Why Therapists need Training to be a Trainer

The skillset needed to deliver effective training is complex and requires trainers to think critically, interact positively with students and manage complex group dynamics. The therapy training landscape is becoming crowded and trainers need to re-skill to maintain their edge in this competitive market.

Building a career as a trainer requires every course to be successful and for students to be so motivated that they freely give referrals to others and help grow the training.

Key Techniques Covered

• Managing the Training Process
• Designing Effective Therapy Training
• Handling Issues During Training
• Marketing the Training

Entry Requirement

This course is designed for well qualified therapists who aspire to become trainers.

It is equally suited for established trainers needing more confidence doing training or wanting to develop their training so it stands out and grows.

Accreditation

The train the trainer course is recognized by the Spiritual Regression Therapy Association (SRTA).

Syllabus

Managing the Training Process

• Student screening.
• What to cover in student and training introductions.
• Energy management of the students and group.
• The best training environment for learning.
• Different ways to get student feedback to improve the training.

Designing Effective Therapy Training

• Preparation work to make your training unique.
• Designing training to cater for the 4 different ways students learn.
• The power of pictures, case studies, stories, exercises and demonstrations for rapid learning.
• How to break training into manageable chunks and link them.
• Creating a time line to manage the training delivery.
• How to measure student skills and knowledge for a competence certificate.

Developing Communication Skills

• Importance of body language and eye contact.
• Developing listening and communication skills.
• Maintaining learner motivation and engagement.
• Developing your personal training skills by doing a supervised short training presentation.
• How to give personal feedback without student resistance.

Handling Issues During Training

• The student issues that can occur and how to handle them.
• Factors affecting students learning.
• The psychology of group dynamics and how to manage it.

Marketing the Training

• Identify and promote your uniqueness.
• How to grow your therapist credibility.
• Tips on designing a training website.
• The best ways of finding students.

Application

For the application form contact Andy Tomlinson email; regressionacademy@gmail.com

Certificate

An attendance certificate is awarded on the completion of the course that can be used for ongoing professional development and to promote your training.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this Different from Other Train the Trainer Courses?

The train the trainer model is recognised as an industry standard for professionals who train others in industry. This training is for therapists and while some of the psychology is similar training therapists is far more complex and requires additional information. The other difference is the cost of this course is significantly less making it affordable for therapists.

It may surprise you that there are more skills needed to be an effective trainer than being a therapist.

How Many Years Therapy Experience do I need to be a Trainer?

There is no magic figure because it depends on the number of clients you have had, the range of issues you have worked with and how successful you have been resolving client problems. As a general rule you will have been doing therapy for a number of years and built up a client base from referrals and are ready for the next step of being a trainer.

Just attending someones therapy training and copying it with little experience is not the approach to take. Copyright needs to be respected and as you build your therapy skills you will want to express yourself differently and add value with your own ideas and information based on train the trainer.