Continuing Professional Development
We run CPD workshops throughout the year which are open to graduates and students, as well as the wider profession depending on their content. These range from adjunctive techniques, through to theoretical topics, specialist areas of practice and business support. You can click on the button below to join our mailing list and receive updates or scroll down to see what is currently on offer. In addition, one-to-one or group support is available through our Mentoring and Supervision page
Use these hyperlinks to go there directly, or simply scroll down:
Five Element Integration Course - enrolling now for April 2027
First Aid in the Workplace - various dates
Microneedling - 28th September 2026
Moxa with Merlin Young - 17th and 18th October 2026
Causes of Disease - with Julie Reynolds - 28th November am
The 'Lack of Iron' Age - with Julie Reynolds - 28th November pm
First Aid
First Aid in the workplace - a one day course with Alex Brazkiewicz - the next courses are on:
19th March 2026
28th May 2026
17th September 2026
19th November 2026
Please click here to book direct with Holos (selecting 'Leamington venue')
Five Element Integration: See Your Patients in a Completely New Way
What if you could understand more about what is really happening for your patients both physically and emotionally - their mindset as well as the functioning state of their Officials - not simply from what they say to you, but from the messages that their entire body is subtly communicating? What if you could also be shown how to harness and understand those things that you have been intuiting in your current practice but perhaps couldn't quite put your finger on? And what if you like the sound of potentially spotting imbalances pre-pathology (see '4D acupuncture' below)? Or perhaps you have always been fascinated by the five element model? Whatever the case, we are pleased to let you know that in Spring 2027 we will launch our first, year long, 'Five Element Integration Course'. This course will not only teach you the highly refined diagnostic skills used by those of us that work with this system, but will also teach you how to integrate this new knowledge seamlessly and confidently into your existing practice and treatment plans.
Accurate Five Element diagnosis asks us to look beyond what a person does or says, because as we know, everyone gets angry, sad, frustrated, anxious or withdrawn. How they experience and express those emotional states though is hugely dependant on their Causative Factor (the cornerstone of five element treatment) and the effect that its involvement has on their body, mind and spirit. Accurate diagnosis also allows for complexity, because far from being two dimensional stereotypical elemental types, most patients have both a 'who they are' as well as a 'what they've got' (syndromes for example, or a secondary element that is struggling). They are multifaceted, requiring well practised and developed diagnostic skills; the clues for are right in front of us, if we know where to look and how to interpret them.
Through immersive Element workshops, hands-on diagnostic sessions and working with patients in class, as well as online case discussions with tutors, and state-of-the-art e-lessons, you will have the opportunity to develop, practise and consolidate some new and highly satisfying skills. You will learn to read the colour on a person's face; the way that it changes and moves when the correct energetic is engaged. You will also understand the sound and quality of their voice, their odour, their movement and, importantly, the energetic rhythm that they resonate with. You will learn how these reflect the state of the Officials and organs, so that rather than relying solely on questions and answers - on intellectual analysis - you can bring these observations together into an organic and fluid diagnosis.
Good diagnostic skills take time and practice to develop, and can't be learned from a textbook. That said, there is a great deal of highly satisfying theory available too, so we are also including all of the relevant material from our undergraduate programme, modified and adapted to the learning needs of an already practising and competent acupuncture community, and packaged into e-lessons to be worked through between college visits. The e-lessons will work up topics related to the five element model, to diagnosis, and most importantly, to treatment planning - all delivered using our state of the art VLE. No video lectures online - lecturing is done in person at college - just tons of exciting and thought provoking material to work through at your leisure.
And this doesn't mean leaving your TCM or Stems knowledge to one side ......... quite the opposite! Our aim is to bring everything together — allowing you to merge Five Element theory and diagnostics in with your existing clinical experiences; all of your skills and learning are still available to you, alongside some exciting new additions. There will be no need to think with a 'Five Element brain' and then switch to 'TCM/Stems' mode. Instead, you will become aware of a new landscape, one that you will be able to incorporate into an elegant, integrated approach that is truly responsive to the individual in front of you, and that is also, truly yours.
We will teach you how to do all of this, so that by the end of the course (sooner if you feel confident!) you will be able to diagnose a person's elemental balance with accuracy, authenticity and confidence, thereby enriching and reinvigorating your clinical practice. And you will be able to design a bespoke treatment just for them.
Nothing taken away then, everything you already know still available, just a whole new dimension, and a new interactive world added to what you already see, feel and understand.
Course dates, detail, and fees
There are seven weekends spread across the year, based at our main building in Leamington Spa. These are:
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10th and 11th April 2027
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29th and 30th May
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10th and 11th July
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11th and 12th September
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6th and 7th November
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22nd and 23rd January 2028
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11th and 12th March
Course content
College weekends will be packed with teaching points, which will include:
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discussions around the theory related to working with the elements
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practical sessions designed to continuously upskill you diagnostically, allowing you to work with increasing confidence
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half day element workshops, each taking place within their given season for maximum impact (these are a TAA tradition and are fun, enlightening, and impactful)
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multiple class / patient interactions for diagnosing differing CFs, and for fine tuning skills needed to work with each energetic effectively
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learning potentially new skills such as moxa rolling and akabane testing
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treatment planning discussion and workshops
E-lesson content
Between sessions there will be at least two e-lessons for delegates to access, with materials adapted in part from our undergraduate course, but reordered and redesigned for current practitioners. You can expect topics such as:
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'The emotions are qi too', the development of the Causative Factor, and Jarrett's theory on the 'Created Self;
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Wu Xing (Five Elements), and functions of the Officials as seen through the five element lens by the five element practitioner
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Blocks to treatment (Possession, Husband/Wife, Aggressive Energy), as well as Exit Entry - diagnosis, relevance, treatment and treatment implications
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Causes of Disease, in particular the Internal Causes
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The Five Spirits
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A deepening understanding of the five elements
There will also be five additional e-lessons on treatment planning, point groupings a la five element practitioner, transfers, as well as more blocks to treatment and how to diagnose them. There is a sample page that you can click on here (on the right for desktop version, scroll down for mobile) taken from an existing e-lesson, so that you get an idea of the standard and detail.
Entry requirements
To undertake this course we simply ask that you have been trained to degree level, at a BAAB accredited college (past or present) and that you are currently a working practitioner, with full insurance and local authority registration.
We will consider non BAAB graduates on a case by case basis.
Fees
Fees for the year are £3200 inc. VAT, with a 10% deposit required to secure your place due in December.
The fees cover:
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14 days of class teaching
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4 group zoom case discussions between weekends 3 and 7
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an extensive range of e-lesson content
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and two one-to-one tutorial sessions, where you can discuss your own patient cases
Sample TAA e-lesson content on another subject (click to download)
Our article from March 26 Acu on '4D acupuncture'
