The Ten Directions Diploma programme is open to students who have completed the year long Certificate in Environmentally Based Therapies. This Diploma programme is intended to support you in developing an ecotherapy practice based on the Ten Directions model in your own style and setting. It is an opportunity to develop specialisms and start to apply the methods which you have learned, integrating these within wider ecological, psychological and spiritual frameworks as appropriate. A practical project forms the core of the diploma and students receive a minimum of four mentoring sessions to support them in developing and carrying out this practical piece of work.

Requirements for the diploma:

• A project developing your own ecotherapy practice with a written submission of 3,000 words reporting on what you have done with an explanation of the rationale for your work
  

• 4 mentoring sessions one to one
  

• Attend the peer group sessions in 2024/25:

  Sept 16 2024/ Oct 14 / Nov 18 / Dec 16 / Jan 13 2025 / Feb 17 / Mar 17 / Apr 14 / May 19 / Jun 16
  

• 100 hours attendance at seminars, longer modules and other training events (more info below).
  

• Completion of the Professional Studies Unit (to be taken as part of the hours requirement above.)

• Keeping a learning journal

PROJECT: Development of an ecotherapy project of your creation which you will deliver to others as a practitioner (for example, a group, a retreat, an online course etc). The format of your project will be agreed with your mentor and your mentoring sessions can be used to develop your ideas, receive feedback and plan your report. Projects should normally be submitted by July of the year in which you join the diploma, however the submission date may be re-negotiated with your mentor depending on how things are developing for you.

MENTORING: Four hours of mentoring are included in the Diploma requirements. These should normally be taken as follows: one hour prior to your project to agree what will be done and how it will be undertaken; two hours during the project; one hour to evaluate. Some students, however, may want more sessions, particularly if they wish to use mentoring as an additional source of supervision to support their work, so it is possible to negotiate additional sessions with your mentor at their current supervision rate if you wish to. Check with potential mentors if this is a possibility if you are interested.

MONTHLY YEAR TWO GROUP: Students are required to attend 10 monthly group sessions of an hour and a half. These sessions provide the backbone of the course and are led by members of staff. They provide an opportunity to check in with others in year two as well as providing space to discuss practice, share thinking and develop professionally and personally, as well as small group time for more intensive feedback and discussion. The group is closed and students are expected to attend sessions unless they have a good reason, in which case they should give notice of their absence in advance.

ATTENDANCE: Students choose any combination of seminars, workshops and other training events that are offered as part of the Ten Directions programme to complete 100 hours. You can start to amass these hours as soon as you finish the 90 hour attendance requirement for the certificate, so long as you join the diploma in the following year. The only compulsory attendance in the diploma programme is the Professional Studies Unit.

LEARNING JOURNAL: Students are invited to keep a learning journal throughout your time on the diploma in which they reflect both on their own experiences in nature and on any therapeutic, facilitative or educational work that they are doing out of doors. Students should use reflexive methods to review their learning. The learning journal is a working document and should consist of personal notes and reflections rather than essay-type entries. Course staff will not ask to read your journal but you will need to refer to it in order to observe your progress with the project and your thinking about aspects of the course.

COSTS: Total cost for the Diploma in Environmentally Based Therapies, including attending 100 hours of workshops, mentoring/project supervision package, and the monthly group is £1695.
Alternatively: £850 for the mentoring/project supervision package and the monthly group, then pay as you go for the 100 hours (by booking workshops directly through our Ten Directions Eventbrite page). Note that if you do not complete the 100 hours of workshops and training, this will not in itself give you the Diploma but we will issue a certificate detailing what you have accomplished.

COMPLETION DEADLINES: Students should normally complete the requirements for the diploma by September 30th of the year following registration. This will include attendance at the monthly group meetings throughout the year; completion of four mentoring sessions; submission of a completed project, and attendance of 100 hours as designated above. Where a student has not completed the project by September 30th, they will be required to re-register for a further year at an additional cost of £150. This re-registration fee will entitle them to a further two mentoring sessions. 

APPLICATIONS: In writing on nearing completion of the Certificate in Environmentally Based Therapies.

CERTIFICATION: Completion of full requirements will result in the awarding of the Diploma in Environmentally Based Therapies.