International Academy for Professional Development Ltd

18/11/2025

Online Course: Certificate in Coaching: Introducing the Cognitive-behavioural approach to coaching

Date: 4-5th & 8-10th December, 2025

This programme is suitable for trainee coaches, managers, personnel staff, management consultants, psychologists, trainers and others interested in learning about coaching and the cognitive behavioural approach.

The trainers are Chartered Psychologists, Dr Siobhain O’Riordan and Nick Edgerton.

It is an Institute of Leadership (IoL) approved Coaching Development Programme leading providing eligibility for Associate Membership.

Course details: https://www.centreforcoaching.com/cert-in-coaching

There is a 15% discount for members of this network.

06/10/2025

Event: International Congress of Coaching Psychology, 6-10th October 2025

Today is the start of the online 15th 2025.

At the congress, the International Society for Coaching Psychology and supporting organisations are holding masterclasses from 6-9 October & then on Friday 10th October it's the keynotes, symposium & papers day. There are speakers from around the world. ISCP members and members of sponsoring organisations can obtain discount for the masterclasses and free attendance on the 10th October.

The are pleased to be corporate sponsors of the Congress.

Website: https://iscp.nwsvirtualevents.com/congress-programme-2025/

15th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, 2025 DATE: 6th to 10th October 2025, Virtual Conference. Theme: The evolution of coaching psychology theory, research and practice. Programme This Congress programme timetable lists the live keynotes and papers being presented on Friday 10th Octobe...

12/08/2025

FREE CONFERENCE: International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 15th August, 2025

Conference Theme: Harnessing Relaxation to Enhance Wellbeing
Depending upon your time zone, the conference is held on 14th & 15th August, 2025
Location: Virtual. Conference held on Zoom & YouTube
Cost: Free event

Key: * = Live Zoom webinar or meeting.
+ = Pre-recorded presentation premiered on YouTube.

Quick Links to register and/or attend each session below. Times in BST (UK time):

1. *Harnessing Relaxation to Enhance Wellbeing with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan 09:45 BST to 11:15 BST. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GJKJZ9o7QBWBsc0kqduiGw

2. *Relaxation Club with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan. 11:45 BST to 12:45 BST. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mzdbIvSLR26rdSKYJbk-Ig

3. +Mindfulness - a trainable dimension of health and wellbeing with Dr Karen E. Neil. 13:00 BST to 13:30 BST. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAlijghms0

4. +Sufi Qawwali Music for Stress Management with Yumna Ali. 14:00 BST to 14:30 BST. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4EviXg-WKE

5. +Coping creatively and using creativity to cope: How creativity can be applied in meditation and stress management with Dr Qing Wang 14:45 BST 2.45pm. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7t8aiq473A

6. *Leadership, self-care and relaxation with Dr. Richard MacKinnon. 15:00 BST to 16:15 BST. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zp7b5i_gQYGedK7ZU0UuXA

7. +Relaxation for All: Cultivating a Way of Being in Everyday Life with Prof Stephen Palmer PhD (32 minutes) 16:30 BST 4.30pm. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnmj-NZFf7c

8. +Mission Impossible? Reclaiming calmness in a highly anxious world, with Judit Varkonyi-Sepp. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRK4v8tezR4

Welcome to the International Relaxation Day Online Conference, 2025. We have presentations from relaxation and stress experts, academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world sharing with us their knowledge about relaxation and mindfulness methods and techniques.

For ease of watching internationally with the different time zones, there are some live presentations using the Zoom Platform and some are pre-recorded which are premiered on YouTube.

For the live keynote papers, afterwards, speakers will join attendees in a Zoom Meeting room to discuss their presentations.

Visit the conference website for full programme details: https://www.internationalrelaxationday.com/ird-conference-2025/

The supports International relaxation Day and the conference.

The 3 social media hashtags for the day and event are:

Video: Introduction to International Relaxation Day and the International Relaxation Day Conference, 2025 with Prof Stephen Palmer PhD

25/07/2025

Introduction to International Relaxation Day & the Conference, held on 15th August, 2025

Coming soon is International Relaxation Day (IRD) and our free virtual IRD Conference, 2025. We will have presentations from relaxation and stress experts, academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world sharing with us their knowledge about relaxation and mindfulness methods and techniques.

The conference may interest members of the public, HR, health professionals, psychologists, counsellors, coaches, managers and academics who may wish to learn more about relaxation techniques and their benefits to enhancing health and wellbeing, and reducing stress and anxiety.

The introductory video includes 9 minutes of information about IRD and the IRD conference and then at the end, a 10 minute recording of birds singing at dusk in west Kent, England, UK.

Conference Recognition

The conference is recognised by the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and the International Society for Coaching Psychology for continuing professional development (CPD). Both organisations support International Relaxation Day.

Audio recording: © 2020, Stephen Palmer: Birds at dusk in a woodland, located in west Kent, England.

Introduction to International Relaxation Day & the Conference, held on 15th August, 2025Welcome to the International Relaxation Day (IRD) and our virtual IR...

06/06/2025

Latest article: Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose

Conclusions: It is important to introduce Rational Emotive Behavior Coaching and integrate ontological health and well-being for coaching in the sports field.

Citation: Ali, Y.; Kotera, Y.; Cotterill, M.; Edwards, A.-M.; Palmer, S. Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani Adolescents: Mediating the Role of Coaching in Athlete Purpose. Future 2025, 3, 11.

Article can be freely downloaded from

PDF | Citation: Ali, Y.; Kotera, Y.; Cotterill, M.; Edwards, A.-M.; Palmer, S. Sport Emotions, Anxiety, Task and Ego Orientation in Pakistani... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

27/05/2025

Course: Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and Counselling
Date: 3-4th June, 2025
Venue: Online using Zoom platform
Trainer: Dr Stephen Palmer PhD FAREBT

CONTENT

This REBT course is Approved through the British Psychological Society CPD Quality Mark Scheme for the purposes of continuing professional development and approved by the International Society for Coaching Psychology. It is an Association for Rational Emotive Therapy (AREBT) approved 2-day programme and covers the basic theory and practice of the rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) and counselling which was developed by Dr Albert Ellis PhD.

It includes the following: basic concepts; healthy and unhealthy negative emotions; psychological interactionism; agenda setting, three major MUSTS and the derivatives; the ABC model; treatment sequence; assessing A and inference chaining; teaching the B-C connection; disputing irrational beliefs; self-acceptance; importance of homework assignments; multimodal emphasis; shame attacking exercises; low frustration tolerance exercises. A manual, articles and handouts are provided.

Visit the website for more information.

https://www.managingstress.com/primary-certificate-in-rebt

Aims & Objectives for the Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy & Counselling course (REBT)

22/04/2025

Every day is a and today is . Theme this year is ,calling for everyone to unite around so we can triple clean electricity by 2030.

Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability, encouraging us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future.

17/04/2025

Follow-up Announcement: Website update for International Academy for Professional Development Ltd.

Further to our previous announcement, we have now successfully changed our hosting providers. Our new website is functioning well. The website provides easier viewing on mobile phones. Put simply, it is less clunky and easier to navigate! Most of the key information has been transferred and updated on the new website.

https://iafpd.com/

Established in 2001, the International Academy for Professional Development Ltd is a leading training provider providing professional body accredited and approved programmes and courses in affiliation with our partners, Centre for Coaching and Centre for Stress Management. As an international provid...

12/04/2025

Announcement: Website update for International Academy for Professional Development Ltd 12 April 2025.

This coming week, we are changing our hosting platform for our IAFPD website (ie iafpd.com). This process is currently in motion. However, the internet service providers are unable to provide an exact day and time when the transfer will occur. Therefore at some point in the next couple of days, our IAFPD website and associated email accounts will be offline for a short period of time.

In the meantime we can still be contacted using our office email account: office (at) iafpd.one Also many of our courses can be found on our affiliated training faculty's website, the .



https://www.centreforcoaching.com

Centre for Coaching is an ISCP Approved Training Provider of coaching, psychological coaching & coaching psychology courses.

14/10/2024

Masterclass: Compassionate Coaching masterclass with Liz Hall - this Wednesday, 16 October, 2024, 10-1 am UK time- still a few places left

Compassion is in our nature, it’s helped us survive as a species, and we need it now more than ever. Compassion is firmly in the spotlight in these times and for good reason. It’s increasingly being embraced in and coaching with positive outcomes, and it’s been described by some as the next frontier after mindfulness in the workplace. The compelling and fast-growing evidence base for developing compassion highlights a range of benefits including greater , , , , , in complex challenging times.

Masterclass Aims

This part-experiential masterclass will explore the why and how of a compassionate coaching approach, and will support you to bring more compassion into your own life and your coaching practice, reaping a host of benefits for yourself, your clients, and wider systems.

In this nourishing, stimulating and practical session, we will explore how to draw on compassion to deepen , , , , and how to introduce or deepen into a compassionate coaching approach.

Compassionate Coaching with Liz Hall

06/06/2024

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Advanced Coaching Psychology Development Programme Advanced Coaching Psychology Development Programme CONTENT This 105 hour programme consists of attending the following 3 modules drawn from the Centres current suite of leadership and development programmes: 1. Coaching Development Programme 2. Perf...

16/11/2023

Video: Frequently Asked Questions about coaching and coaching psychology supervision

At the Centre for Coaching, International Academy for Professional Development Ltd, we are frequently asked questions about training-related coaching and coaching psychology supervision. In this short 10 minute video we cover most of the general questions we are asked about supervision and also where to find a suitable supervisor. The video is presented by Dr Siobhain O'Riordan.

https://www.centreforcoaching.com/supervision

How to find a suitable supervisor for the diploma programmes.