SIRPA’s CPD Courses for Health
and Wellness Professionals
(Stress Illness Recovery Practitioners’ Association)
Equipping professionals to make a lasting difference
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Find out
Find out that it is possible for us to support our clients to recover from chronic pain, rather than helping them manage their symptoms.
Understand
Understand the most recent pain science and the fascinating connections between the physical body, our mind and our emotions.
Learn
Learn evidence-based strategies to empower your clients to explore the psychological, behavioural and emotional aspects of their pain.
Know
Know how to integrate this approach safely into your work within your professional scope of practice.
Do you ever wonder if there is more to chronic pain and other
persistent symptoms than the physical presentation?
SIRPA's CPD training incorporates key elements of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET), reflecting the growing evidence base and interest in these approaches in the treatment of chronic pain and other neuroplastic symptoms. We are closely aligned with the clinicians and educators leading this work, and our courses bring together these important methods within a broader, integrative framework.
This allows practitioners to develop confidence using these evidence-based strategies, while also adapting their approach to the individual needs of each client. By combining these elements with additional education, nervous system regulation and additional therapeutic tools, we support a more flexible, personalised way of working that reflects the individuality of each person presenting with chronic pain or other neuroplastic symptoms.
Are you baffled by clients who are experiencing chronic pain and other unexplained medical symptoms and feel like something is missing?
Are you frustrated because clients keep coming back with a recurrence of their pain or yet another symptom, often even after explaining the up to date pain neuroscience?
Are you confused by the mixed messaging around chronic pain and wondering why you aren’t seeing the results you expect with your clients?
If you’ve answered YES to any of these questions, then you are in the right place.
And You’re Not Alone!
More and more health and wellness professionals are questioning the effectiveness of treating chronic pain and other neuroplastic symptoms as a purely physical problem
The latest pain science agrees.
What makes the SIRPA approach so powerful is that it equips you to take a whole-person approach when treating patients or working with clients. Through our comprehensive CPD Courses, you will learn evidence-based strategies for supporting those you work with as you help them examine the psychosocial, behavioural and emotional aspects of their pain or other persistent symptoms. We have seen thousands of people make full recoveries from symptoms they were told were permanent!
Learn the tools you need to empower your patients to reclaim their lives!
Sign up nowWatch Georgie Oldfield MCSP, Physiotherapist and Founder of SIRPA, introduce our updated training courses.
So, how can you learn this approach and make a difference in your profession?
We have three levels of CPD Courses:
All can be undertaken in your own time, wherever you are and from whatever device you choose. There are no deadlines to complete the online modules and you will have ongoing access to the courses for the foreseeable future.
Level 1: Foundations of Chronic Pain Recovery
This experiential course provides a foundational knowledge of the latest pain science and SIRPA’s unique approach to recovery. All from the perspective of you as a client, so that you learn while gaining a first-hand understanding of the treatment process.
CPD – 25 hours
Cost of Level 1: £324
Payment in full or 3/6 mth payment plans
Level 2: Fundamentals of Chronic Pain Recovery
Suitable for all health and wellness professionals, this course equips you to educate your clients about the roots of their pain, provide resources and support them to make changes to their lives, within your professional scope of practice.
You must have completed Level 1 to undertake this course.
See FAQ section below for more information about eligibility for this level.
CPD – 22 hours
Cost of Level 2: £570
Cost of Level 1&2 together: £798 – save 10%
Payment in full or 3/6 mth payment plans
Level 3: SIRPA’s Practitioner Training
Open to health professionals, counsellors and psychotherapists, plus some coaches, this course equips you to work with clients who need additional therapeutic support with the emotional and psychosocial roots of their pain, within your professional scope of practice.
You must have completed Levels 1 and 2 to undertake this course.
See FAQ section below for more information about eligibility for this level.
CPD – 50 hours (20 theory:30 clinical)
Cost of Level 3: £762
Cost of Level 1, 2 & 3 together: £1485 – save 10%
Payment in full or 3/6 mth payment plans
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Flexible learning to suit you!
- Courses delivered via our online training platform
- Enjoy an interactive learning experience with videos (transcripts included), documents, downloadable worksheets, quizzes, links to additional information and more
- Work at your own pace. There is no start or end date
- ‘Lifetime’ access
- pdf of over 200 references included in the courses
- Find a buddy to keep you accountable as you work through the training
- Log in from anywhere at any time (internet connection required)
- Benefit from 2 months FREE SIRPA Membership to help support your learning
The most comprehensive courses on the market.
We want to equip you with everything you need to safely and effectively work with clients using this approach.
Our teaching draws from the latest neuroscience and trauma science, combining education, emotional awareness and expression, pain reprocessing, somatic work, breathwork, neural rewiring and nervous system regulation, plus much more.
Please scroll down to out FAQ to find more information about SIRPA’s eligibility criteria for our SIRPA-Informed courses (Levels 1&2) and our SIRPA Practitioner courses (Levels 1-3)
What Will You Learn?
The latest pain science from academic researchers, broken down into understandable videos.
How to determine whether the symptoms a client presents with are neuroplastic or have a physical cause.
The power of neuroplasticity – how our brains can ‘learn’ pain, and unlearn it too.
How to help clients with emotional awareness and expression and developing their interoception/felt sense.
Pendulation tools to assist clients with nervous system regulation, grounding, and managing overwhelm
To incorporate the basics of the PolyVagal theory to help clients recognise fight/flight, freeze, and feeling safe.
Breathwork to support clients with self-soothing, self-regulation, and emotional expression.
A personalized, integrative, trauma-informed and self-compassionate approach, fostering client empowerment and agency.
Somatic tracking & other somatic strategies to safely explore and relieve neuroplastic symptoms
How to consider lifestyle, personality traits, and learned behaviours in addressing symptoms.
How to integrate this approach into your own work, whether in the public or private sector.
How to keep yourself safe as a practitioner, how to identify red flags and refer on.
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What our students are saying about our Chronic Pain Recovery CPD Courses:
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Guarantee
SIRPA is committed to your complete satisfaction with our services. If, for any reason, you are not entirely satisfied with our Chronic Pain Recovery CPD Courses for Health Professionals, we offer a money back guarantee. This is available from 30 days after the purchase of the course. In the unlikely occasion that this does ever occur we will aim to gain an understanding of your reasons to request your money back, in order to continue to improve our services. Please note, any refund will be less a £40 admin fee plus any finance platform fees already paid by SIRPA.
Conventional approaches
- The widespread belief in the medical community and the public is still that pain is due to a physical cause, such as tissue damage, posture, structural or biomechanical changes
- This means that the focus is on ‘pain management’ where only the symptoms are treated, resulting in superficial and often only temporary relief
- Even when up to date pain neuroscience is taught, often the underlying causes are not identified and addressed
- The body is deconstructed into separate component parts and therefore the individual is not seen and treated as a whole
- The focus is on ‘disease’ rather than wellness, leading to disempowerment for patients and health professionals
SIRPA™'s Approach
- SIRPA identifies and addresses the underlying causes of pain. Because how can you provide targeted treatment if you don’t identify and address the root causes?
- When pain persists after tissues have healed, pain science shows that the pain is not linked to tissue damage
- Research shows that while chronic pain is real, various non-physical factors play a role in causing pain to persist, as well as triggering it in the first place
- SIRPA’s approach is focused on health and wellness, not on disease
- We focus on empowering health professionals and their clients to address the root causes of chronic pain and, wherever possible, to restore their health and wellbeing
Inspiring Recovery Stories
Real people, real recovery. Discover how others have transformed their lives with SIRPA.
See all recovery storiesHow SIRPA supports you: Additional resources
for students and practitioners
for students and practitioners
- Monthly online peer-support meetings for students and practitioners
- A free mentoring session with one of our trained clinical supervisors to help you integrate your learning
- A team of trained clinical supervisors on-hand to support you in your studies and beyond
- 2 months free access to our membership programme, including access to an online support group and much more (Level 2 and up)
- Technical support throughout the course just an email away
- Monthly CPD webinars on a wide range of topics, with access to dozens of previously recorded webinars
- Occupational support groups for doctors, physios, osteopaths, psychotherapists and counsellors, plus coaches
- Business support for those integrating this approach into their private practice
- Some local in-person meet-ups with students and practitioners accross the UK
- An invitation to our annual CPD weekend, which is nourishing, community-building and informative
"SIRPA has created the most incredible community where clinicians feel safe and supported to learn and extend their practice. This allows us to thrive, which I know because I have experienced my own growth as I moved through the courses and developed so much as a clinician." Janet Betts, Physiotherapist
Have questions?
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About The Instructor – Georgie Oldfield (MCSP)
Georgie Oldfield is a British physiotherapist known for her innovative approach to the treatment of chronic pain. She developed the SIRPA (Stress Illness Recovery Practitioners Association) method, influenced by Dr. John E. Sarno’s work on Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS). The SIRPA approach suggests that chronic pain often stems from stress and repressed emotions, resulting in learned neural circuits which become sensitised. She advocates for a self-empowering approach that includes education, emotional and somatic strategies as well as addressing lifestyle and behavioural factors.
Oldfield’s work has been transformative for patients struggling with chronic pain, particularly those who haven’t found relief through traditional medical treatments. She has authored the book “Chronic Pain: Your Key to Recovery” and provides training for healthcare professionals through SIRPA’s Practitioner courses. Through SIRPA, she also organises and hosts international conferences in London to raise awareness of this concept and approach. As an educator and speaker, Oldfield continues to promote a broader understanding of the mind-body connection in health, advocating for a compassionate and comprehensive approach for individuals looking to resolve their pain.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do the CPD courses normally take?
The number of CPD hours is included in the course descriptions above and this demonstrates the minimum number of hours to work through each course. There are ‘Optional Extras’ if students would like to explore some of the topics further in their own time. This course sometimes brings up things for professionals themselves which they might want to work through for themselves, especially during the experiential course, Level 1. Level 3 also includes a minimum of 30 hours clinical work, but this will vary depending on the case studies and supervision undertaken.
What is the cost of the CPD Courses?
The costs of the courses are included above, as well as the cost for the SIRPA-Informed and SIRPA Practitioner bundles. When you click through to the course or bundle you will see the option to choose one of our payment options if you would like to spread the cost rather than pay the total in one payment.
Are there any additional costs?
From Level 2 we offer you the chance to sign up for our membership. You will be given access to the first 2 months for free and if you decide you would like to continue to access our many membership benefits, the monthly cost is just £30.
Any costs incurred for clinical supervision is in additional to the initial course costs. This includes the cost for the 5 required supervision sessions while going through your case studies for Level 3. These are booked with one of our SIRPA Practitioners who are also qualified Clinical Supervisors, at a cost of £65 per session.
Eligibility Criteria - Who are SIRPA's CPD courses for?
Level 1 is open to any professional interested in the link between stress and chronic pain. It will give you a good foundational knowledge of the science behind our approach, as well as a number of tools and resources which you can use to support your own health and wellbeing. Only those who know how to look after their own health first can effectively support others!
Level 2 is for any health and wellness professional or coach, including doctors and physiotherapists as well as complementary therapists, yoga instructors, nutritionists and more. You must have public liability insurance for your profession which will include cover for additional CPD courses to extend your learning. We will ask to see evidence of this at the beginning of the course. It will equip you to identify those in your work who are experiencing stress-related pain and rule out those who are not, provide tools and knowledge, educate them about their stress-related symptoms, and give them resources to resolve them within your scope of practice.
Level 3 is for health professionals, such as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, occupational therapists, yoga therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists and some coaches. You must be able to demonstrate at least 70 hours of one to one client work, have public liability insurance which will cover any additional CPD courses. You must also be regulated by a professional body which requires you to comply to a code of practice. We will ask to see evidence of this at the beginning of the Level 3. This course is for you if you are interested in supporting people whose presentation is more complex, for example those who have experienced trauma or significant emotional stress which is contributing to their pain. This course equips you to work therapeutically with those who need some extra support to recover from chronic conditions, and qualifies you as a ‘SIRPA Practitioner’.
N.B. Coaches need to have completed a foundational level, professional and interpersonal coaching qualification at diploma level or above. This needs to be of at least 6 months duration and to have included practical experience of working with case studies with clinical supervision. This, plus being able to demonstrate a minimum of 70 hours of one to one work with clients, is to demonstrate their ability to work with clients using a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires the client to maximise their personal and professional potential.
PLEASE NOTE – Prior to purchasing Levels 2 & 3, please check you are eligible. However, if you sign up for Level 2 or 3 but are found not to be eligible, we will refund you the full amount minus £40 to cover the administrative costs involved, as long as you have not gone past the Welcome Module of either course.
Who are SIRPA's CPD courses NOT for?
This course is not for you if you are not a trained health or wellness professional. If you are interested in going on your own recovery journey from chronic pain, our Online Recovery Programme is more affordable (as there are no CPD hours awarded) and will give you a thorough understanding of the science behind chronic pain in an accessible way, and provide you with much support and tools to recover.
Are SIRPA's CPD courses certified?
Yes, our training is certified by The CPD Certification Service and offers 25 hours for Level 1,22 hours for Level 2 and 50 hours for Level 3. You will also receive a certificate of attendance after each section of the training.
Do you need to do each CPD course level in order?
Yes, Level 1 is a prerequisite to beginnning Level 2, and Levels 1 and 2 are prerequisite to beginning Level 3. This is because the information in each course builds on the knowledge which you gained in the previous course.
Is there a time limit to complete the courses?
There is no time limit to complete our courses. Having said that, if you undertake Level 3 our practitioner course, we ask that all case studies be completed and submitted within 12 months of completing Level 3. We do understand that at times this might be a challenge for various reasons (personal, life and work) and, if someone is unable to complete them within this time frame, we would simply get together to discuss this before deciding how to progress.
What if I am unable to continue with the course for a few weeks or even months?
These courses are all online for you to access from whatever device you choose, from wherever you are and whenever you are able to. If you find you are unable to continue for whatever reason, this is compeltely up to you.
Regarding Level 3 and case studies though, please see the question above.
Do I need to live in the UK to access these CPD courses?
The courses are online and provide continual professional development so there is no reason that you cannot purchase the course, wherever you live, as long as you check with your own professional body that you will be legally allowed to integrate this approach within your own work. It is your responsibility to check this.
Do you offer payment plans on your CPD courses?
Yes, we offer 3 month or 6 month payment plans for all of our bundles and courses. You can select which payment option you would like at the checkout.
Are the CPD course fees refundable?
A 100% money-back guarantee within a month of the start of the course is available if you feel the course has not delivered on its promise to you. Having said that, the information on this website and in these FAQ is available in order for you to be sure this course is right for you before you book. If you have any doubt at all, in order not to waste your time and ours, please email admin@sirpa.org prior to booking to discuss any queries or reservations you might have.
Please note: There is a £40 admin fee for all refunds, plus the small course platform fee charged to SIRPA for the transaction.
DISCLAIMER
By purchasing SIRPA’s Level 2 CPD course you are confirming that you are a qualified health or wellness professional. You are also confirming that you are currently regulated by a respected professional body and have up to date professional indemnity insurance.
By purchasing SIRPA’s Level 3 CPD course you are confirming that you are a qualified health professional, mental health professional, or coach qualified at diploma level or above. You are also confirming that you are currently regulated by a respected professional body and have up to date professional indemnity insurance.
SIRPA Ltd will not be held liable for anyone who undertakes these CPD courses who does not fit these criteria. All delegates must also be working within their own scope of practise as accepted by their own professional body. Any queries, please contact us.
These are CPD courses and as such each individual undertaking the courses takes full responsibility for the application of their learning with their clients as they integrate any understanding learned into their own professional work. SIRPA Ltd takes no responsibility for malpractice or complaints from clients of health professionals or coaches who undertake the SIRPA CPD courses. Certificates provided following each level and after an individual has completed cases studies, are certificates of attendance and do not demonstrate level of competency.
PLEASE NOTE: These courses are for CPD purposes only and are not competency led. They were developed and are hosted within the UK and as such any claims would be taken through the UK courts. Health professionals and coaches outside the UK who are interested in undertaking these CPD courses must take responsibility themselves to ensure that they are eligible to undertake these online CPD courses, in line with their own country’s laws and regulations.