Attachment-Focused Psychotherapeutic Pathway to Clinical Mastery Diploma
Level 7 Awarded and Accredited by CPCAB
Momentum
Who is this course for?
You might be at that stage in your practice where you’re noticing more. You’re thinking differently about what happens between you and your clients, becoming more curious about the patterns that emerge in the relationship and wanting to understand what sits underneath some of the more complex work you’re doing.
For some therapists, Level 7 is also part of their progression towards senior professional recognition, including Senior Accreditation and the highest column of SCoPEd. For others, it’s less about the title and more about wanting to keep developing as a practitioner and feeling ready for the next level of learning.
You’ll need to have completed Level 4 and Level 5 training, or equivalent attachment-based study, and have a minimum of three years’ post-qualification experience with more than 450 post-qualification counselling hours.
And if you’re wondering what makes Momentum different, it’s simply the way we timetable the course.
You’ll be studying the same Level 7 Diploma, with the same course content and expectations, but instead of learning across 31 weeks, Momentum runs over 24 weeks with longer weekly sessions.
So if Level 7 feels like the right next step for you, but you’d prefer to start in January and complete the course within a shorter timeframe, Momentum gives you that option.
24 weeks online live classes
Term Time January-July
Course cost or deposit + 7 Interest-Free Monthly payments
Course Content
Supervision
- Foundations of Supervision: Roles, Relationships, and Skills
- Understand the Principles of Evaluation and Feedback in a Supervisory Context
- Theories, Models, and Modalities of Supervision
- Working with Difference, Diversity, and Power in Supervision
- Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Supervision
- Reflective Practice
- Contracting
Modality Review
Couples Therapy
- Advanced Skills in Attachment-Focused Couples Therapy (AFCT)
- Attachment-Focused Approach to Relationship Counselling
- Cultural Competence and Diversity in AFCT
- Addressing Complex Relationship Dynamics in AFCT
- Core Practices in AFCT
- Addressing Mental Health and Trauma in AFCT
- Integrating Theoretical Perspectives in AFCT
Presenting Couples Therapy Models
Clinical Research
- Introduction to Conducting Research & Systematic Reviews
- Fundamentals of Conducting Research & Systematic Reviews
- Research Appraising Psychological Ideas and Theoretical Integration
Systematic Review
Advanced Trauma Practice
- Working with Trauma – Sexual Trauma and Sexual Abuse
- Working with Trauma Using the Flash Technique
- Working with and Understanding Religious Trauma
- Endings
Course details
Supervision Practice
12 hours of supervised practice of two supervisees
Supervision
1 ½ hours monthly of clinical couples supervision – with an Attachment Therapist
Supervision of Supervision
6 hours of supervision of supervision – with an Attachment Therapist (can be the same supervisor)
Couples Therapy
8 hours of Couples work
Personal Therapy
20 Hours of Personal Therapy with an Attachment Therapist
How Optima supports you on your Level 7 Journey
You will be supported through:
The Attachment Training Clarity Guarantee
We guarantee this course will help integrate attachment into who you are as a therapist and transform the way you understand yourself, your clients and the therapeutic relationship.
You leave with greater clinical confidence, deeper self-awareness and a clearer attachment-informed professional identity.

course Fees
Early Bird
Apply during September or October and receive
our Early Bird course fee ÂŁ2495.00 (+VAT ÂŁ2994.00).
This includes CPCAB registration fees.
Full Fee
The full course fee is ÂŁ2670 (+VAT ÂŁ3204.00)
This includes CPCAB registration fees.
Interest free payment plan
We know professional training is a meaningful investment, so we offer an interest-free payment plan to help
you spread the cost or choose to pay in full.
You can pay in full or secure your place with a deposit and spread the remaining balance over seven
months.
Early Bird Payment Plan
To secure the Early Bird fee apply during September or October
Deposit
ÂŁ600 (+VAT ÂŁ720)
7 monthly Instalments
ÂŁ270.71 (+VAT ÂŁ325)
Total Payable
ÂŁ2495 (+VAT ÂŁ2,994)
Full Fee Payment Plan
Applications received from the 1st November
Deposit
ÂŁ600 (+VAT ÂŁ720)
7 monthly Instalments
ÂŁ295.83 (+VAT ÂŁ355)
Total Payable
ÂŁ2670 (+VAT ÂŁ3,204)
Course Prerequisites
Which Level 7 route is right for you?
Both pathways lead to the same CPCAB Level 7 Attachment-Focused Psychotherapeutic Pathway to Clinical Mastery. The difference is the timetable and rhythm of the learning.
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Level 7 Diploma |
Level 7 Momentum |
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Qualification |
CPCAB Level 7 Attachment-Focused Psychotherapeutic Pathway to Clinical Mastery. |
CPCAB Level 7 Attachment-Focused Psychotherapeutic Pathway to Clinical Mastery. |
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Course content |
Full Level 7 curriculum |
Full Level 7 curriculum |
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Teaching format |
Live online |
Live online |
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Length |
31 teaching weeks |
24 teaching weeks |
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Session length |
4 hours |
5.5 hours |
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Start |
September |
January |
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Learning rhythm |
More time between teaching sessions for reading, reflection and course work |
Learning moves at a quicker rhythm, with fewer weeks between starting and completing the course |
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Best suited to you if… |
You prefer to complete your diploma across three academic terms, with four-hour weekly teaching sessions |
You’d like to complete the same diploma over a shorter period, with longer teaching sessions and an earlier completion date. |
Diversity and Inclusion
Throughout the Level 7 diploma, diversity, identity, and inclusive practice are thoughtfully woven into teaching, case material, skills development, and reflective learning. The programme is culturally attuned, neurodiversity-informed, and aligned with the BACP Ethical Framework, creating learning spaces that are respectful, curious, and ethically grounded. Attention is given to difference, culture, power, and social context as essential parts of counselling practice, rather than something added on or treated separately.
As a student, you will be gently supported to explore your developing professional identity alongside your own values, assumptions, and lived experience. Through reflection, discussion, and relational learning, you will begin to notice how issues of power, difference, and positionality can show up in counselling relationships and in your work with clients. The course encourages thoughtful, compassionate engagement with complexity and difference, helping you to grow in confidence as an ethical, inclusive practitioner who can work with care, sensitivity, and respect within your scope of practice.
