Walnut Therapy
Walnut Academy

Programs

Training for therapists, taught in practice

Most psychology graduates leave university knowing theory and still freeze in the therapy room. Our training is built the other way around. You learn to sit with a real client, think clinically, and work across methods, with supervision beside you the whole way. A future where mental health is tended to, not just treated.

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The Therapist Program

Six months · Our flagship

The complete path, from your first uncertain session to a steady, confident practice. Six months of classes, live role-play, supervised practice, a research project, and a field trip, with worksheets after every module.

The modules

  1. 01Becoming a TherapistPresence, the first session, rapport, and holding the room.
  2. 02Clinical Thinking and AssessmentIntake, case formulation, risk, and conducting and interpreting psychological tests.
  3. 03Cognitive Behaviour TherapyThe core, evidence-based method.
  4. 04Integrative Brief Therapy, Forward TherapyACT, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused work, for clients who feel stuck.
  5. 05Integrative Depth Therapy, Inward TherapyPsychodynamic thinking, person-centred and humanistic therapy, and Internal Family Systems, for the patterns beneath the surface.
  6. 06Supervised Practice and IntegrationMock and recorded sessions, choosing across methods, notes, and caseload.

What makes it ours

A guided research project, with mentoring on how to design your study and write your thesis. Assessment practicals, so testing is hands-on, not theory. Worksheets after every module. A field trip, real supervision, and a small cohort.

You leave able to hold a full session, formulate a case, run structured CBT, work both briefly and in depth, and carry clients under supervision.

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CBT Practitioner

One month · Focused method

A focused month in the method clients and employers expect most. Structured, evidence-based, and immediately usable.

What it covers

  1. 01The cognitive model
  2. 02Working with thoughts
  3. 03Working with behaviour
  4. 04Running a full course of CBTFrom start to relapse prevention.

You leave able to deliver structured CBT for anxiety and low mood, with a worksheet set to take into practice.

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Integrative Brief Therapy · Forward Therapy

One month · Focused method

What a therapist reaches for when a single method is not enough. Brief, flexible, and built to help a client move forward.

What it covers

  1. 01Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  2. 02Motivational Interviewing
  3. 03Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

You leave able to run short, flexible, goal-focused work, with a worksheet set to take into practice.

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Integrative Depth Therapy · Inward Therapy

One month · Focused method

For the patterns that surface work does not reach. Relational, in-depth, and unhurried, the way real change tends to happen.

What it covers

  1. 01Psychodynamic thinking
  2. 02Person-centred and humanistic therapy
  3. 03Internal Family Systems

You leave able to recognise patterns, work relationally, and hold deeper material, with a worksheet set to take into practice.

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Internship for Psychology Students

One month · Psychology students

A real, safe first taste of the work, and an honest map of the career. A mini version of our flagship, shaped for psychology students taking their first look at the field.

What it covers

  1. 01What therapy really isBeyond the popular image.
  2. 02A tour of the main approachesIn plain language.
  3. 03Safe, supervised practice of listening skills
  4. 04Career educationThe paths into psychology and how to get there.

You leave with a real feel for the work and a clear map of the road into psychology.

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In every program

A worksheet set after each program, ready to use with clients

Guidance on how to conduct and read psychological tests

Live role-play and supervised practice

Small cohorts, so you are seen and supported

Taught by practicing mental health professionals

A certificate on completion