Research Confidence CPD for Counsellors & Psychotherapists | Attachment-Informed Training

£9.99

Research can often feel intimidating, overly academic, or disconnected from the reality of therapeutic practice. This CPD video, Becoming Research-Confident, offers a gentler and more accessible way in.

Designed for counsellors, psychotherapists, supervisors, trainees and attachment-informed practitioners, this workshop reframes research as something many practitioners are already doing: noticing patterns, asking thoughtful questions, reflecting on relational dynamics, and making meaning from complex human experience.

Rather than presenting research as something distant or reserved for academics, this CPD explores research as structured curiosity. You will be invited to consider how the skills you already use in clinical practice — reflective awareness, ethical sensitivity, critical thinking and tolerance of uncertainty — are also the foundations of good research.

The video introduces key types of research, including qualitative research, quantitative research, mixed methods, systematic reviews, case studies, practice-based research and clinical trials. It also supports you to think about how clinical curiosity can begin to develop into a clear, ethically considered research question.

This CPD is particularly helpful for practitioners considering Level 7 study, preparing for academic writing, developing a research project, or wanting to feel more confident engaging with research literature. It is also valuable for therapists who want to connect attachment-informed practice with evidence, inquiry and professional development.

Throughout the workshop, you are encouraged to explore not only what research is, but also your emotional relationship with it. Many practitioners carry anxiety, self-doubt or old academic wounds around research. This CPD offers a compassionate space to recognise those responses and begin building a more secure relationship with curiosity, uncertainty, evidence and learning.

By the end of this CPD video, you will have a clearer understanding of how research connects with therapeutic practice, how different research methods answer different kinds of questions, and how your own clinical curiosity may already contain the seeds of meaningful professional inquiry.

Who Is This CPD For?

This CPD video is suitable for:

• Counsellors and psychotherapists
• Attachment-informed practitioners
• Trainee counsellors and psychotherapists
• Supervisors and clinical educators
• Practitioners preparing for Level 7 study
• Therapists developing research confidence
• Practitioners who feel anxious or uncertain about academic work
• Therapists interested in practice-based research, case studies or systematic reviews

Learning Outcomes

By watching this CPD video, you will be supported to:

• Understand research as structured curiosity
• Recognise how research thinking begins in the therapy room
• Explore your own emotional relationship with research and academic learning
• Understand different types of research and what kinds of questions they answer
• Begin shaping clinical curiosity into a possible research question
• Connect attachment-informed practice with professional inquiry
• Identify realistic next steps towards becoming more research-confident
• Prepare for further study, including Level 7 research or systematic review work

Key Topics Covered

• Research confidence for therapists
• Research as structured curiosity
• Clinical curiosity and research questions
• Attachment-informed practice and inquiry
• Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research
• Systematic reviews and case study research
• Practice-based research in counselling and psychotherapy
• Research anxiety and academic confidence
• Level 7 study preparation
• Ethical thinking in therapeutic research
• Using supervision and peer discussion to develop research ideas

PLEASE NOTE: The time of the recording has been adapted from a live session and includes time for reflection!