Training In CBT & Other Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies
Introduction
Effective therapy requires effective engagement of clients to achieve the outcomes they value and agreement on the goals and tasks of therapy is thought to enhance therapeutic alliance. Identifying, understanding and managing expectations that both clients and therapists bring to therapy is fundamental to maximising this collaboration. This workshop will use CBT as an example to consider areas where managing expectations is critical to therapy including engagement in the style and nature of therapy (e.g., collaborative empiricism), “doing” not just “talking" therapy, use of outcome measures to monitor symptoms and direct therapy, setting goals, completing between-session tasks, making and reviewing recordings, working on the most emotionally salient (challenging) material, exposure to that which is normally feared or avoided, therapist and service boundaries, modality of therapy (e.g. remote or face-to-face) duration and ending of therapy, and considering life after therapy.
The event will be equivalent to 2 hrs of CPD.
Content
This practically focussed, 2-hour webinar will describe some of the pitfalls and opportunities in expectation management in therapy. Using CBT as an example, it will describe key points throughout therapy where expectation management occurs and techniques to help achieve effective collaboration that put patient goals at the heart of therapy. The webinar will also consider common challenges and managing disappointed expectations for both therapist and clients and surviving systems where our own expectations of the care we would like to give may be challenged.
Learning Objectives
To be able to identify common areas for expectation management
To be able to engage clients transparently and collaboratively (using the style and format of CBT as an example)
To be able to manage challenges arising from unrealistic or unfulfilled expectations
Training Modalities
The webinar will be interactive and will include powerpoint presentation, self-practice and self-reflection, Q&A, video examples and polls.
Key References
Ekberg, S., Barnes, R.K., Kessler, D.S., Mirza, S., Montgomery, A.A., Malpass, A. & Shaw, A.R.G. (2015). Relationship between Expectation Management and Client Retention in Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43, 732-742
Ekberg, S., Barnes, R.K., Kessler, D., Malpass, A, & Shaw, A.R. (2014). Managing clients’ expectations at the outset of online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for depression, Health Expectations, 19, 557-569
About the presenter
Professor Rachel Handley is Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Ministry of Defence, UK and has her own private practice as a clinician, supervisor, educator, and speaker. She is an Honorary Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Exeter. She is a highly expert Clinical Psychologist having worked as a Research Clinical Psychologist in David Clark and Anke Ehlers’ prestigious clinical research team, completed a Beck Scholarship at the Beck Institute and directed numerous clinical training programmes, including the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Improving Access to Therapies (IAPT) programmes at the University of Exeter alongside national PTSD and CBT trainings. She is passionate about working with and promoting evidence-based approaches to mental health disorders, in particular anxiety and PTSD. Outside of work she is a busy Mum of three and enjoys family life, friendships and the beauty of the South West of England - all of which provide a happy backdrop to her work!
Who should attend
This event is suitable for all mental health psychological practitioners who wish to reflect on and improve their practice in engaging clients in therapy. Please note that the example used will be CBT so having an understanding of CBT approaches may be helpful.
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.