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Research Evidenced Brain Body Healing
“It feels so hopeful that this model is proving to be so effective and changing lives for the better.” – NPP webinar attendee
Start your journey to become a certified NPP Practitioner
Are you working with or supporting children recovering from childhood trauma?
Are you supporting children recovering from trauma? Family Futures’ NPP (Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy) training will equip you with a proven, evidence-based framework to help care-experienced children heal and thrive.
NPP is a practical framework that can be used by professionals across disciplines. It is not a therapy qualification. It is the ground breaking Family Futures therapy model, developed over the past 25 years, with proven, consistently positive outcomes for children and families.
It is child-centred and holistic, enabling you to select the most appropriate intervention to support different levels of the brain and the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), depending on the individual needs of each child you are working with.
In this training, you’ll learn how to track a child’s ANS & stress responses and decide when it’s most appropriate to use body based approaches, attachment enhancing approaches or reflective talking therapies or a blend of these. The five-day Level 1 course will enable you to:
In this five-day Level 1 course, you’ll learn to:
- Make NPP-informed assessments
- Track stress and Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) responses
- Apply body-based, attachment, or talking approaches (or a blend)
- Support children and parents to regulate and reconnect
- Gain practical interventions you can use immediately in your work
Download the course information pack here.
Listen to the story of NPP here – why was it developed and how does it help children? Pondering pods – NPP, the Family Futures therapy model
Jay Vaughan co-founder of NPP and your NPP course trainer explains:
“It isn’t just how we think and feel about the world that is impacted by trauma, it’s the physiology of the body…The name Neuro Physiological Psychotherapy, for us conveyed the importance of working with the body and brain together to help traumatised children.”
What will the NPP Level 1 course cover?
By using theory, case studies and experiential experience you will be introduced to Family Futures’ NNP model. The training will cover:
- Day one (online) – introduction, theory and research and NPP Multidisciplinary Assessment
- Day two – basic principles of NPP approach and primitive brain therapy
- Day three – limbic brain therapy
- Day four – cortical brain and NPP application
- Day five (online) – Bringing it all together & next steps
Day 1, & 5 online; Day 2,3 & 4 in person.
After attending Level One practitioners can call themselves NPP informed.
Additional Information
Thank you to everyone who joined the NPP Introduction webinar in November 2024. We’ve included the questions you asked us about NPP and our answers here. If you missed the live webinar, you can view the recording here.
Accreditation
Level one practitioners can join the practicum and be NPP informed, working towards foundational accreditation.
Examples of professional bodies in the UK and Ireland are: Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) ; Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC); Social Work England; Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC); Social Care Wales; Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC); CORU (Ireland); BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy); UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy); IACP (Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy); Play Therapy UK (PTUK); Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC); European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT)
