Adult mental health : psychological therapies and interventions

This training will detail the theory and practice of exposure therapy, demonstrating how to deliver exposure that is tailored to the patient. The emphasis will be on current exposure therapy models - particularly the inhibitory learning model developed by Craske and colleagues. This will demonstrate how teaching people to generalise safety learning, to get better outcomes more quickly, across different anxiety-based disorders.   The relevant literature showing exposure therapy to be the most effective approach for a wide range of anxiety-based disorders, but also being one of the least used, will be examined, with the underlying mechanisms driving this discussed.  The emphasis will be on how to develop the necessary skills and meta-competences to be more confident in delivering exposure therapy..

Prerequisites:
Target Audience: Staff working in adult mental health services, including sub-specialties (e.g. psychosis, clinical health, delivering psychological interventions and/or therapies which utilise exposure therapy. Training Approval: You will require approval from both line manager and local Psychological Therapies Training Coordinator (PTTC) to attend. Where training is over-subscribed precedence will be given to those supervising the delivery of psychological interventions. Failure to obtain PTTC approval to attend prior to applying will result in automatic rejection of the application.

Learning outcomes:
1. Attendees will be taught information from relevant research and clinical literature to enhance knowledge and understanding of the problems with exposure as part of therapy/interventions and its mechanisms (what is it and why does it work). 2. Attendees will have experience observing role play examples of implementing Exposure Therapy (ET) and opportunities to practice this with colleagues. 3. Attendees will be invited to consider their own problems with effective ET implementation, with interactive discussions and expert guidance helping troubleshoot difficulties. 4. Attendees will be taught how to enhance the use of ET in clinical settings. 5. Attendees will be able to discuss and plan how to optimise ET across their caseload and interventions going forward.

Type: Bookable course

Audience: General audience; Psychology (audience)