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Certificate in Diversity, Cultural Competence, Race & Anti-Discrimination Practice (CPD)

+++ Complete Online On-Demand Playback).. A PROVEN... Standards based Core Competency training for Psychologists, Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Mental Health Practitioners & Coaches (NCPS Recognised Training)

This course is Quality Checked by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). 

TOWARDS WHOLE EMBEDDED PRACTICE : BRINGING EQUITY BY DESIGN TO  RELATIONSHIPS AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFESSION


BECOME A TADF CULTURE, DIVERSITY, & ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

AWARE THERAPIST & GET LISTED IN OUR DIRECTORY



[ 85-Hour NCPS-Checked CPD + On-Demand Lectures and Live Recordings ]




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 Dear colleagues and friends,

Over the last five years we have been thrilled by the turnout to our core competence training on Diversity, Culture, Race and Anti-Discrimination Practice. Since that time, we have listened, learnt, and refined the training to produce a compact 85-hour Live Workshop centered foundational course we can be proud of. This course has been designed for individual psychological practitioners – such as psychologists, IAPT therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches, and helping professionals – This course is a more in-depth 'client in context'    curriculum (socialcontext, transcultural, identity/diversity, intersectional, harm and trauma informed), running at several training institutes.


 The TADF Culture & Diversity 2.0 training model is now evolving into The Wholeness Solution, based on the book A New Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy (Routledge). This model of self and relationships includes all aspects of the self in understanding both ourselves and our clients. These ideas were first introduced in the WICKET model. In this approach, we recognise these aspects as universal, rather than as characteristics belonging only to specific people or groups.


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This training course is Quality Checked by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).  

This course alone is not a route to the Accredited Register, nor does it fully equip a graduate to practice as a qualified counsellor or refer to themselves as ‘a specialist’ in the subject matter unless they have other qualifications/training to support this.”

Course Structure (Click 'Show More' to Expand)

Video Lessons, Live Recordings, Slides and Case and Demo Examples

    1. Readme First

    2. What is Race and Culture? Concepts, Aspects & Labels

    3. Embedding Race & Culture within Self and in Practice: What it takes to be Core Competent?

    4. Slides: The Therapists Path of Embedding Race & Culture within Self & Practice

    1. The Wholeness Solution

    2. Part 1/4

    3. Part 2/4

    4. Part 3/4

    5. Part 4/4

    6. Slides + Models

    1. Part 1/3

    2. Part 2/3

    3. Part 3/3

    4. Slides 2025

    1. Part 1/4

    2. Part 2/4

    3. Part 3/4

    4. Part 4/4

    5. Slides

    6. Peer to Peer Group Exercise

    1. Case study - Read First

    2. Slides

    3. Part 1 of 4 2025

    4. Part 2 of 4 2025

    5. Part 3 of 4 2025

    6. Part 4 of 4 2025

    1. Mini Course Introduction (PDF)

    2. Common Disability Myths (Video Lesson)

    3. Common Disability Myths : Tips Sheet

    4. Course Slides

About this course

  • £295.00
  • 85 Hours Total
  • CPD Certificate

Course Description

This NCPS Recognised CPD training consists of six live recordings and seven modular lectures all on-demand video lessons to support learning.  

Module 1: The Wholeness Solution: Context, Diversity, and Universal Equity by Design

The purpose of this training is to explore and apply a whole embedded approach to therapeutic practice, one that infuses context, identity, diversity, and universal equity by design (self-development, theory, relationship, skills, practice, advocacy), rather than as an add-on. This practice based approach, known as 'Whole-(Embedded) Practice’ Person' , emphasise embedding social and personal context, difference, and diversity as standard for all clients; while also fostering greater self-awareness of one's own self and lived context.

Module 2: Contemporary Cultural Competence for Therapeutic Practice

“All relationships are cross-cultural relationships. We differ by our contexts, beliefs, worldviews, and geographically situated socio-cultural lived experiences.”

This training will help you develop awareness, knowledge, and skills in working relative to the client’s cultural immersion context(s)*, identity, belief systems, worldviews, and conflicts of acculturation. This training will move you towards a deeper and more empathic understanding of clients’ difficulties in context. As research has shown that therapists' development of their own cultural identity mediates client outcomes, this training will guide you through experiential exercises to help you reflect on your own cultural context(s), identity, worldview, and conflicts and develop skills in developing cross-cultural relationships. You will have the opportunity to apply your learning interactively, reflect on a roleplay, and in small group sessions in preparation for therapeutic practice. 

This foundation training will form the basis for working in a socially conscious manner, such as with the effects of cultural normativity, when working with experiences of embodied stress, adversity and marginalisation experiences of clients.

*Cultural contexts such as geographical, social, and group identities, national, group, family, work, and the psychological effects of displacement, movement, and acculturation within the dominant society

Day 3: Working with Difference, Diversity & Equity using Anti-Oppressive Practice & Intersectional Foundations (DD&A)

Difference, Diversity using Anti-oppressive practice (DD&A) considers the social context, intersectional identity, otherness, and empowerment aspects of working with difference, especially for clients who occupy diverse intersectional identities including gender, sexuality, trans, race, culture, disability, neurodivergence, religion, nationality, and class. This training will help you towards integrating DD&A foundations as standard practice for all clients. You will develop the foundational knowledge, awareness, and skills in relation to working with diverse identities including current socio-cultural challenges, impact on mental health, psychological theories, and structural and theoretical concepts in relation to marginalisation. We will then explore the implications of practice which describe common building blocks we must understand and instill in our practice that can be applied to all client work.

Module 4: Embedding Difference, Diversity & Marginalisation in Therapeutic Practice

This training will walk through our common tools (13) that emerge from theories and theorists of difference and diversity which can be applied practically for all client work and in your own self-development. These exercises, reflections, and case examples are designed to move you towards embedding difference, diversity, and inclusion as standard in self, therapy, and your profession.

We explore theories, structural narratives (psycho-social-structural), identity development, working with experiences of marginalisation, inter-identity relationships, power dynamics, cocreated helping, group trauma, worldviews, justice, allyship and empowerment action, and factors associated with negative and harmful experiences that recreate exclusion and marginalisation. By being able to apply these tools and skills you will develop foundational knowledge and practical skills in building a more just, inclusive, complete, and ever-improving psychological practice, whether working with clients and their experiences of otherness, marginalisation, and exclusion, within the therapeutic practice of one or within a mental health organisation.

Module 5: Disability  

This course is designed to provide counseling professionals with an understanding of common errors and missteps when working with disabled clients. 

Module 6 : Class and Social Status 

This course explores the intersection of class and social position in the context of therapeutic practice. It aims to equip mental health professionals with the knowledge, skills, and sensitivity necessary to address the impact of class and social dynamics on the therapeutic process.

Participants will critically examine the ways in which class and social position influence individuals’ experiences, identities, and mental health outcomes. 

A central part of the training is to explore our own class identity, its impact, meaning, and its implication in practice.

Day 7: Working with Race-Based Stress and Trauma*

This training day will help you work with clients’ experiences* of racism, racial stress, racial trauma, and intergenerational racial trauma. This training will give you a deeper understanding and equip you with the expert strategies and skills you will need to help clients narrate, heal, and empower from within their wounds of racial stress and trauma. The ubiquitous nature of the race construct is explored as an overarching theme of human (thus client) difficulties.

Lectures

The course also consists of race and culture based lecturers covering the following modules:

1/ Anti-Oppressive Practice

2/ Racial-Cultural Intersectionality, Privilege and Otherness

3/ Racial-Cultural Identity, Cultural Contexts and You.

4/ Building Racial-Cultural Relationships

5/ AntiDiscrimination Practice

6/ Working with Race and Culture

7/ Working with Race based stress, trauma and discrimination


Testimonials

Here is what our attendees are saying

“I thoroughly recommend this course to every therapist. I think it should be mandatory on our training journey and I am ever so happy and relieved that I have found it before I qualify. Sam and Mamood showed great care, professionalism and deep understanding of past, present and future of othering. They provided us with a safe and welcoming space to be authentic, to meet in our differences and to find the courage to look honestly at our personal biases and systemic assumptions too. They provided us with a vast amount of precious theory and finally with really good, practical suggestions on how to implement those learnings in our practice. ”

Sylwia Korsak

“I have learned a little more humility as regards how I come across as a white therapist. I really valued the feedback both yourself and Sam offered me about working with Black, Brown and clients of Colour. I need to watch for coming across as ‘a bit holier than thou’!….when attempting to own my whiteness. I learned more about the importance of sensitivity when bringing up racial differences and racism….. that there isn’t a right way necessarily…. but that openness and willingness to learn is key.”

S.T.

“I appreciated the way the content was delivered and emerged in a timely and relevant way to meet the needs of the group. I also appreciated Mamood’s input was kept to a sensitive minimum, guiding direction without directing the discussion. This was a life changing course for me which enabled me to really and honestly address issues that I have avoided albeit unconsciously”

Jan Baker, Chair of Membership Services Committee UKATA

“The training was a brilliant experience. It was informative, insightful, and hugely valuable – both personally and professionally. I would most definitely recommend it to other therapists. ”

Emily McArthur

“The course was amazing. I have become more aware of my learnt internal racism and am finally tuning in to what affects those of diverse heritage. I am losing friends as a result but I am comfortable with that. My white goggles are coming off finally. I do have much more learning to do ”

Janice M

“I have developed more confidence in challenging my white colleagues, for example if they are expressing their colour-blindness or possibly not seeing the bigger picture (e.g. systemic racism ). The reality of being white and privileged is dawning on me much more and it feels like a painful and necessary shift. ”

Nikki

You Instructors

Main Instructors: Sam Jamal, Mamood Ahmad & Specialised Instructors: Liz Smith, Mark Pengelly and Ellis J. Johnson (2024)

Sam Jamal

TADF Instructor (Workshop Lead)

Sam is a BACP (MBACP) therapist, trainer, group therapist, and co-lead of The Anti-Discrimination Foundation (TADF). She specialises in working with abuse, race, culture, sexuality, trauma, relationships, and group work. She has two decades of experience working within the youth services, where she dedicated herself working with gangs, young offenders, the vulnerable, and exploited young people. She professionally qualified with a degree in person-centred counselling at the Metanoia Institute for counselling and psychotherapy.

Mamood Ahmad

TADF Instuctor

Mamood Ahmad (he/him) is a UKCP Psychotherapist and an Accredited Professional Registrant (PNCPS Acc.) of the NCPS. Mamood is a UKCP psychotherapist, trainer, author and founder of The Anti-Discrimination Foundation (TADF) which provides diversity and anti-discrimination focused consultancy and training services to training institutes and individuals. He is an expert in Anti-Discrimination practice, Trauma, Race, Culture and Intersectional Diversity. He holds a private practice in Binfield, Berkshire since 2012. He is a lifelong dedicated practitioner of Wing Chun Martial Arts. Twitter: @ahmad_mamood. Web: http://tadf.co.uk. He holds a private practice in the village of Binfield, Berkshire.

Liz Smith

TADF Neurodivergence Training Instructor

Liz Smith (she/her) is an integrative psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, trainer and lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy. Director of Free2BMe, specialists in neurodiversity training and support for counsellors and therapists working with neurodivergent client populations. Specialist in working with late identified neurodivergent adults.

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What to expect when you enrol

This training consists of 8 Days of Online training plus peer to peer group work as well as online video lessons. Accomodations are available if needed to complete the certificate without groupwork.

  • Live Online Training Days

  • Peer to Peer Group Work

  • Recordings available for catchup

  • Directory Listing on Completion

More About the course

This Diversity, Culture, Race and Anti-discriminatory practice core competence training is for ALL trainees and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and psychological professionals. It is based on identity and cultural development theory, client experiences, research and experiential learning, as well as a specific training approach refined over 24-months of delivery. The couse is Quality CPD Checked by the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).

The training is self-certified as being compliant. and therefore includes awareness, knowledge and skills, according to the following standards:

Race, culture and antidiscrimination core competence framework for therapists (TADF)

Positive Practice Guide (BABCP) including IAPT

Develop foundational knowledge and skills applicable to ALL therapists and clients including



Human Diversity and Non-Dominant Diversity

Cultural Competence (Awareness)

Anti-Oppressive Practice (Structural Awareness)

Diverse Intersectional Groups and Common & Differential Factors

Racial-Cultural Identity

Developing Racial-Cultural Relationships

Racial-Cultural Discrimination

Racial Trauma and Intergenerational Trauma

Cultural Contexts, Personal Worldviews and Acculturation Conflicts



FAQ

  • What does the course consist of?

    It consists of eight training days plus 2 days of peer peer group work plus supporting video lessons. You can complete an assessment if you wish (paid extra) for TADF assessed status.

  • When are the Live sessions?

    See the main course description. You will get a zoom invite a few days prior. All sessions are recorded except for group work day, live day breakouts, and day peer-to-peer work which you complete in own time with small groups.

  • I dont want to complete the whole course. Can i select the day i wish to join?

    Sometimes you just pay for the day. Except for process group sessions such as race process group.

  • What form does the assessment take?

    There is no formal assessment unless you complete the separate formal assessment option. However, since we want to ensure you are a safe, ethical therapist our trainers will only list you on the directory if we feel you have developed enough for safe practice. In this case feedback can be given for further development on request.

  • Is this training suitable for helping professionals and trainee psychological practitioners e.g. trainee counsellors?

    Yes, this training is designed to fill a gap within initial trainings. We have a number of training providers who are integrating this modular course into their curriculum. For helping professionals you will gain a lot from this course. So yes. But please check the description or email if you're unsure. We do talk more about inner work of individual which could be relevent (for yourself too) but may not necessarily be applicable.

  • Why is the training spaced out over months?

    Based on experience people typically need space to learn, absorb, reflect and apply learnings.

  • I have a question and need help with aspects of training. What do i do?

    If you need further support you may email us.

  • What are the day session timings?

    Unless stated otherwise timings are from 10am to 4.30pm. Group process day runs usually runs from 9.30pm to 5pm.

  • Im a previous student and want an update?

    We endeavour to make the training modular so any updates are for specific days. For costs please inquire. Note: Pre-2023 students are required to complete the whole course again due to significant change. Enquire for options.

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