Level 3 CPD - SIRPA's Practitioner course
Level 1 & 2 is a pre-requisite for this course
Course Summary
Level 3 enables you to use the SIRPA approach therapeutically with clients, helping them identify the causes of their pain/symptoms and supporting them through their recovery journey.
Gain a deeper understanding of the connections between pain, stress and trauma. Learn about the psychological, emotional and behavioural aspects of pain and other persistent symptoms.
And get hands-on experience working with clients to resolve their symptoms, with the support of a supervisor.
Worth 50 hours of CPD Training!
(20 Theory + 30 Clinical)
5 case studies and 5 Clinical Supervision Sessions are to be completed as part of the final assignment. Please note the cost of the 5 supervision sessions is not included in the course price. Supervision sessions cost £65 per session.
What will you learn?
Gain Deeper Insights into Trauma
Gain insights into the latest evidence demonstrating the possibility of recovery from chronic pain and other persistent symptoms.
Support Clients to Cultivate Safety
Cultivate a secure setting for both clients and yourself, both practically and on an emotional and nervous-system level.
Develop Somatic Awareness
Learn to evaluate felt sense and help clients enhance their somatic awareness and self-regulation abilities.
Encourage Neuroplastic Pain Recovery
Assess clients with neuroplastic pain and other persistent symptoms and safely guide them through their recovery process.
Integrate SIRPA into your Practice
Receive support and guidance as you incorporate the SIRPA approach seamlessly into your professional work.
Reflective Practise and Support
Appreciate the benefits of reflective practise and ongoing peer and clinical support through our SIRPA community.
30 Day money-back guarantee
SIRPA is committed to your complete satisfaction with our services. If, for any reason, you are not entirely satisfied with our CPD courses, we offer a 100% money back guarantee. This is available until 30 days after the purchase of the course. In the unlikely occasion that this does ever occur we will aim to gain an understanding of your reasons to request your money back, in order to continue to improve our services.
"I have increasingly wondered over my years of clinical practice what the golden key would be for my patients to truly understand why they were developing their symptoms. Having done the SIRPA practitioner course I feel like I have been given the gift of knowledge and understanding to guide them to the true cause of their pain"
Jo Coulter
Physiotherapist
"In the 13 years since I qualified as a physiotherapist I have never come away from a course with as much enthusiasm and excitement as this. I now feel so strongly about the SIRPA Programme, that I have decided that this is now what I feel inspired to do."
Harriet Every
MCSP
I have not been so excited about learning since I did my degree. I have also found a new way to work with my patients that has given me energy and enthusiasm. I have already started incorporating some of your approach and have already seen some stunning results.”
Kate Fry
Osteopath
Eligibility Requirements for Level 3
This course is available to health professionals who are already qualified to work with people experiencing complex pain, and who have completed our Level 1 and 2 courses.* This includes:
- Doctors and nurses
- Physiotherapists
- Osteopaths and Chiropractors
- Counsellors and Psychotherapists
- Coaches who have trained at diploma level which included case studies and supervision.
Buy Levels 1, 2 & 3 together with our SIRPA-Practitioner Bundle
*If you purchase our Level 3 CPD Course and are not eligible, we will refund you but will deduct a £30 admin fee to cover the administrative expense. If you have any questions about eligibility, please get in touch before you purchase.
Module breakdown
Module 1: Preparing for Client Practice
This module is about helping you prepare for working therapeutically with clients and ensuring you feel supported and understand the journey ahead. We'll also look at ruling clients in and out of our work, and what it means to be working within your scope of practice.
Module 2: Trauma & Client Safety
Before starting to work therapeutically with clients, some of whom may well have experienced trauma, it is important to have some more understanding of the causes of trauma and how it manifests. This builds upon the teaching on trauma in Level 2.
We include advice about cultivating a sense of safety for clients and why it's so important to ensure they learn how to ground themselves and self-soothe, and how to deal with times when they get triggered.
We also include an account written by one of our experienced practitioners about an appointment they say 'went wrong', which they then reflected on. It turned out to be a wonderful learning opportunity, not only for the practitioner, but for everyone on this course too!
Module 3: Self-Soothing Resources
When starting to work with clients, it's helpful to teach them one or two basic resourcing strategies before doing any significant emotional work. This is the foundation which creates a sense of safety in order for them to feel secure enough to begin exploring what might be emotive issues for them.
Psychotherapist, SIRPA Practitioner, Supervisor and SIRPA Board Member, Carole Randell, has kindly recorded some videos demonstrating a couple of resourcing practises, as well as various ways to teach clients to self-soothe. All of these help clients learn to acknowledge and express emotions as they learn to self-regulate.
All the videos are recorded for you to experientially follow and learn so you can then teach your clients. You may prefer some exercises more than others, but by experiencing them all, you will be able to find one or more that most resonate with each your clients.
Module 4: Client Assessment
This module is all about assessing clients for mindbody conditions. You will get to grips with our pre-assessment forms and have the opportunity to watch two assessment sessions with real clients who agreed to have their assessments recorded and shared in this way.
Module 5: Working with Clients
At this stage we are ready to look deeper into the practicalities of working with clients. What happens during a session? How do we support our clients throughout the course of their journey? What do we do if they have a flare-up of symptoms? Which techniques are appropriate to apply in different situations?
We will cover all of this and more, so that you have a clear idea of how to apply the concepts and tools to each client in a way that responds to their unique needs.
Module 6: Resources
We have put together a library of all the strategies and worksheets included throughout Levels 1 - 3, so it is easy to find what you need when you are working with clients.
Module 7: Integrating this Approach
Here we look at ways to integrate this approach into your own work. We discuss options such as online/offline working, whether to offer discovery calls, ways to explain the mindbody approach to clients, and how to look after your own wellbeing and prevent burnout.
Module 8: Working as a SIRPA Practitioner
In this module we share experiences of a few of our SIRPA Practitioners. Some of our experienced practitioners from a range of professions have recorded short videos of their own experiences of integrating the SIRPA approach into their own work.
Everyone's journey is unique and it's about finding what works for you, whether that's working with clients 1-on-1, group work, corporate work, working online or offline, developing online programmes, teaching or even undertaking research. We hope you find these helpful and inspiring.
Module 9: Your ongoing development
In this penultimate module of SIRPA's practitioner course, we have included some additional material with the aim of helping you make the most of what SIRPA can offer, as well as easing your ongoing journey as you integrate the SIRPA approach into your own work.
This includes a list of recommended resources which you can dip into if you ever need to explore a particular issue in more depth during your work with clients.
Module 10: Final Assignment
It's time to put all that you have learned into practice! The final assignment involves writing what you would do in response to three different scenarios with clients, which will be assessed.
Once this is complete you are ready for your case studies. You are required to complete 5 case studies with real clients, and write a case study review form for each. You will also need to complete 5 supervision sessions with a SIRPA clinical supervisor (not included within the course price), and complete a wellbeing action plan for yourself.
Once this work has been approved, you are officially qualified as a SIRPA Practitioner and are ready to take this work into the world!
Welcome to the SIRPA Community
At SIRPA we are here to support you. Our vibrant international community of health and wellness professionals are passionate about this work and are keen to encourage one another.
We offer 2 support calls per month, a monthly CPD webinar on a topic related to this approach, an annual CPD get-together weekend in the UK, and a membership programme with additional support and benefits for you and your business.
We also have a team of SIRPA Supervisors from a range of professional backgrounds on hand, each a trained clinical supervisor. They are here to support you as you integrate this approach into your work.
