Are you ready to embark upon a profound journey of self-healing?
Do you want to step up as a fully qualified, professional healer?
Would you like to master a full spectrum of healing modalities?

Do you want to join our trusted register of College-accredited healers?

Yes? Then our professional healing course is your next step.

Our two-year accredited College Integrated Healing Diploma Course combines eastern and western spiritual, psychological and scientific traditions to provide an integrated perspective on wellbeing, health and healing. You will learn to incorporate mindfulness, psycho-neuro-immunology, integrative processing, the felt sense, stress management and an understanding of anatomy and physiology into your healing practice.

Please note, the dates for the next intake of our College Integrated Healing Diploma Course have not yet been confirmed. If you would like to join the mailing list to receive updates, please contact us by sending us a message here.


What qualifications will I receive?

  • The College Integrated Healing Diploma Course certificate
  • Effective Listening Skills endorsed by the CPCAB (Counselling and Psychotherapy Awarding Body)
  • A Stress Reduction Certificate, endorsed by the ICH (Institute of Clinical Hypnosis)
  • An optional fully certified Reiki qualification
  • Students must also complete the College's programme of five half-day modules on Anatomy & Physiology for Healers.
  • A certificate of attendance from each one of the extra modules studied on the course.

The College Integrated Healing Diploma Course complies with the UK National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Healing and Reiki and is accredited by UK Healers, the lead body for regulation of healers in the UK. On successful completion of the healing course, graduates can register with the Complementary National Healthcare Council (CNHC) and the General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT).

Why should I train as a healer at The College of Psychic Studies?

Our healing diploma has been offered as part of the College programme for more than three decades. It is a highly respected, widely recognised accredited two-year qualification which complies with the UK's National Occupational Standards for Healing and Reiki. But that's not the only reason you should train as a healer with us…

Our reputation

Since its founding in 1884, The College of Psychic Studies has established an impeccable reputation in the study of consciousness and the healing arts. Healing has been offered at the College for over a century, and we have hosted many historically celebrated healers, such as George Spriggs and Robert James Lees.

A spectacular team of tutors

Our healing course tutors are all fully accredited healers with many years of experience and a deep passion for healing. You will also have the opportunity to learn from our guest tutors, all internationally respected experts in their field.

A fully supported journey of self-healing

To work as an effective healer, we must be able to heal ourselves. Integral to our two-year Integrated Healing Course is a comprehensive self-healing and personal-growth programme. This course provides a safe container within which you are encouraged to explore inner experiences. Each trainee receives six hours of one-to-one supervision in which to discuss any issues that arise with case-work or course experiences.

A hands-on, experiential, in-depth course

Our popular online and in-person healing clinics provide a space for you to receive healing and to volunteer and experience first-hand a warm and professional healing environment. Each course is limited to 20 students to ensure everyone receives the necessary support.

We run one College Integrated Healing Diploma Course every year, starting in May. 

In order to see if this is the correct path for you, you are required to take our Do You Want to Train as a Healer? workshop.


The College Integrated Healing Diploma Course Structure

The Integrated Healing Course includes 1) the theory and practice of healing, 2) self-healing and self-growth and 3) coursework and case studies. 

YEAR 1 COURSE TOPICS 

  • What is healing?
  • The importance of inner stillness, meditation and breathwork
  • The subtle bodies: auras, chakras, hara and nadis; the chakra system in relation to mind and body; developing an awareness and understanding of your own chakra energy; yoga and the chakras, the mind body connection
  • Developing the way you sense your client's energy
  • Grounding and protection
  • Listening and communication skills
  • Awareness of space and boundaries
  • Chair and couch contact healing methods: Chakra-based chair method; supporting the self-healing heart; chakra-balancing couch method; listening posts couch method.
  • Sound healing with guest tutor (subject to change)
  • Animal healing and communication with guest tutor (subject to change)
  • Code of Conduct and the law
  • Code of Conduct test
  • An introduction to the structures and functions of the 11 body systems and how to apply this to your healing practice

Self-Healing: Models of the mind; stages of human development; attachment bonds; spiritual autobiography; mind-body interface; psychic and paranormal issues; stress management; the impact of trauma; mental health.

Professional skills: Components of a session, contracts and boundaries, listening skills, difference and diversity, barriers to listening, silence, building trust; transference and counter transference; projection; beginnings and endings; how to handle referrals; self-care; self-reflective practice, supervision: both ongoing and one-to-one.

Healing processes: The felt sense; the inner child; mindfulness; integrative processing; guided and creative visualisation; relaxation; sound healing; self-acceptance, compassion and gratitude; bereavement, loss and grief.

Coursework

  • 1 x 4-session chair healing case study
  • 1 x 4-session couch healing case study
  • 2 x 6-session case studies (any methods taught in Year 1. Case study 6 to incorporate approximately 250 words on how your understanding of anatomy and physiology has informed your healing practice with the client.)
  • 2,000-word essay on your understanding of healing
  • Ongoing meditation practice
  • Self healing journal
  • Supervision, both ongoing and one-to-one
  • Reading as required
  • Code of Conduct examination

Case studies to be completed by the student in their own time outside of the College premises.

YEAR 2 COURSE TOPICS 

  • Student Healing Clinic
  • Healing for the dying with guest tutor (subject to change)
  • Interactive healing methods: working with clients using guided imagery; body-based mindfulness method; the healing mirror
  • Preparation for final accreditation panel

Self-healing: Shamanism and soul retrieval; ego-states/sub-personalities; memory; symbolism, image work and fantasies; psychosomatic conditions; psycho-neuro-immunology; dark night of the soul and depression; spiritual emergence or emergency; cults; positive psychology.

Professional skills: Advanced listening skills; advanced empathy skills; self-reflective practice; re-framing, the Johari window, five levels of healing awareness; integrating the different techniques you've learned into your session work; treatment planning; being paid for healing; supervision: ongoing, and one-to-one and group; drama triangle; five motivating drivers.

Coursework

  • 2 x 8-session case studies
  • Ongoing meditation practice
  • Self-healing journal
  • Reflective summary of your distant healing experience at the Clinic
  • Supervision, both ongoing and one-to-one
  • Reading as required
  • End of course accreditation panel

Case studies to be completed by the students in their own time outside of the College premises.

Please note, topics taught in YEAR 1 and YEAR 2 may be subject to change.

The Integrated Healing Course Diploma has been structured to assist the student with this aspect of their development as a healer. The student may decide they require independent professional help and support from a counsellor or psychotherapist as the student may encounter personal challenges as they go through their self-development and self-healing. This cost must be paid for by the student to the student's chosen professional.

Investment

The total cost of the two-year healing diploma course is £3,475. 

The following payment plans are available.

Option 1: £3,127.50 on acceptance for the entire diploma (more than 10% discount on total price of £3,475).

Option 2: £1,250 initial deposit on acceptance to be followed by two annual installments each of £1,025.63, payable on the 1st of September of each year (5% discount on total price of £3,475).

Option 3: £1,475 initial deposit on acceptance to be followed by 4 half yearly payments of £500 over the two years, payable by standing order starting from 1 May 2021, then on 1 November 2021, 1 May 2022 and 1 November 2022. 

Course duration

The College Integrated Healing Diploma Course runs for a total of 28 days (Saturdays & Sundays) from 10am-5/5.30pm over a two-year period. 

Reiki and Anatomy & Physiology will run separately (not included in the price).

Class Dates for Intake 5 (May 2021 – May 2023) are as follows:

2021: 15 & 16 May, 13 June, 31 July & 1 August, 11 & 12 September, 10 October, 14 November.

2022: 15 & 16 January, 13 February, 13 March, 3 April, 14 & 15 May, 5 June, 10 July, 7 August, 3 & 4 September, 2 October, 6 November.

2023: 15 January, 12 February, 11 & 12 & 23 April.

Accreditation panel: 20 & 21 May 2023

You are required to provide a First Aid for Adult certificate as part of accreditation. We recommend the Red Cross

Your team of tutors

We are delighted to present our healing tutor team. Each of our tutors has been chosen with great care and consideration. They share a deep passion for healing and are either fully accredited healers or have many years of experience in their field.

College course tutors and supervisors:

Some of our visiting tutors include:

Please note that tutors and subjects may be subject to change.

This course is taking place in-person at our college in London

You can find the address and travel directions on our contact page - we'll also include all the information in your enrolment email.

Entry requirements

In order to apply for the Healing Diploma Course, please first attend our Do You Want to Train as a Healer? workshop.

1. Once you have attended the Do You Want To Train As A Healer? workshop, download and complete the application form. Please click here to download the form. This must be submitted directly after the Do You Want to Train as a Healer? workshop if you intend to continue with your application and to be considered for an interview.

2. Attend an assessment interview.

3. Purchase College membership (on acceptance). This costs £50 per year (payable at the same time as the deposit) and must be in place so that you can apply for healing insurance.

4. Valid healing insurance which is an essential requirement to be on the course. Healing students can access a specially discounted rate through the College of £27 (payable at the same time as the deposit) for the whole two-year training period from UK-based insurance brokers Balens. If you are not resident in the UK, you will need to arrange your own healing insurance with a broker in your country of residence.

How do I apply?

1. Book your place on our Do You Want To Train As A Healer? workshop

2. Complete the Integrated Healing Diploma Course application form (instructions on how to submit the form are included on the form).

3. If your application is successful, we will invite you to attend an interview. This interview will be with a healing course College tutor and will take approximately 30 minutes.

4. Following your interview, we will email to let you know if your application has been successful. We will also email you the course Terms & Conditions.

5. If you would like to accept your place, please sign and return the Terms and Conditions and the offer letter to the College within 14 days of receipt and complete the standing order mandate that was also sent to you (if you are taking the annual payment or quarterly payment option to pay for your training).

6. On accepting, you will need to make a payment to secure your place. The College will hold your space on the Integrated Healing Diploma Course for 14 days from the date you receive your offer and the Terms & Conditions (not including the day it was sent), to allow you to complete your registration which includes payment.

7. Payment consists of a deposit of £1,250 if you are paying by instalments OR the full cost of the Integrated Healing Diploma Course (with discount) of £3,127.50. Payment can be made by card, cheque or cash at the College reception where you will be given a receipt. If paying by cheque, please make it payable to The College of Psychic Studies and use recorded delivery. Our address is: The College of Psychic Studies, 16 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2EB. If we do not receive your payment, completed application form and standing order mandate (for annual and quarterly payment options) within 14 days of receipt of your offer from the College, your place cannot be guaranteed.

8. At the same time as settling the deposit, you will be required to have the following in place before the first day of your training:
(i) College membership at £50 per annum and
(ii) healing insurance provided you are UK resident*.
The healing insurance will cost you £27 for the whole two-year training period and this has to be booked through the College, as healing students can only obtain healing insurance if they are College members as required by Balens. *If you are not resident in the UK, you will need to arrange your own healing insurance with a broker in your country of residence.

9. When you have completed the above, we will send you a welcome letter confirming your place on the College Integrated Healing Diploma Course.

10. We understand that you may need to seek administrative assistance or guidance during the application process. Please contact us by sending us a message here.


Applicants with psychic abilities

Healing often opens people to abilities in intuitive areas, and we often have many applicants who state that they have psychic or mediumistic abilities. We must emphasise the importance of keeping healing separate from psychic or mediumistic readings.

  • Connecting psychically to medical problems: it is illegal for the student to tell clients they have sensed something on a medical level. This is clearly stated in the Healing Code of Conduct.
  • Giving readings or messages during healing sessions: this is unacceptable on the CIHD course as the student will not be qualified or insured for this. It is also important to remember that many clients find psychic or mediumistic readings beyond their beliefs and interests.
  • Combining mediumistic and psychic readings with healing when qualified: if after accreditation a student wishes to develop their own healing practice combining healing with a psychic or mediumistic reading, they may practise in this way as long as they are fully and appropriately insured and they name the session appropriately, eg Healing with Psychic Reading and explain clearly what this entails to their client before the consultation.

Please note, this is not a course aimed at the development of mediumistic or psychic abilities for the purpose of giving readings.

Register your interest

If you're interested in finding out more about this course, please register below and we'll be in touch with more information once available.

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