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The diploma runs part time over one year and comprises 12 weekend modules across 24 teaching days.
IoPP offers separately scheduled, single-mode cohorts. A cohort will be either wholly live online or wholly in person; no cohort will combine learners attending online and in the room. Both formats use the same curriculum, learning outcomes, teaching hours and assessments. The in-person venue will be either Jubilee Campus Nottingham or the Deborah Ubee Centre in Greenwich.
The programme includes 150 Guided Learning hours: 144 hours of live synchronous teaching and six one-hour real-time tutorials. Total Qualification Time is 460 hours, comprising 150 Guided Learning hours, 60 hours of supervised clinical practice, 10 hours of specialist clinical supervision and 240 hours of independent study.
Students must complete at least 60 hours of supervised forensic and psychosexual clinical practice across at least two, normally three, suitable cases in an IoPP-approved placement. Supervision is provided at a minimum of one hour for every six clinical hours and is increased where risk or complexity requires.
Students are responsible for identifying, applying for and securing a suitable placement. IoPP must approve the placement, governance, insurance, safeguarding arrangements, case mix and supervision before clinical hours are counted.
The curriculum develops an integrated understanding of sexual behaviour, forensic systems and therapeutic practice.
Foundations of forensic sexology, sexual development and the ways sexual behaviour may become problematic or harmful.
Patterns of sexual offending and the different pathways that can lead to harmful behaviour.
Trauma, attachment, psychopathology and their relevance to assessment and formulation.
Legal and sentencing frameworks, including the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Structured approaches to risk assessment, formulation and risk management.
MAPPA, probation services and wider public-protection arrangements.
Therapeutic approaches for people who present with problematic, harmful or offending sexual behaviour.
Working with denial, cognitive distortions, shame and barriers to engagement.
Relationship dynamics and the implications for partners, couples and families.
Forensic report writing, professional evidence and communication across agencies.
Ethical decision-making, complex cases and integration of advanced practice.
Learning is anchored in realistic cases, professional reflection and supervised clinical experience. Students are supported to:
Develop balanced formulations that integrate sexual, relational, psychological, social and risk information.
Communicate risk and clinical reasoning clearly to clients, supervisors and other professionals.
Build therapeutic engagement while maintaining firm ethical and safeguarding boundaries.
Use supervision and reflective practice to recognise uncertainty, bias and the limits of professional competence.
Work constructively within multidisciplinary and public-protection systems.
Students complete seven Level 7 summative assessment components:
Formative learning evidence includes case discussions, role-plays, short knowledge checks, learning logs and tutor feedback.
To receive the Level 7 Professional Diploma in Forensic Sexology, students must:
This is advanced post-qualifying specialist training. The diploma does not itself confer a new professional registration, and graduates must continue to work within the scope of their existing registration, competence, insurance and any requirements set by employers or professional bodies.
Applicants should hold a relevant professional qualification and current registration or accreditation, or clearly evidenced eligibility for it, with a recognised professional or statutory body appropriate to their core practice. Examples include UKCP, BACP, COSRT, NCPS, HCPC or an international equivalent. Practitioner psychologists must hold the registration required to practise, normally HCPC registration; BPS membership or Chartered status may support an application but does not replace statutory registration.
Applicants must also demonstrate relevant client-facing therapeutic, mental-health, safeguarding or relational experience; readiness for postgraduate study; reflective and ethical capacity; and a credible plan for completing the required supervised clinical practice.
International practitioners are welcome to apply. A wholly live-online cohort may include international students, subject to COSRT approval and confirmation of the applicable insurance requirements. A wholly in-person cohort requires attendance in the UK for all 12 teaching weekends. Any overseas placement, online clinical work or exceptional arrangement must be identified before an offer is confirmed and approved in advance by IoPP and, where required, COSRT or another relevant body.
The total fee is £2,800. Payment may be made with a £300 deposit followed by ten monthly instalments of £250.
Applications are open for a planned January 2027 intake. The final cohort delivery mode and, for an in-person cohort, the venue will be confirmed before enrolment and will depend on the applicable accreditation and insurance requirements.
Complete the online application form using the button below. If you would prefer to complete the form in Microsoft Word, please email IoPP and ask us to send you a Word version.
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