CPCAB Level 6 Cert. in Therapeutic Supervision (TCSU-L6)
Please see Course Details document for dates and current price of course.
2025-26 Supervision Training will not be running. Please check for updates for future courses in the Autumn.
In collaboration with BCTS
CPCAB purpose statement:
This qualification is designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and competencies to provide clinical supervision for counselling practitioners. It is aimed at counsellors who have acquired sufficient client work experience to contemplate the move into a clinical supervision role.
Participants will need to:
- Have both supervisees and supervisory supervision during the course.
- Be working as counsellors under supervision.
This qualification is designed to lead to a role as a clinical counselling supervisor in a counselling agency or in independent practice.
Guided Learning Hours (GLH) 90 (minimum)
Total Qualification Time (TQT) 328
Entry Requirements: Candidates must be aged 19 or over and have achieved any of the following qualifications or their RPL (recognised prior learning) equivalent:
- CPCAB Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling OR
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling OR
- CPCAB Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Skills and Theory
AND have a minimum of 450 supervised client hours
Qualification Assessment:
Candidates must be Proficient in both internal and external assessment and meet all the qualification requirements including all placement hours to achieve the qualification.
- Internal assessment: tutor assessment of candidate portfolio evidencing minimum assessment requirements and verified by CPCAB.
- External assessment: externally assessed case review (3,000 –3,500 words).
Qualification registration fees cover the cost of the external assessment; however, any resits will incur the learner an additional fee, currently £235 (2022).
Additional Qualification Requirements:
- Supervision work: minimum of 15 hours with supervisees
- Supervisory supervision: minimum of 5 hours supervisory supervision hours with a senior/experienced clinical supervisor. This can be either one-to-one or in a group.
Course overview:
The course design is founded on the 7 Learning Outcomes outlined by the CPCAB for this qualification:
- Model and supervise the professional framework
- Model and supervise the skilled use of the relationship
- Model and supervise the use of theory and research on diversity
- Model and supervise a user-centred approach to the work
- Model and supervise the skilled use of the self
- Model and supervise the coherent use of theory, research and skills
- Model and supervise the self-reflective practitioner
The tone of the course will be explorative, discussive and collaborative.
The course involves experiential elements that will involve some personal disclosure and associated personal developmental activities.
As with counselling training, there are supervisory models and theories that underpin the work but each learner will be encouraged to discover and integrate their own supervisory style, within a structure of recognised good and ethical practice.
Training will be via a blended approach of in-person (11 days) and online via Zoom (5 days).
Due to the comprehensive nature of the course, learners will need to commit to extensive self-study time outside of the tutored hours.
Interview process: Completion of course application form, submission of satisfactory supporting documents and interview with Core Tutor + one other.
Interview dates: Arranged on an individual basis.
Places will be limited to 12 students. Places will be offered following the completed interview process for all applicants, which assesses both professional and personal capacity to undertake the qualification.
A student handbook with detailed course information and centre policies and will be provided on acceptance to the course.
A deposit of £379 will be required to hold your place on your acceptance.
For an application form or to ask questions relating to the course, please contact Ali Oliver via: Flourishcounsellingandtraining@gmail.com
What our students say
“Having completed the L6 Supervision Course led by Ali and assisted by Donna, I can highly recommend their excellent and thorough supervision training, covering a wealth of material combining educative as well as creative learning to equip and develop skills within a supportive and safe group environment. Knowledge and understanding of the CPCAB approach before commencing would be suggested in order to grasp more fully the requirements of the course.” DG
“This course has been absolutely incredible and I am so grateful to have been a part of it. If you are looking for a course that offers a blend of education, theory and experiential then this is the course for you. I have felt so supported and accepted by both the group and the tutors, and I will forever recommend BCTS and Flourish.” (FB)
“Each and every Tutor I have encountered at Flourish and BCTS I have found to be knowledgeable, dedicated and caring. They are always on hand to both encourage and to challenge but in a safe way. The best recommendation I can offer is to say that “even had I decided never to begin practice as a therapist or supervisor myself I would still consider those 3 years spent training with the team to have been essential to my sense of well being and to where I find myself today. Thank you.” Clive.
“I highly recommend the L6 supervision course. It was a deeply nourishing and informative experience held within a safe space, packed full of great content, delivered in various learning styles including theory, ethics, experiential exercises, skills practice and creativity. This course has provided me with a robust foundation, planting many seeds which will continue to grow and support my continuing journey as a supervisor. Great tutors who have supported my development and the overall experience. Thankyou Ali and Donna.” (SH)
“Flourish & BCTS provide a range of experiential, in depth, informative, challenging, interesting, resourceful, solid, inspirational, motivating, self-reflective, boundaried, safe, detailed, high-standard, professional, supported courses. I really enjoyed all the experiential work throughout this course, all the creative and self-reflective exercises, which has really helped me embedding all the theories and incorporating them into my ethical practice, it has enhanced my self-awareness, competence and confidence in a whole new way. I loved the amount of theory which was perfectly balanced with the experiential work. I absolutely love Ali’s teaching style, she is extremely knowledgable, clear, has a perfect pace, she explains everything in so much depth, she offers a mix of resources for all types of learning, from simple visual schemes that help retain the information in an effective way to self-reflective exercises, creativity, PowerPoints, videos, the teaching is always varied and interesting, never boring nor dull, she is reassuring and supportive and incredibly organised. I learn by “doing” and by really diving into topics and subjects and allowing myself to experience the theories so she is the perfect tutor for me and I will always be interested in any course she’d run.” (SR)
“This course prepares you for the world of supervision. The tutors and Centre are, in my opinion, gold standard. From my interview to the last day I felt supported and challenged in just the right blend to help me to develop my supervisor self.” (anon.)
“This supervision course was more than I had anticipated, it left me feeling highly equipped for this new career direction. If you are thinking of training as a supervisor I can highly recommend this as a fulsome course that will leave both you and future supervisees up-skilled on all the good ways.” Louise Summers