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Training & CPD · workshops for coaches
Staying current in coaching psychology.
Two one-day online workshops for coaches and aspiring coaches, built from what keeps coming up when we supervise and train other coaches. Led by chartered psychologists who supervise and train coaches, with no more than twelve people in the room.
of live training in each workshop, online
places at most in each group
early bird rate for each day, rising to £295
01The workshops
Two days. Book one, or both.
The second workshop builds on the first, and it also stands on its own. Each day runs from 9.00 to 4.30, online and interactive.
Groups are kept to twelve so the day can be worked through together rather than listened to. Places go in the order they are booked.
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Workshop 1
Self-as-Instrument: vertical development for coaches
Friday 30 October 2026 · 9.00–4.30 · Online
Led by Dr Cordet Smart, with special guest Sam Farmer
Coaches know their approach should be non-judgemental and centred on the coachee. In practice, the coach’s own perspective shapes every session. Understanding that perspective, and what informs it, is what lets you use yourself with more skill.
This interactive day asks you to reflect on your own background and experience, how aware of them you are, and the particular thing you bring that helps a coachee change.
You will leave with a better understanding of
- Your own coaching philosophy
- How to apply your self-as-instrument in your coaching practice
Special guest
Sam Farmer, Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Director of Edge Coaching, joins Dr Cordet Smart to co-facilitate this workshop.
Read Sam’s bio
Informed by three decades of working across global contexts, including as co-founding Chair of New Zealand’s Coaching Psychology Special Interest Group, Sam is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Director of Edge Coaching.
He specialises in coaching leaders in high emotional impact, for-purpose contexts (humanitarian, medical, emergency), using systems-informed, strengths-based approaches such as Motivational Interviewing, ACT, Mātauranga Māori, Ershad, Ubuntu and Compassion-Focused Coaching.
Recognising that growth comes from staying fit, connecting, and engaging with fear, his specialist areas include sleep hygiene, supervision, inclusive leadership and change.
- Chartered Coaching Psychologist
- Associate Fellow, International Society for Coaching Psychology
- Accredited Senior Practitioner Coach (EMCC)
- Accredited Supervisor (BPS RAPPS)
- Accredited Coaching Supervisor (ISCP; EMCC; Oxford Brookes)
£245early bird, booking before 7 OctoberBook Workshop 1£295 from 7 October
Full refund if you cancel 14 or more days before. Course terms
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Workshop 2
Formulation in coaching
Friday 27 November 2026 · 9.00–4.30 · Online
Led by Dr Cordet Smart and Dr Craig Newman
Formulation goes beyond naming the problem to the context holding it in place. This day explores models of formulation in coaching, and how the coach’s own philosophy shapes the formulation and the coaching relationship that follows.
You will build skill in formulations that are:
- Unique to the coaching context
- Brought in at the contracting stage
- Developed further throughout the coaching relationship
You will leave with
- Practical skills in formulation
- More ability to work with complex clients
- Your coaching philosophy built into every formulation you make
£245early bird, booking before 7 NovemberBook Workshop 2£295 from 7 November
Full refund if you cancel 14 or more days before. Course terms
Future dates
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02How the day runs
Live, small, and worked through together.
Format
Online and interactive
A full day of live training with both facilitators, not a recorded course.
Hours
9.00 to 4.30
Six and a half hours of training across the day.
Group
Twelve at most
Small enough for everyone to take part and to learn from each other’s practice.
For
Coaches and aspiring coaches
Advanced CPD aligned with coaching psychology. Take the days in order, or come to the second on its own.
The workshops start from the needs we meet when we supervise other coaches, not from a model looking for an audience.
Why these two
03Who teaches it
Chartered psychologists who supervise and train coaches.
Dr Cordet Smart leads both days. Sam Farmer joins her as special guest for Workshop 1, and Dr Craig Newman co-leads Workshop 2.
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Both workshops · co-founder of UXC
Dr Cordet Smart
Chartered Coaching and Occupational Psychologist. Co-founded Project5, the national coaching and wellbeing service for NHS staff, and leads MDTsInAction.
More about Cordet -
Workshop 1 · special guest
Sam Farmer
Chartered Coaching Psychologist and Director of Edge Coaching, with three decades of work across global contexts. Coaches leaders in high emotional impact settings: humanitarian, medical and emergency.
Read Sam’s bio Sam on LinkedIn -
Workshop 2 · co-founder of UXC
Dr Craig Newman
Chartered Clinical Psychologist and BPS Chartered Psychological Coach at doctoral level. Co-founder and CEO of Project5, and coached the NHS England national digital-transformation team for three years.
More about Craig
Looking for a longer programme? The full CPD pathway, foundation to specialist, is on the training and CPD page.
04Book your place
Twelve places a day. Book early.
Book one workshop or both. The early bird rate of £245 applies to bookings before 7 October for Workshop 1 and before 7 November for Workshop 2, and is £295 after that.
Full refund up to 14 days before · send a colleague free after that · Course terms
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