Certificate in Working with Couples
Introduction
This exciting six-day certificate course over three weekends has been developed by Annette Jones, a highly respected psychotherapist and trainer with over 18 years of experience specialising in the challenges and complexities of relationships in clinical and private practice settings.
Quality Checked by NCPS
This course has been independently assessed and awarded Quality Checked status by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). This recognition confirms that the programme meets respected benchmarks for valuable, safe, and ethical training within the counselling and psychotherapy field, and that Connexus Institute adheres to the NCPS Code of Ethical Practice. For more information, please click here.
This course offers an excellent opportunity to develop your knowledge, understanding and confidence to work practically with a range of relationship issues in a clinical setting. This is a complex and stimulating area of therapy and Annette's training is much in demand.
What does this certificate course cover?
This certificate provides an opportunity to examine topics from both personal and practical perspectives, including:
- Working safely and ethically: appropriate risk assessment and safety planning, navigating escalating negative behaviours, and breaking ingrained, habitual responses.
- Conceptualising unconscious forces: how family-of-origin dynamics and epigenetics can influence partner choice, and how relationships can be used unconsciously to resolve unresolved conflict and trauma.
- Managing conflict: specific strategies and techniques to help individuals understand helpful and unhelpful communication patterns, and helping people 'find their voice' for more productive dialogue.
- Supporting those who wish to separate: viable options, understanding the impact, and facilitating supported trial separations.
- Dealing with relational catastrophe: different types of infidelity and strategies for working with complex grief, chronic anxiety and trauma.
- Understanding sex and psychosexual issues: sexual anatomy, arousal cycles and dysfunction; identifying underlying emotional and psychological issues that prohibit or derail sexual intimacy.
The course provides space to learn new techniques and when to apply more directional approaches. You'll share thoughts and practical concerns with peers and have the opportunity to reflect on what you need to begin working in this space.
What outcomes can I expect?
This innovative and stimulating course will equip you with the knowledge to approach working with couples confidently, with insight gained through extensive case studies and clinical experience.
On successful completion, you will receive a Connexus Institute 'Certificate in Working Therapeutically with Couples'. This continuing professional development course counts as 36 hours of CPD.
Please note: This is a foundational training course designed to build knowledge and skills. The NCPS Quality Checked status recognises the value and ethical standards of this training but does not, by itself, qualify graduates to practise as professional counsellors or provide a direct route to a professional register.
Dates: 12th & 13th Sep | 24th & 25th Oct | 21st & 22nd Nov 2026
Length: Six days over three weekends
Times: 9:30am to 4.30pm all days
Mode: Face-to-Face in Hove
Cost: £720 (inclusive of VAT)
Payment options are available - contact us to find out more.
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Meet the course leader
Annette Jones
Annette Jones is a highly respected couples’ therapist with over 18 years of experience specialising in working with the challenge and complexities of relationships. Annette works with those who want to improve the quality of their relationships, as well as those facing divorce, separation or relationship crisis. As a trainer, Annette’s energy and passion for this stimulating and rewarding area of therapy shines through as she guides others in how to navigate the sensitivities of infidelity, intimacy, sex, passion, money, arguments, abuse, abandonment and other key issues that arise between couples.