Training for therapists: understanding your clients' medication.
Understanding your clients' medication gives you an insight into the severity of their condition, helps you judge whether their symptoms might be side effects, and gives you a working knowledge of the medical treatment of the conditions they consult you for. As a practising pharmacist since 1991, a former lecturer in pharmacy at Keele University, and an experienced hypnotherapist, I have written these courses to help you understand your client's drug treatment in a way that improves your approach to their therapy.
Who these courses are for
Hypnotherapists, counsellors, psychotherapists and coaches who want to understand the medicines their clients are taking well enough to work with them rather than around them. No science background is needed. I pitch these for practitioners, not pharmacists.
The courses run online, in half-day sessions with time for questions. You will leave knowing what the common medicines do, what clients tend to notice when they start or stop them, and when a symptom might be the medicine rather than the person. If you would like a course run for your team or service, ask me.
Included with every course
- Copies of all presentation materials
- A comprehensive workbook for future reference when working with clients
- Access to an experienced pharmacist to answer your questions
- An opportunity to share practice with others
- A CPD certificate, which most professional bodies accept for logging CPD hours. The course itself is not accredited.
Courses
Understanding Drug Therapy for Anxiety, Stress and Depression
How the common medicines for anxiety, stress and depression work, what clients experience when starting and stopping them, and how to work alongside them.
- Online, via Zoom, half day with a break · 3.5 CPD hours
- Thursday 12th November 2026 - 9.30am to 1pm
- £99
Course details: Understanding Drug Therapy for Anxiety, Stress and Depression
Understanding Drug Therapy for Pain Management
What the common pain medicines do, what they cost the client, and how hypnotherapy and counselling fit alongside them.
- Next date to be announced
Course details: Understanding Drug Therapy for Pain Management
Understanding Drug Therapy for ADHD
Stimulants and non-stimulants, what they change and what they do not, and what a client waiting for a diagnosis or titrating a dose is going through.
- Next date to be announced