification but are not currently HCPC registered, you must not represent yourself as an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist or use the HCPC-protected title “Occupational Therapist.” Your eligibility for the diploma and proposed practice arrangements will be considered individually by the Course Lead.The diploma is therefore particularly relevant to practitioners who wish to bring together their previous Occupational Therapy education and experience with advanced integrative psychotherapeutic training and develop a holistic approach to independent therapeutic practice.

Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior LearningThe Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy® is accredited by the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling (ISPC) at Level 7 and comprises approximately 570–600 notional learning hours (including the 450 focused curriculum teaching and learning hours).Within UK higher education, one academic credit is typically associated with approximately 10 notional learning hours. The overall learning volume of the Diploma is therefore indicatively comparable to approximately57- 60 UK higher-education credits.This mapping has been included to support learners who may subsequently wish to present the Diploma as evidence of prior Level 7 learning when applying for further postgraduate or Master’s-level study.Universities and other higher-education providers have their own regulations governing Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and credit transfer. A receiving institution may consider factors including the level and volume of previous learning, programme learning outcomes, curriculum content, assessment methods, evidence of achievement and the extent to which the prior learning corresponds with the learning outcomes of the programme for which credit is being sought.Completion of the Diploma does not therefore automatically confer UK university credits or guarantee that a university will award 57–60 credits towards a Master’s degree. Decisions concerning the recognition and transfer of prior learning remain with the individual higher-education institution.REMIND Therapy Ltd can provide graduates with relevant programme documentation, including details of Level 7 accreditation, learning outcomes, curriculum content, assessment requirements, notional learning hours and workplace practice, to support an application for RPL or credit transfer where required.Learners considering using the Diploma towards future postgraduate study are advised to contact their chosen university to establish its individual RPL or credit-transfer requirements.

Yes. This diploma is accredited by the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling (ISPC) This means it has met rigorous professional standards in counselling and psychotherapy. You can join the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling as a student member. This is free of charge and included in your course fees. Once you have passed the diploma, you are eligible to apply to join the ISPC as a fully accredited professional member.

The Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy® is an advanced post-qualifying practitioner programme for people with an Occupational Therapy background. It incorporates substantial psychotherapeutic education, skills development, supervised practice, reflective practice and Level 7 assessment.The diploma is accredited by the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling (ISPC). It is not currently a BACP- or NCPS-accredited practitioner training course, and completion of the diploma does not automatically confer membership, registration or accreditation with BACP, NCPS or another professional body.The training does, however, cover a broad range of established counselling and psychotherapy theories, modalities, competencies and professional skills that are relevant to contemporary counselling and psychotherapy practice. Students undertake integrative psychotherapy training alongside 100 hours of supervised practice, ongoing supervision, case-study assessment and reflective learning.Students who are already members of BACP, NCPS or another counselling or psychotherapy professional body may also find the diploma relevant to their continuing professional development and development of advanced integrative psychotherapy practice.If you hope to use the diploma as part of a future application for membership, registration, accreditation or progression with BACP, NCPS or another professional body, you should contact that organisation directly. Each professional body applies its own criteria and will determine whether your overall portfolio of qualifications, professional experience, supervised practice and psychotherapy/counselling training meets its requirements.This may be particularly relevant to applicants who already hold an Occupational Therapy degree together with previous counselling or psychotherapy qualifications or experience. Such applicants may have a different professional training portfolio from someone undertaking their initial training to become a counsellor or psychotherapist.REMIND Therapy® Ltd cannot guarantee acceptance of the diploma by another professional body, as membership, registration, accreditation and recognition decisions remain entirely with the receiving organisation and its requirements may change over time.Graduates are therefore encouraged to retain their diploma certificate, course handbook, learning outcomes, assessment information, evidence of learning hours, supervision records and evidence of 100 hours of supervised practice, as these may be useful when demonstrating previous professional learning to another organisation.