Key Facts
Key Facts
At the heart of every family are relationships — and at the heart of relationships is attachment. This diploma is designed for practitioners who want to specialise in helping families understand and strengthen their attachment bonds. You’ll learn how attachment theory applies in modern family life, how to coach parents and children to build secure, trusting relationships, and how to respond when attachment has been disrupted by trauma, separation, or change.
This programme blends theory, neuroscience, and practical coaching tools to equip you to support families through challenges such as emotional regulation, behaviour struggles, and disconnection. By the end, you’ll be ready to guide families towards stronger attachment, healthier communication, and deeper connection.
At the heart of every family are relationships — and at the heart of relationships is attachment. This diploma is designed for practitioners who want to specialise in helping families understand and strengthen their attachment bonds. You’ll learn how attachment theory applies in modern family life, how to coach parents and children to build secure, trusting relationships, and how to respond when attachment has been disrupted by trauma, separation, or change.
This programme blends theory, neuroscience, and practical coaching tools to equip you to support families through challenges such as emotional regulation, behaviour struggles, and disconnection. By the end, you’ll be ready to guide families towards stronger attachment, healthier communication, and deeper connection.
- Level 5 qualification for practitioners working with children, parents, and families.
- Rooted in attachment theory and relational neuroscience.
- Learn practical coaching approaches to strengthen bonds and improve family wellbeing.
- Trauma-informed and inclusive, with strategies for diverse families and complex needs.
- Suitable for parents, parent coaches, family support practitioners, therapeutic play specialists, and wellbeing coaches.
- Graduates leave with a complete coaching framework for attachment-based practice.
Syllabus
Syllabus
The course begins with the foundations of attachment theory, exploring the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth, and contemporary thinkers in relational neuroscience. You’ll learn how secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganised attachment patterns are formed, and how these influence children’s development, relationships, and family dynamics.
You’ll then explore attachment in family contexts, examining how parent–child bonds, sibling relationships, and extended family systems shape attachment behaviours. You’ll also look at how life events, such as divorce, adoption, bereavement, or parental mental health difficulties, can disrupt attachment and how coaching can provide stability and repair.
The programme moves into coaching strategies for attachment-based practice, equipping you with tools to help families strengthen bonds and create secure bases for children. You’ll practise using reflective listening, guided play, storytelling, and emotional attunement exercises, and learn how to coach parents in responding sensitively to children’s emotional and behavioural needs.
A key focus of the diploma is working with challenges in attachment, such as trauma, neglect, or inconsistent caregiving. You’ll learn to recognise signs of attachment disruption, support families in rebuilding trust, and work alongside other professionals where additional intervention is needed.
Throughout the programme, you’ll develop your skills as a reflective and ethical practitioner, building confidence in managing boundaries, safeguarding, and self-care when working with emotionally intense situations. You’ll also create your own attachment-based coaching framework, blending theory, evidence, and your practice style into a model you can use with families in your professional work.
The course begins with the foundations of attachment theory, exploring the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth, and contemporary thinkers in relational neuroscience. You’ll learn how secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganised attachment patterns are formed, and how these influence children’s development, relationships, and family dynamics.
You’ll then explore attachment in family contexts, examining how parent–child bonds, sibling relationships, and extended family systems shape attachment behaviours. You’ll also look at how life events, such as divorce, adoption, bereavement, or parental mental health difficulties, can disrupt attachment and how coaching can provide stability and repair.
The programme moves into coaching strategies for attachment-based practice, equipping you with tools to help families strengthen bonds and create secure bases for children. You’ll practise using reflective listening, guided play, storytelling, and emotional attunement exercises, and learn how to coach parents in responding sensitively to children’s emotional and behavioural needs.
A key focus of the diploma is working with challenges in attachment, such as trauma, neglect, or inconsistent caregiving. You’ll learn to recognise signs of attachment disruption, support families in rebuilding trust, and work alongside other professionals where additional intervention is needed.
Throughout the programme, you’ll develop your skills as a reflective and ethical practitioner, building confidence in managing boundaries, safeguarding, and self-care when working with emotionally intense situations. You’ll also create your own attachment-based coaching framework, blending theory, evidence, and your practice style into a model you can use with families in your professional work.
Practical Assessment
Practical Assessment
You will complete a practical assessment with other students as a part of this programme. This will be conducted live, and online. There will be a range of dates to select from and this will allow you to demonstrate your own practice, receive feedback, and reflect.
Upon successful completion of your portfolio of evidence and your practical assessment, you will be awarded your certificate and accreditation with the ability to set up in practice.
You will complete a practical assessment with other students as a part of this programme. This will be conducted live, and online. There will be a range of dates to select from and this will allow you to demonstrate your own practice, receive feedback, and reflect.
Upon successful completion of your portfolio of evidence and your practical assessment, you will be awarded your certificate and accreditation with the ability to set up in practice.
F.A.Qs
F.A.Qs
Can I run a coaching practice with this course?
Upon completion of this course, which is certified by the Ofqual-regulated awarding organisation, Skills and Education Group via their Quality Licence certification scheme, you will be able to apply for professional membership with the ACCPH. The ACCPH is a professional body for coaches, counsellors, and psychotherapists. With their membership, you will be able to apply for insurance to practice. You are also able to list your services on their site. Please bear in mind, that to practice, you will need to take additional considerations for working with children, young people, and vulnerable adults, including undertaking an enhanced DBS certificate. You are also automatically invited to register with the Association of Child and Family Coaches, an international ethical body that is designed purposefully for Therapeutic Coaches working with parents, families, and children.
Is the course online?
The course is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous in its learning but is entirely online. You will complete a mixture of live online sessions over the Zoom platform, engaging in the practical skills to prepare you for your therapeutic role. In addition, you will study the knowledge-based elements via our online, interactive platform. You will be able to access as many 121 Zoom sessions with your tutor as you need.
What happens if I don't complete on time?
Firstly, we understand that life happens. At the start of your course, you set your own target dates. If you get into any issues with timings, please reach out. The course is not an easy course, it is a level 5 qualification. However, we are here to help. You can also book 121 sessions with your tutor if you need additional support. If you need longer, let us know. Something to consider: you must submit a unit inside a 12 month period to remain active, or you will need to re-enrol. You must complete your course in full in a 3-year period or you will be de-registered from the awarding organisation.
Do I receive a certificate?
You will receive your ensorsed level 5 QLS certificate from the Skills and Education Group, the Ofqual Regulated awarding body, and an accredited certificate from the ACCPH. SEG QLS certificates take around 4 weeks after completion to arrive. Please note, we send certificates once all payments are settled if you have chosen to pay by installments.
What if I have not studied at level 5 before?
Level 5 is equivalent in its level of study to the second year of an undergraduate degree or a foundation degree. We know this can be daunting if you have not studied at this level before or if you have not studied for a while. Don't worry, our tutors are here to support you. In addition, you may consider taking one of ourlevel 3 programmes in the first instance: CACHE Accredited Level 3 in Therapeutic Play Techniques or the Level 3 in Coaching and Therapeutic Practice with Children and Families.
What if I have more questions?
Please click on "Talk to Us!" at the top of this page and we will reach out to you!
Can I run a coaching practice with this course?
Upon completion of this course, which is certified by the Ofqual-regulated awarding organisation, Skills and Education Group via their Quality Licence certification scheme, you will be able to apply for professional membership with the ACCPH. The ACCPH is a professional body for coaches, counsellors, and psychotherapists. With their membership, you will be able to apply for insurance to practice. You are also able to list your services on their site. Please bear in mind, that to practice, you will need to take additional considerations for working with children, young people, and vulnerable adults, including undertaking an enhanced DBS certificate. You are also automatically invited to register with the Association of Child and Family Coaches, an international ethical body that is designed purposefully for Therapeutic Coaches working with parents, families, and children.
Is the course online?
The course is a blend of synchronous and asynchronous in its learning but is entirely online. You will complete a mixture of live online sessions over the Zoom platform, engaging in the practical skills to prepare you for your therapeutic role. In addition, you will study the knowledge-based elements via our online, interactive platform. You will be able to access as many 121 Zoom sessions with your tutor as you need.
What happens if I don't complete on time?
Firstly, we understand that life happens. At the start of your course, you set your own target dates. If you get into any issues with timings, please reach out. The course is not an easy course, it is a level 5 qualification. However, we are here to help. You can also book 121 sessions with your tutor if you need additional support. If you need longer, let us know. Something to consider: you must submit a unit inside a 12 month period to remain active, or you will need to re-enrol. You must complete your course in full in a 3-year period or you will be de-registered from the awarding organisation.
Do I receive a certificate?
You will receive your ensorsed level 5 QLS certificate from the Skills and Education Group, the Ofqual Regulated awarding body, and an accredited certificate from the ACCPH. SEG QLS certificates take around 4 weeks after completion to arrive. Please note, we send certificates once all payments are settled if you have chosen to pay by installments.
What if I have not studied at level 5 before?
Level 5 is equivalent in its level of study to the second year of an undergraduate degree or a foundation degree. We know this can be daunting if you have not studied at this level before or if you have not studied for a while. Don't worry, our tutors are here to support you. In addition, you may consider taking one of ourlevel 3 programmes in the first instance: CACHE Accredited Level 3 in Therapeutic Play Techniques or the Level 3 in Coaching and Therapeutic Practice with Children and Families.
What if I have more questions?
Please click on "Talk to Us!" at the top of this page and we will reach out to you!
