Applicants should demonstrate that they have undertaken the required hours of Continuing Professional Development in a variety of ways, including conferences (attending or giving presentations), e-learning CPD modules, formal education (lectures, seminars, courses), in-service training, organising specialist groups, reading books, journals or articles, TV and radio documentaries, podcasts, workshops, writing articles or papers. The source of knowledge (ie author, speaker, trainer etc) should be noted on the form, as well as your learning from the activity.

Use the following format to demonstrate your CPD and learning. An example is given

Face to face, telephone or internet-based counselling, psychotherapy or therapeutic group work, ideally with a range of GSRD clients with diverse identities. For the advanced level we will be looking for a breadth of diversity and depth of thinking in your GSRD clients.

You may also include supervision of other therapist’s work; please make clear in the table where this is the case.

Use the following format to demonstrate your client hours. An example is given.

Standard Level Accreditation 

Before writing this statement please refer to the “Seven core components of GSRD therapy” (click here) and “13 things a therapist needs to know working with GSRD clients” (click here). You will have studied these in the “Defining GSRD Therapy” module. In your statement please evidence your implementation of these with examples from client work.

Your statement (about 2000 words) should include:

• How have you come to work with GSRD clients – some of your rationale and journey?
• Your learning from the “Defining GSRD” module and other CPD and how it has informed or changed your practice.
• Where are the gaps in your knowledge and how do you plan to plug those gaps?
• What provision have you made for supervision of your GSRD work, and how do you use supervision?
• How do you see your practice developing over the next 3 years?

Advanced Level Accreditation

Please upload a Word document of 2000 words, mindful of meeting the above criteria. If accrediting for the first time, this statement should describe the development and philosophy of your practice with GSRD clients and discuss ethical issues, dilemmas, and approaches to diversity. You should also indicate how you envisage your practice developing in the future.

Written or mixed-media account of an area of practice or research of specific relevance to GSRD therapy work.

Please upload a Word document of your case study if you are submitting one (Advanced level only)

This can be the supervisor of your generic practice if they are familiar with the range and standard of your work. Please ask them to complete a short form to support your application. Please send them the link to the form together with a copy of your application. 

Reaccreditation at the same level only: If your supervisor has not changed, please send them your client therapy hours report before you upload it and ask them to sign agreeing that they recall these clients being discussed in supervision. There is no need for them to complete a new form unless anything material has changed.