Training In CBT & Other Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies
Introduction
Group interventions are routinely offered as an effective intervention within Talking Therapy services. From personal experience, it is enjoyable to co-facilitate with colleagues and interact with different service users in a collective environment, adding some variation to a 1:1 caseload and work of a HI practitioner. However, there are key considerations when planning, facilitating and evaluating groups at Step 3 for them to be successful and feel containing for service users and staff.
Having been a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), facilitating Low Intensity groups to then move onto High Intensity Step 3 groups, I will speak to the additional considerations when offering an intervention to a population with greater need.
There will be a focus within this training session on considerations, learning and actions points for HI practitioners who are involved in facilitating groups at Step 3 (online and face-to-face). This will be a 2-hour workshop, with a short break halfway through.
The event will be equivalent to 2 hrs of CPD.
Content
This workshop will consider:
• Setting up (depression) groups
• Good practice for facilitating groups (online/face-to-face)
• Considering common difficulties
• Using supervision
• Collecting and reviewing feedback
Learning Objectives
You will learn:
• How to effectively set up groups
• Ways to maximise collaborative working with co-facilitators
• Ways of overcoming difficulties within groups
• Considerations for face-to-face and online groups
Training Modalities
Didactic content, Q&A.
Key References
Bieling, P. J., McCabe, R. E., & Antony, M.M. (2022). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Groups, Second Edition. Guilford Press.
Kunorubwe, T. (2023). Cultural adaptations of group CBT for depressed clients from diverse backgrounds: A systematic review. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 16, e35. doi:10.1017/S1754470X23000302
Singh, S. (2015). Delivering Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy- Competencies and Group Processes. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy Research, 3, 150-155.
Thimm, J.C., Antonsen, L. (2014). Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy for depression in routine practice. BMC Psychiatry 14, 292. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0292-x
Whittington, A. (2014). How to Become a More Effective CBT Therapist: Mastering Metacompetence in Clinical Practice. Wiley-Blackwell.
About the presenter
Dr Shah Alam is a British Bangladeshi Male Clinical Psychologist (trained in CBT and EMDR) and is also a visiting lecturer from East London. He has been the co-chair of the BABCP Anti-racism 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 and has done research specially with this population.
Shah has worked in Talking Therapy settings as a Low Intensity 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 East London, supporting people with experiences of trauma and emotional dysregulation. Shah has supervised LI/HI Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists, Clinical Associates & Trainee Psychologists who facilitate groups and he has experience of developing and facilitating groups. 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 webinar is most suitable for practitioners who facilitate Step 3 CBT groups (particularly for Depression), for service users in primary care.