The Playbook is an in-person training for qualified therapists, equipping you with advanced tools, techniques, and business strategies to confidently work with couples.
By mastering assessments, communication, conflict resolution, and intimacy tools, you’ll transform your practice and elevate yourself as a Leader in couples therapy.
This is for you if:
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You're unsure where to start when it comes to working with couples and needing a clear foundation.
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You're feeling stuck or overwhelmed when navigating the complexities of couples therapy.
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Lacking the confidence or structure to address sensitive issues like intimacy, communication, and conflict.
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Wanting to grow as a couples therapist but unsure how to market yourself or attract the right clients.
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Struggling to balance the demands of therapy with the business side of your practice.
But you desire to be:
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Confidently stepping into couples therapy with a clear, proven framework.
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Mastering assessments, tools, and techniques to guide couples through transformative work.
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Handling challenging topics with clarity, ease, and professionalism.
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Building a thriving couples therapy practice with sustainable growth and impact.
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Joining a community of like-minded therapists for support, collaboration, and continued learning.
Imagine if...
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You felt confident and prepared walking into every couples therapy session, equipped with proven tools and a clear framework to guide your clients toward meaningful transformation.
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You had the skills to navigate even the toughest conversations about conflict, intimacy, and communication with ease and professionalism.
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Your private practice was thriving, with a steady stream of couples seeking your expertise, and you felt fulfilled in your work every day.
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The skills you gained from working with couples had a profound knock-on effect, transforming how you support individual clients and deepening your overall therapeutic impact.
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You were part of a supportive community of like-minded therapists, sharing insights, learning together, and growing in your craft.
Exclusive Access to The Playbook Community Group
Join a vibrant, supportive community of therapists in our exclusive WhatsApp group. Share resources, celebrate your wins, ask questions, and stay connected with like-minded professionals. This group will launch once the course begins, ensuring everyone is ready to engage and support each other as you put your new skills into practice.
Value £255
A Comprehensive Resource Library for Couples Therapy
Access an extensive library of done-for-you templates, including contracts, assessments, session plans, and client homework materials. These ready-to-use resources save you time, bring structure to your work with couples, and ensure you feel confident delivering high-quality therapeutic services.
Value £999
What Others are Saying
Julie Hayes (Therapist)
I feel like I am becoming part of a wider group of couples therapists and this is so good for me.
I felt very supported and know this will help my confidence grow.
I also love the sharing ethos of the group.
S. Hayes-Davis (Therapist)
Lottie and Fifi are an amazing duo, making the course fun and high energy.
The content of the course is based on real experiences, tools and demos, ensuring we have everything we need to develop into effective couples counsellors.
H. Purslow (Therapist)
What struck me about this course it’s not just about delivering training, it’s about creating a network together to help as many as we can. I just love this Ethos.
I am so grateful to be on by course, the training was so informative and empowering.
Hear from the previous students themselves
Meet Lottie
The Relationship Specialist
I have spent years working with couples in the thick of conflict, disconnection, betrayal, longing, frustration and everything in between. This work asks more of you than simply sitting back and listening. It asks you to think relationally, stay present under pressure, and know how to move a couple forward when the room feels stuck, charged or unclear.
My approach is both experiential and directive. I help clients feel deeply heard, but I also help them see what is happening between them, understand the patterns they are caught in, and begin creating real, lasting change.
Through The Playbook, I will share the way I work with couples in practice. That means helping you think on your feet, understand the dynamics in the room, and develop practical tools and interventions you can actually use. This is not about sitting on the sidelines hoping something shifts. It is about learning how to hold the room with confidence, clarity and intention.
So you leave feeling more equipped, more grounded, and more confident in the work you do with couples.
Meet Fi :)
Business Coach
Working with couples is not just about what happens in the room. It is also about whether you feel confident enough to step into this area of work, position yourself clearly, and build it into your practice in a way that is sustainable.
I bring the business, mindset and visibility side of The Playbook, helping therapists not only grow in confidence with couples work, but also grow in confidence in how they communicate, market and integrate this speciality into their practice. I am also a qualified therapist, specialising in supporting women who have experienced domestic abuse, so I bring both therapeutic depth and practical business insight to this training.
My work is about helping you claim this part of your professional identity and communicate it clearly. We explore the inner and outer work that supports this, from mindset, self-concept and visibility blocks, through to your business identity, messaging, niche, copy and online presence.
I also bring practical coaching tools into the space, including breathwork, visualisation and mindset techniques to help you regulate, build self-trust, and step more fully into your role as a practitioner and leader.
And because Lottie and I are mother and daughter, there is a dynamic to the training that is both grounded and real, with depth, warmth, challenge and plenty of laughter along the way.
A breakdown of each module:
Friday 5th & Saturday 6th March 2027, 10am - 5pm each day
Assessments, Contracts & Skills Practice
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What to expect from working with couples & what couples should expect when working with you (How to work with [Insert your name] given to use in your practice)
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Setting the tone, boundaries and therapeutic relationship within the first session
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Enquiry form, assessment, contract & homework sheets given available to use and modify to your practice
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Identifying early on the communication, behaviours and attitudes of the couple and how to navigate these
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Introduction of tools used with couples including psycho education
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The business side of being a couples therapist (fees, hours, paperwork, marketing)
Friday 16th & Saturday 17th April 2027, 10am - 5pm each day
Tools, Techniques & Talking Therapies
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Using tools & techniques with couples when & how
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Experiential exercises to embed understanding of the material presented
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Curveballs: How to handle unexpected situations
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Discussions in the full group of the material being presented, including opportunities to ask questions and check understanding
Friday 14th & Saturday 15th May 2027, 10am - 5pm each day
Conflict, Communication & Affairs
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Communication and conflict - styles, causes and resolutions
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Further tools to be used with couples to enhance their understanding of their behaviours to better communicate or ‘argue well’
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The types of affairs couples can have explained and what repair can look like
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Unconscious Uncoupling: the process of amicably ending a relationship with respect, compassion & mindfulness
Friday 11th & Saturday 12th June 2026, 10am - 5pm each day
Sex & Intimacy
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What does sex mean to us and how comfortable do we feel talking about sex with our clients
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Your assessment form in relation to sex and the importance of taking this information at the start
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How to re-start your couples having sex when there have been very long dry spells
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Tools & techniques to increase intimacy and desire
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Normalising high and low libido and working with what you have
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Introduction to sexual dysfunctions
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A introduction to Tantra (Lottie uses Tantra with her couples to enhance their sex life - through non-touch work)
The Playbook:
The Comprehensive Guide to Working with Couples
*This course alone is not in and of itself a route to the Society’s Accredited Register nor does it guarantee a change in registrant grade for Registrant members, nor does it guarantee a higher entry level of Registrant grade on application to the Society. It is also important to note that this training does not qualify graduates direct entry to the NCPS Relationship Register but could be included as part of a ‘portfolio route’ application for NCPS Registrant members.
Where is the course?
The training will take place in person at:
New Place Hotel and Conference Centre
(Stratford Suite)
Shirrell Heath
Southampton
SO32 2JY
Directions for New Place can be found HERE
Or you can use What 3 Words:
Formation Puzzle Cabbies
There is ample free parking.
Each day is 10am - 5pm and the price includes refreshments, with a delicious high quality 2 course lunch.
**For anyone that is not local to the area, we have a preferential rate with the hotel for any students looking to stay overnight. Please get in touch with us for the discount code.**