Training In CBT & Other Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies
Introduction
From personal experience, the Low Intensity (LI) Practitioner role is fast paced, with high demand and a risk of burn-out. Practitioners are often the front line, which can also come with opportunities in developing assessment and therapy skills. Many LI Practitioners move into a supervisory role quickly, however there may be variation in the quality of supervision training.
High quality supervision is essential for therapists delivering low intensity interventions, which can take place in the form of clinical skills or case management supervision. Clinical skill supervision can be performed individually or in groups, looking at practitioner support, process, skills development and personal growth. Case management can have more of a focus on clinical governance, adherence to the evidence base and outcomes (Richards et al., 2010).
This session is for LI practitioners who supervise or will be becoming supervisors, to consider what effective supervision looks like and the competencies needed. There will be a focus within this training on learning skills that will help Step 2 supervisors in their practice.
The event will be equivalent to 2.3/4hrs of CPD.
Content
This workshop will consider:
• Supervision competencies
• Setting up supervision
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Importance of self-practice/self-reflection
• Skills development
• Wellbeing
Learning Objectives
You will learn:
• How to effectively meet supervision competencies
• How to set up supervision
• Ways to give (and receive) feedback in a helpful way
• How to use self-practice/self-reflection to identify your own areas for development
• The importance of focusing on strengths and wellbeing
Training Modalities
Didactic content, Q&A, and experiential components.
Key References
Richards, R., Chellingsworth, M., Hope, R., Turpin, G., & Whyte,. M. (2010). Reach Out (first edition): National Programme Supervisor Materials to Support the Delivery of Training for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Delivering Low Intensity Interventions. London: Rethink.
Thwaites, R. & Haroff, B. (2015). Reflections in CBT. SAGE Publications Ltd.
Farrand, P. (2020). Low-intensity CBT Skills and Interventions: A practitioner's manual. SAGE Publications Ltd.
Giving feedback in supervision:
James, I. A. (2015). The Rightful Demise of the Sh*t Sandwich: Providing Effective Feedback. Behavioural Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(6):759-66. doi: 10.1017/S1352465814000113.
Painter, A. (2018) Processing people! The purpose and pitfalls of case management supervision provided for psychological wellbeing practitioners, working within Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Services: A thematic analysis. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/859047
Burnout:
Westwood, S., Morison, L., Allt, J., & Holmes, N. (2017). Predictors of emotional exhaustion, disengagement and burnout among improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) practitioners. Journal of Mental Health, 26:2, 172-179, DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2016.1276540
Steel, C., Macdonald, J., Schröder. T., & Mellor-Clark, J. (2015). Exhausted but not cynical: burnout in therapists working within Improving Access to Psychological Therapy Services, Journal of Mental Health, 24:1, 33-37, DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2014.971145
About the presenter
Dr Shah Alam is a Bangladeshi British Male Clinical Psychologist, BABCP accredited CBT therapist and visiting lecturer from East London. He is currently the co-chair of the BABCP Equality and Culture Special Interest Group (SIG), where practitioners consider how to better support racially minoritized communities within CBT practice. Shah has developed a short video with the BBC, highlighting the needs of the Bangladeshi community.
Shah has previously worked in IAPT settings as a LI Practitioner and High Intensity CBT therapist within diverse boroughs around London. He has also worked with children and young people in a Paediatric setting and currently works with adults in the community of Hackney (East London), supporting people with experiences of trauma and emotional dysregulation. Shah has supervised LI Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists, Clinical Associates & Trainee Psychologists. Separate to his clinical work, Shah has created an initiative to support South Asian Male aspiring, trainee and qualified therapists / Psychologists and under UCL he co-ordinates the Valued Voices Mentoring scheme, which looks to support racially minoritized aspiring Clinical Psychologists.
Twitter: @Shah_257
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shah-alam-6601101b4/
Who should attend
This workshop is most suitable for practitioners in a supervisory role to LI practitioners, who deliver LI CBT interventions for service users in primary care.
Low Intensity clinical contact hours survey - BABCP Low Intensity Special Interest Group
Please click below if you are interested in contributing to the survey.
The BACP Low Intensity SIG are interested in the impact of clinical contact hours on Low Intensity/Wellbeing Practitioner wellbeing. This questionnaire contains six multi-choice questions and a free text box for you to share your experiences. The answers to these questions will help the BABCP SIG plan how to meet CPD topics and other developments within the SIG. The SIG hope to produce a write up of the answers to this questionnaire to be shared with SIG members and to be used in training.
This FREE conference is for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners working in Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression services and is brought to you by Bespoke Mental Health in collaboration with the NHS National PWP Leads Network.