The Compassionate Academy: Scaling Your 1:1 Practice into a Corporate Training Business

Description

• Target Audience: Anyone looking to scale from 1:1 client work into a nationally accredited training business.

• From Adversity to Impact: My journey from bereaved parent to training 80,000+ professionals, international accreditation, shaping UK policy, six honorary Doctorates and a Royal Honour. 
• The Legacy Mindset: How to turn your lived experience, clinical passion, and deep therapeutic expertise into a sector-changing, scalable business.

• UK/ Ireland and Cross-Border & Global Accreditation: Step-by-step guidance 
• Protecting Your Intellectual Property (IP): Simple, practical ways to protect your slides, frameworks, and handouts so clients or other trainers can’t run off with your hard work.
• Low-cost, easy-to-use tools to host online modules, automate bookings, and instantly generate official CPD certificates.

• What Corporates Actually Want: Moving past wellbeing buzzwords. Why HR directors buy training (hint: reducing costly sick leave, preventing burnout tribunals, and boosting staff retention).
• The Corporate Mindset Shift: How to translate “therapy/wellbeing speak” into business metrics. Framing heavy topics (like grief, trauma, or stress) as “business continuity” and “manager capability” tools.
• The 5-Slide Pitch Deck: The exact framework and slides you need to present to a Chief People Officer or HR Lead to secure an immediate “yes.”
• Pricing for Corporate Budgets: How to quote for corporate packages (day rates, licensing models, or per-head fees) so you are paid what you are truly worth

• Navigating Public Healthcare: How to get your foot in the door and pitch high-value training packages to NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), and the Irish HSE.
• The DEI Procurement Advantage: How to easily build digital accessibility and neurodivergent-friendly elements into your curriculum so you effortlessly pass strict public sector compliance checks.

• The Cold-to-Warm Outreach Method: How to find the exact right budget-holders on LinkedIn (HR vs. Health & Safety vs. D&I leads) and what to say to them.
• The “Taster Session” How to design and deliver a short, high-impact mini-session that proves your value and leaves corporations wanting to purchase the full, paid package.
• Social Proof That Sells: How to ethically collect and showcase powerful testimonials from corporate commissioners and past participants without ever breaching clinical confidentiality.

• Building Your Business Name: How to step out from behind your personal name to build a recognizable, scalable training company or institute that stands completely on its own.

• Your Ideas, Audited: Attendees submit their rough training concepts or curriculum outlines for a personalized critique, direct feedback, and sharp improvements by return.