REMIND Therapy ® for Occupational Therapists
Choose the level of training that best fits your professional journey. All courses are specifically designed for occupational therapists.
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
£30
A 2½ hour online introduction to psychotherapeutic occupational therapy from Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes for occupational therapists looking to understand the core principles of psychotherapy within occupational therapy. Dr Foulder-Hughes is the originator of the term "Psychotherapeutic Occupational Therapist".
AN INTRODUCTION TO REMIND THERAPY ® - INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
£150
START DATE: coming soon
A one day workshop covering the core psychotherapy modalities and theories used within REMIND Therapy: integrative psychotherapy for occupational therapists. Course led by Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes the author of REMIND Therapy.
Questions? Contact us at info@remindtherapy.co.uk
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Online 2hr 30 mins £30
An online workshop conducted by Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes.
This dynamic 2½-hour workshop introduces the emerging and increasingly influential field of psychotherapeutic occupational therapy (psychotherapeutic OT) a specialist area of practice for occupational therapists (OTs)
A psychotherapeutic occupational therapist is a regulated therapist (registered with the Health and Care Professions Council HCPC where it is illegal to use the title “Occupational Therapist” without registration) who integrates evidence-based psychotherapy approaches into meaningful, participatory activity. What makes psychotherapeutic OTs unique is that they truly work with the whole person mind, body, identity, relationships, roles, and environment.
Unlike psychotherapy and counselling in the UK, which are largely unregulated titles, occupational therapy is a protected profession. The profession has deep humanistic, person-centred roots and was embedding psychotherapy into practice over 100 years ago. Psychotherapeutic OT is not new but the language to describe this integrated expertise is.
The workshop will discuss why more OTs are needed to help raise standards pf practice within both psychotherapy and counselling and how psychotherapeutic OTs utilise modalities within a holistic framework.
There is no “one size fits all” model. Instead, therapy is embedded within personally meaningful activity. Skills are translated into real-world participation at home, at work, in education, and in relationships. It will also discuss why psychotherapeutic OTs are uniquely placed to work in the specialist field of trauma recovery.
It will discuss how OTs use counselling skills regardless of whether the OT works in physical or mental health settings, with adults or children.
The workshop includes exploration of professional identity and pathways to practice confidently as a psychotherapeutic OT. It will address common misconceptions about OT within psychotherapy communities and highlight exciting developments internationally, including jurisdictions where OTs are recognised as regulated psychotherapy providers.
This session is both inspirational and practical. It invites occupational therapists to rediscover their historical psychotherapy roots and empowers them to confidently articulate and develop their psychotherapeutic skillset.
AN INTRODUCTION TO REMIND THERAPY ® - INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
Online 1 day £150
An online workshop conducted by Dr Lynda Foulder-Hughes.
This is a one day online workshop for occupational therapists wanting to learn more about how integrative psychotherapy and the REMIND Therapy ® approach can be applied to psychotherapeutic practice.
This workshop is the ideal foundation for occupational therapists wanting to study for the REMIND Therapy ® - Integrative Psychotherapy diploma course Level 7 course.
Each of the core concepts of REMIND Therapy ® (routine, exercise, mindfulness, invest in self and others, nature, and diet) and the underpinning psychotherapeutic modalities of REMIND have in themselves a singularly good evidence base in terms of improving mental wellbeing. However, individually, there is not a “one size fits all” approach which works for everyone.
Each person is unique, and so is their experience of trauma and mental health.
This workshop will explore why REMIND Therapy ® can be used in a more holistic, and integrative way within psychotherapeutic settings by providing a framework to recover and live, which can be utilised flexibly depending upon the person’s needs and experiences.
Some of the evidenced based psychotherapeutic approaches on which REMIND Therapy ® is based will be discussed. For example, humanistic counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), compassion focussed therapy (CFT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), solution focused therapy (SFT), mindfulness, somatic therapy, metaphysical approaches and transpersonal counselling. The underpinning evidence based in terms of REMIND Therapy ® and how it relates to psychotherapeutic occupational therapy will be discussed.
At the end of the workshop delegates will be able to describe the core principles of REMIND Therapy ® and why an integrative psychotherapeutic approach is effective within psychotherapeutic occupational therapy practice.
DIPLOMA IN INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY: REMIND Therapy ®
Level 7 accredited
Full Diploma Course - £2300 (paid in full) or £2,650 (in installments)
ELIGIBILITY
This 6 month intensive diploma course is designed as a post- qualifying accredited Level 7 practitioner course for qualified occupational therapists, in Integrative Psychotherapy- REMIND Therapy ® .
It is suitable for occupational therapists who wish to specialise within integrative psychotherapy using a more holistic framework.
This course will prepare therapists to work using their psychotherapy skills either in independent (private) practice as psychotherapists/psychotherapeutic occupational therapists, or to embed them within statutory settings such as hospitals, clinics and community services
The 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.
Free student membership of the ISPC is included for those wishing to join a wider collective community of counsellors and psychotherapists during your studies. Once qualified you are eligible to apply for full accreditation membership with the ISPC.
Occupational therapists applying for this course must hold a recognised qualification, which enables them to be registered with the HCPC. This includes those who are returning to practice via the HCPC route. All applicants must hold professional indemnity insurance (ie. through their Royal College of Occupational Therapists membership, or via a separate insurance provider).
For those occupational therapists residing and practising outside of the UK, they must follow the regulations in terms of their membership country or governing state.
All applicants to this course must be in supervised practice, or have supervision in place at the start of the program. Practice settings can be across statutory, voluntary, or independent practice settings. Practice can be either full time or part time. Applicants must be able to embed 100 hours practice experience into their current practice setting as part of the integrative psychotherapy: REMIND Therapy ® course.
Those who hold recognised occupational therapy qualifications, who are returning to practice, via the HCPC, are also eligible to apply for this course. Returners must hold professional indemnity insurance (ie. contact RCOT membership directly), have supervision in place, and be able to fulfil 100 hours supervised practice experience as part of the course. Practice hours should be within either a statutory or independent clinical setting.
All applicants are responsible for finding their own suitable practice placement if they are not in current employment where occupational therapy skills are utilised, and the integrative psychotherapeutic REMIND Therapy ® approach can be embedded.
SUPERVISION
It is a requirement of this Level 7 accredited course that you are in supervised practice throughout the duration of the course. Currently, supervision in psychotherapy within the UK for professionals, is set at a minimum of 90 minutes per practice month. However, this is a minimum requirement for both this course and for practice. As a professional, you must be capable of identifying your own supervision needs beyond this minimum level, and seek more supervision where appropriate in terms of client/patient complexity, and work load.
Upon application you must provide details of your supervisor for this course. Your supervisor must agree to supervise you for the duration of your time studying for the diploma, including your 100 hours embedded practice.
Your supervisor will also be required to sign your supervision log form at the end of the course.
PRACTICE
In order to gain competence and skill, it is a requirement that you should be able to have 100 practice hours where you are able to embed the principles of integrative psychotherapy REMIND Therapy ® in a real-life setting.
For those who are returning to the HCPC register as occupational therapists (whereby days are counted rather than hours) 100 practice hours equates to about 14.29 days (or 14 days and 2 hours) under the Health and Care Professions Council guidelines, which define 1 updating day as 7 hours. However, supervision must be in place throughout this (and for the entire duration of the course over the 6 month study period).
You are responsible for finding your own practice placement if you are unable to embed REMIND Therapy ®- integrative psychotherapy, into your current work or practice setting.
PERSONAL THERAPY
Many integrative psychotherapy and counselling courses recommend a minimum of between 10-20 hours of personal psychological therapy.
It is not a strict requirement of this course to have personal therapy (counselling/psychotherapy) as those who are attending are already qualified HCPC regulated occupational therapists.
However, it is highly advisable to have personal therapy in place when studying psychotherapeutic modalities like REMIND Therapy ® and therefore it is recommended that between 10-20 sessions with a counsellor or psychotherapist will be helpful on your own journey within psychotherapy.
Having personal therapy is extremely beneficial because it helps you to gain an insider perspective of what it is like to receive therapy yourself. This is especially so, if you have unprocessed trauma or a history of mental health challenges. The content of some of the case studies within this course will deal with highly distressing and at times graphic content (as in real life psychotherapy and OT practice settings). The case studies will contain examples of trauma, neglect, and abuse (including childhood sexual abuse).
It is therefore, important for you as a professional to acknowledge how you deal with your own emotional reactions and vicarious trauma based on your personal and professional history of trauma/ mental health. You must seek assistance if you find yourself becoming triggered, re-traumatised, distressed or overwhelmed by the course content at any time. You must also address this during supervision and take appropriate steps to seek professional help. You will need to factor in the additional cost of having your own personal therapy as this is not included on the course.
COURSE FORMAT
The total REMIND Therapy® training course consists of 600 notional learning hours: including 400-450 focused teaching and learning hours.
Teaching is via blended learning comprising of live weekly online teaching and the skills based intensive in-person weekend in Taunton, Somerset.
This comprises of the following:
150 hours focused live teaching
80 hours weekly focused task learning
Approximately 70-100 hours case study preparation
100 hours workplace practice (HCPC equivalent to 14.29 days)
170 hours independent reading
The diploma course training will last over a period of 6 months. Typically from January to June, or September to February.
Live online teaching will take place after work one evening a week (usually on Wednesdays or Thursdays) from 5pm-9pm UK time. This will be delivered via Zoom in real time. There will also be once monthly tutorials via zoom on Saturdays.
In addition there will be one in-person intensive weekend skills- based workshop held over Saturday and Sunday in central Taunton Somerset which is a compulsory requirement to pass the course. Meals and refreshments will be provided on both the Saturday and Sunday during the skills-based course. You will be responsible for arranging your own travel, sustinence, and overnight accomodation to the venue; the fees for these are not included in the course.
You will be required to attend all of the live sessions. A minimum of 80 percent attendance is required. If you do miss sessions you will be expected to study the missed content in your own time. You will also be expected to complete any task- learning exercises outside of this. Attendence at the skills-based weekend in Taunton is compulsory.
If you require extra one to one, personal tuition, support/ advice sessions in addition to the above scheduled teaching you will be required to pay for this as a seperate charge on an hourly rate of £85 per hour.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment comprises of two case studies or one in-depth case study, plus the weekly reflective learning journal.
In order to pass the course you will be required to obtain an overall pass mark of 50 percent. The following will be required:
Two anonymised case studies of 3,000 words each, or one in-depth case study of 6,000 words (6,000 words in total)
Case studies should be from practice demonstrating how the integrative psychotherapeutic REMIND Therapy ® approach was applied.
Case studies can be individuals or can comprise of group applications if your practice is primarily with groups. However, group only case studies will not be permitted for an in-depth case study of 6,000 words. If you are using group case studies then this can only count as one of the two 3000 words case studies, the other must be a single case study of one individual client, patient, or service user.
Case studies need to be fully anonymised and permission must be obtained to use from practice.
More guidance on completing your case study assessment will be provided during the course.
The case study assessment forms 80 percent of your overall mark.
Reflective learning journal of 2,000 words
Each week you will be expected to keep a reflective learning journal which documents your own response to learning content, tasks, supervision, and practice. This is written in the first person style and is designed to increase your own professional practice as a reflective practitioner.
Reflective learning is a key part of being a competent and autonomous psychotherapeutic occupational therapist.
Completion of the reflective learning journal forms 20 percent of your overall mark.
You will also need to complete 100 hours supervised practice. A signed declaration from your supervisor confirming that you have completed the required 100 hours practice (equivalent to 14.29 practice days for HCPC purposes).
COURSE CONTENT
The course consist of a blended learning approach. It will be delivered live each week via Zoom on Wednesday or Thursday evenings (5-9pm UK time) and once a month on Saturdays over 6 months. There is an additional in person skills-based workshop in Taunton, Somerset which will be held over a Saturday and Sunday during the course.
The content will comprise of:
1) Introduction to REMIND Therapy: underpinning psychological modalities, research, and theories.
2) Introduction to core counselling skills within occupational therapy: active listening, Socratic questioning, therapeutic use of self, transference and counter transference: Active listening, attending, paraphrasing, summarising, reflection of feeling, open questioning, therapeutic silence and empathic responding
3) Psychodynamic and Core humanistic counselling skills: gestalt, Rogerian person-centred approach, Transactional analysis (TA)- Parent, adult child model (PAC model), Existentialism.
4) Core components of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
5) Core components of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
6) Core components of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and solution focused therapy (SFT)
7) Core components of compassion focused therapy (CFT)
8) Introduction to Trauma- informed practice, including
Somatic and Polyvagal theory
9) Spiritual, transpersonal, and metaphysical approaches in therapy
10) In person skills-based weekend workshop in Taunton, Somerset, UK
11) Assessment: Level 7 case-study preparation; selection and justification of therapeutic approaches; assessment and formulation; integration of theory, research and practice; consent and anonymisation; ethical presentation of client material; critical reflection and reflexivity; evaluation of outcomes; Harvard referencing and academic presentation.
12) Routine applied: Psychotherapeutic exploration of routine, habits, roles, sleep, motivation and occupational structure. Links between disrupted routine, depression, anxiety, trauma, avoidance, loss of identity and occupational participation.
13) Exercise applied: Psychotherapeutic integration of movement and physical activity with mood, anxiety, embodiment, confidence, avoidance, identity and participation.
14) Mindfulness applied:Mindfulness as a REMIND component and transdiagnostic psychotherapeutic process.
15) Invest in self applied: Psychotherapeutic exploration of identity, self-worth, values, boundaries, self-compassion, restoration and meaningful self-care.
16) Invest in others applied: Psychotherapeutic exploration of relationships, belonging, attachment, reciprocity, communication, intimacy, friendship, family, contribution, community and social roles. Person-centred practice
17) Nature applied: Nature-based occupation integrated with psychological and psychotherapeutic processes; meaningful activity, sensory regulation, reflection, connectedness, restoration and wellbeing.
18) Diet applied: Psychologically informed exploration of food, nourishment, occupation and mental wellbeing within professional competence.
19) Applied REMIND Therapy ®
20) Case studies and assessment
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This is a practitioner Level 7 equivalent course in REMIND Therapy ® integrative psychotherapy, for use by occupational therapists practising psychotherapy- psychotherapeutic occupational therapists.
This course will provide therapists with a comprehensive underpinning knowledge of the evidence -based psychotherapies used within REMIND Therapy ® and how they can be applied holistically and flexibly in practice.
At the end of this course learners will be able to apply REMIND Therapy ® psychotherapeutically with clients, service users and patients in a range of statutory and independent practice settings.
COURSE FEES
The total cost of the REMIND Therapy ® -Integrative Psychotherapy Diploma is £2300 for those who pay in full or £2,650 for those who pay in monthly installments.
This fee does not include your practice supervision fees, personal therapy fees (if required), extra tuiton (beyond the taught teaching), travel, sustinence or over-night accomodation during the skills-based weekend, or the purchase of any additional books during your study.
On registering for this course a non-refundable deposit of £400 is required to secure your place. This will then mean that the remainder of £1,900 is required prior to the start of the course.
In exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to spread the total remaining fee into 5 separate monthly payments (after the initial £400 deposit has been paid to secure your place) of £450. Total cost of £2650. In order to receive your diploma all fees must be paid in full prior to completion