Safeguarding for Therapists in Private Practice

Course Summary

A practical safeguarding course designed specifically for therapists working in private practice.

Through six focused modules, you will develop greater confidence in recognising safeguarding concerns, responding appropriately when risk changes, making sound ethical decisions, understanding referral pathways, documenting your decisions and knowing when to seek additional support.

The course brings safeguarding into the reality of everyday therapeutic practice, helping you feel clearer about what to notice, what to ask, what to record and what to do next.

Course Curriculum

Welcome to Safeguarding for Therapists in Private Practice
3 Lessons
- Start Here
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- Guide to Safeguarding in Private Practice
  Start
- Mental Health Act Guide
  Start
Module 1: Safeguarding Foundations for Private Practice
1 Lesson
- Video 1
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Module 2: Recognising and Responding to Safeguarding Concerns
1 Lesson
- Video 2
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Module 3: Legal, Ethical and Professional Responsibilities
1 Lesson
- Video 3
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Module 4: Suicide, Self-Harm and Understanding Changing Risk
1 Lesson
- Video 4
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Module 5: What Do I Actually Do? Safeguarding Decisions and Referral Pathways
1 Lesson
- Video 5
  Start
Module 6: Safeguarding in the Real Therapy Room
1 Lesson
- Video 6
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beverley harper

Meet Your Guide

Beverley Harper is an Integrative Psychotherapist, EMDR therapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, EFT practitioner and trainer with more than twenty years' experience helping people understand themselves, create meaningful and lasting change and develop a kinder, more supportive relationship with themselves.

Her approach brings together practical psychology, nervous system awareness and compassion with a strong belief that insight is most useful when it can be translated into something that makes a difference in everyday life and therapeutic tools that can be applied in everyday life.

Beverley’s work is warm, relational and grounded. Rather than offering quick fixes or one-size-fits-all answers, she helps people understand what may be happening beneath their thoughts, feelings and patterns, while offering practical tools they can use in their own lives.

Whether she is working with clients, teaching therapists or creating accessible psychological resources, her aim is the same: to make good psychological support understandable, useful and genuinely human.

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