Welcome to Dunamis

Take your next step towards a career in counselling!

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10am till 12 noon Saturday 20 April 2024

 

Dunamis Therapy Hub

is a private counselling college based in Crowborough, East Sussex that offers various counselling related courses

What is Counselling?

What is Counselling?

Counselling is a therapeutic relationship to facilitate change for a discomforted client. People enter into counselling courses so that they might find a more satisfactory way to live.

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How do I become a Counsellor?

The route to becoming a counsellor or having a career in counselling/therapy can be a little confusing. There can be a lot of jargon and lack of clear, streamlined advice. However, we can help you.

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Counselling Courses

Our East Sussex based Counselling College, Dunamis Therapy Hub, offers a range of counselling courses suitable for you. Gain counselling qualifications or attend our CPD (Continual Professional Development) sessions.

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Continual Professional Development Courses

Continual Professional Development

Our one day Studio Events are CPD (Continual Professional Development) events that are open to professional counsellors and students who are in training at Diploma level.

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Excellent
Based on 6 reviews
Louise Brignell
Louise Brignell
2022-08-10
If you want to go on the journey of a lifetime with more twists and turns than a fairground ride this course is for you. My experience has pushed, prodded and pschologically poked me in all directions which has not been easy but I am now a qualified counsellor and a changed person for the better. Highly recommend the Tutors and this college to anyone about to embark on this voyage of discovery.
Iain Lee
Iain Lee
2022-08-09
Life changing course. I've considered studying to be a counsellor for a while. A sudden job loss at just the right time meant I suddenly had the time to do it. This course was recommended to me by someone who had studied under Sara and Sally at a different venue. It did not disappoint. Intense, hard work, emotional, brutal at times. But there's no repair without rupture. Digging deep was a regular occurrence. I'll be honest, it's one of the toughest things I've done. But also one of the most rewarding. Sara, Sally and the rest of the tutors are amazing people. Kind, loving, encouraging. They helped me get over the finish line when there were several times I wanted to walk away. It's also a laugh. There was a lot of laughter. I've made lifetime friends, learnt so much about humans and myself, and two years after signing up, I am a qualified counsellor. I am forever indebted to Dunamis for changing my life and giving me a new career.
Veronique Briant
Veronique Briant
2021-11-18
Great for experiential courses, creative with an existential twist…
Caroline Jany
Caroline Jany
2021-10-29
I enjoyed going to Dunamis for a studio day as I meet new colleagues and old ones, I found that Sara and Sally offer a good balance between theory and experiential; a good mix of thinking, reflecting and doing. I wish I could attend to their sessions more often. Highly recommend.
Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane
2021-10-28
The workshop was professionally run by experienced instructors.

Our Tutors

Sara Bishop MBACP (Accred)

Sara Bishop MBACP (Accred)

Director and Founder

I am an experienced therapist with over 26 years experience of private practice with a special interest in trauma. I love sharing my passion for the wellbeing of people. As a trainer of adults I enjoy seeing students push themselves to their true potential. I believe that education needs to be fun, humorous and that the stories we tell each other go to the heart of the human condition. I believe in the marvelous way people find creative solutions to their issues.

Sally Valentine MBACP (Accred)

Sally Valentine MBACP (Accred)

Director and Founder

In 1993 I gained a diploma in counselling followed by a diploma in supervision. I have been in private practice since qualification. I Then trained in person centred art therapy. I am interested in trauma and the impact it has on people and have trained to diploma level and attended many counselling courses on the subject. I am also BACP (Accredited)

My area of interest is working with children and adults with ADHD, ASD and other similar conditions.

Sally Valentine was my tutor and trainer on my counselling diploma training 2011- 14. She was inspiring, generous, and practical in her approach and  I now have a very busy private practice. I continue to be inspired by her teaching in my work and cannot recommend her highly enough.

Sara Warner

Integrative Counsellor in Private Practice

Andrea Ostle MBACP

Andrea Ostle MBACP

Tutor

I am an experienced counsellor, having started my own counselling journey in 2012. Alongside my private practice I spent 6 years working for a counselling charity where I am now a trustee.
I believe counselling training is one of the most exciting, challenging and fulfilling prospects a person can undertake and I am passionate about experiential learning which enables students to begin to really know themselves as they move towards becoming fully qualified counsellors.

Paul Lewis MBACP (Accred)

Paul Lewis MBACP (Accred)

Tutor

Since qualifying in 2015 I have been working in Private Practice. As an Integrative Therapist I have continued to expand my skillset by also working within charity organisations and engaging in a wide variety of CPD courses. I am a qualified teacher and am accredited by the BACP. I have a particular interest in working with couples and LGBTQ+ issues.
On a personal level, I have always been aware of the great power of communication, learning from a young age the effects of both functional and dysfunctional relationships.  I have also been very fortunate to have had some great counsellors and teachers in my life, who have helped me find and develop my own sense of authenticity.  As a teacher of counselling I strive to impart all that I have learned whilst encouraging my students to find their own unique and genuine selves; so that they can go on to help others in the same way.
Tina Mellor MBACP (Accred)

Tina Mellor MBACP (Accred)

Tutor

I am an accredited Integrative Humanistic therapist and supervisor.  My experience since qualifying in 2015 includes working with children and young people and end of life and bereaved clients and families.  I work in private practice with a varied client base.  I love the work that I do and hope to convey my passion and commitment to the students I help support. 

Wednesday group community project

Wednesday group community project

Our community project at Windlesham Manor   Mission For our community project, we had agreed to visit Windlesham Manor, once the home of...

Community Project 2022

Community Project 2022

Mission  All student members of ‘Class of 2020’had to plan and carry out a community activity as a part of the Diploma in Humanistic and...

Where to Find Us

Getting Here

If you are travelling to Dunamis by car, then on-road car parking is available nearby, with limited off-road car parking at the site.

If you are travelling by bus to Dunamis, there are two bus stops nearby.

If you are travelling to Dunamis by train, then there is a station to the southwest of the town. The station is a 10-minute walk from the college.

Contact Dunamis

If you would like to find out more, sign up to a course, or register for our CPD sessions then please contact us using the form below.