Exposure & Response Prevention for OCD - 50% off for 24 hours only!

We have another fantastic saving for you this week with a huge 50% off Exposure & Response Prevention for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, with Dr Fiona Kennedy & Paul Grantham.

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Exposure-Response-Prevention-for-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is one of the most disabling mental health problems. However, there is also an excellent research base supporting the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in enabling clients to overcome this. Treatment consists of the identification of triggers to the obsessive thoughts (typically thoughts of a specified or unspecified disaster) and exposure to them. This is combined with “response prevention” i.e. resistance to engaging in the compulsive behaviour that such obsessive thoughts typically trigger. Detailed guidance illustrated with a particular case demonstrates how this technique can be effectively used.

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Exposure-Response-Prevention-for-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder

Consultant Clinical Psychologist Paul Grantham interviews Dr Fiona Kennedy on her perspective of helping clients struggling with OCD by using Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy. Dr Kennedy shares the theoretical background, research evidence and her own views and ideas on application of ERP to work with this group of clients.

This is then followed by an expert demonstration of the use of the principles discussed in the interview by Dr Kennedy in TWO LIVE client sessions. The sessions start, unfold and finish in front of the viewer.

Client: Carl (27) presents with OCD problems. These manifest themselves as a desire for symmetry regarding any books, magazines or paperwork. Any piles of papers on a table have to be straightened, any piles of magazines have to be in piles of multiples of four. Any “extras” have to be in their own pile. Books on shelves need to be in groups of four as well and any “extras” here need to be turned on their sides on the book case. He has an unspecified fear of something “bad” or “catastrophic” happening if he doesn’t check these items in a room or if he doesn’t order them as he wants.

Don’t miss out on this great saving. Order it today and get 50% off the regular price.
This great offer expires at noon tomorrow, 2nd November, so don’t miss it!

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Exposure-Response-Prevention-for-Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder

This DVD also comes with a certificate for 2 CPD hours

The Stanford Prison Experiment - New DVD Offer!!

This week’s new DVD is something a little bit different!

Phil Zimbardo on the Stanford Prison Experiment, Evil and Heroism - 2 Hour DVD
http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Phil-Zimbardo-on-the-Stanford-Prison-Experiment-Evil-and-Heroism

Dr. Philip Zimbardo led the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment in order to answer the question, “What happens when you put good people in an evil place?” This question served as a through line over the course of Zimbardo’s long career; in this interview with Victor Yalom, the Stanford emeritus professor of psychology speaks in-depth on the study, its lessons, and its relationship to the Abu Ghraib trials decades later.

As clinicians, we seek to support individual change. But to what extent are we influenced by the institutions that surround us? Can we ignore the role of systems in our work with clients, or does treatment involve addressing one’s environment as well? In this video, Dr Philip Zimbardo illuminates the longstanding nature vs. nurture debate in a deep discussion about evil, heroism, and the psychological conditions that impact which way we turn. Here, the former APA president and leader of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment goes back decades to tell us the story of its participants, the ways in which we internalise the roles given to us, and the compelling ways these factors are still playing out today.

Over the course of his long career, Dr Zimbardo has tackled the question of morality, seeking to understand the power of situations over individuals that lead to corruption and compliance. The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment was the most notorious of his studies, and here Zimbardo describes its methodology, goals, unravelling, and abrupt cancellation after only six days of its planned two-week run. You’ll watch him reflect on the harsh conditions leading a college-aged group of “otherwise good people” to turn against each other, and hear about his ongoing regrets commingled with important lessons about human nature.

Discussing issues such as compliance (what causes us to look the other way), learned helplessness (through the gradual acclimation to fearful situations), and “the illusion of personal invulnerability”—the idea that we would make better choices in similar situations. He goes on to discuss his work as an analyst during the Abu Ghraib trials, bringing his expertise to bear on the psychological processes at work among the guards.

Ultimately, though, Zimbardo’s objective is hopeful: to uncover what inspires heroic acts and promote the development of our collective moral compass. If you’re interested in understanding how psychological and systemic forces create good or evil, you won’t want to miss this compelling interview.

Take a look at the full details by following the link below. We are sure you will find it extremely interesting.
http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Phil-Zimbardo-on-the-Stanford-Prison-Experiment-Evil-and-Heroism

As usual we are offering our valued customers a discount on this DVD if you order within the next 24 hours - £10 off plus a CPD certificate for two hours.

We hope you enjoy it.

Kind regards

New DVD Offer! - Hardwiring Happiness, the New Brain Science

Our DVD offer this week features Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm and Confidence.

This 3 DVD set features Neuropsychologist, international speaker, and bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and his newest book, Hardwiring Happiness, Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Hardwiring-Happiness-The-New-Brain-Science-of-Contentment-Calm-and-Confidence

Based on his latest book, Hardwiring Happiness, this workshop presents the four simple HEAL steps of taking in the good, which turn passing experiences into lasting neural resources.

It explores how to use these methods to lower anxiety and stress, lift mood, grow confidence, calm, and contentment, and fundamentally, hardwire happiness into the brain.

The mind shapes the brain. Neurons that fire together, wire together.

Positive experiences are the main source of the neural structures underlying positive mood, resilience, feeling loved, the executive functions, and other inner strengths. Unfortunately, most positive experiences are wasted on the brain because it evolved a negativity bias to help our ancestors survive. It’s like Velcro for bad experiences but Teflon for good ones.

You will learn many practical ways to help your clients overcome this negative bias; which is disheartening, flattens learning curves, undermines compliance and progress in treatment, and fosters drop outs or relapsing. And instead draw upon the positive experiences available in both treatment and everyday life to weave strength and happiness into the fabric of their brain and their life.

In addition to teaching general-purpose methods for deliberately internalising positive experiences – taking in the good – the workshop will explore how to identify and use key resource experiences to soothe and even heal clinical issues related to the three fundamental systems of the brain:
Avoiding Harms, Approaching Rewards, & Attaching to others.

These methods include how to skilfully hold both positive and negative material in awareness so that, “as neurons fire together, they wire together”. The positive factors connect with, dampen, and gradually replace the negative ones.

The workshop also covers applications to particular populations and needs, notably trauma, children, plus addiction & recovery. Follow the link below for much more information.

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/Hardwiring-Happiness-The-New-Brain-Science-of-Contentment-Calm-and-Confidence

PROMOTIONAL OFFER!
Order this 3 disc DVD set today to save a huge £30 off the regular price.
Offer expires tomorrow at midday!

You will also receive a certificate for 6 CPD Hours

DBT with Suicidal Clients - New DVD with an Introductory Offer!

Borderline, suicidal, and self-harming clients are some of the most challenging populations therapists face.

Regardless of our level of clinical expertise, it is crucial to master risk assessment, working with ambivalence, and managing reactivity—all whilst staying centred ourselves!

We can all use support with these issues, and the venerable Dialectical Behaviour Therapy creator Marsha Linehan certainly delivers with this powerful two-video set. In this “grand rounds” offering, Ms Linehan demonstrates key interventions of the approach in the context of a live re-enactment of therapy with a suicidal client. You’ll watch the pair connect, tussle, and ultimately negotiate their way through a high-risk situation.

DBT with Suicidal Clients is vital for anyone who deals with suicidal and self-harming or self- destructive clients.  This new 2 DVD box set comes with 3 CPD hours and today we are offering a huge £10 off the set!

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/DBT-with-Suicidal-Clients

Marsha Linehan, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology and adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Washington. She is Director of the Behavioural Research and Therapy Clinics, a consortium of research projects developing new treatments and evaluating their efficacy for severely disordered and multi-diagnostic and suicidal populations. Her primary research is in the application of behavioural models to suicidal behaviours, drug abuse, and borderline personality disorder. She is also working to develop effective models for transferring science-based treatments to the clinical community.

Marsha is the developer of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, a treatment originally developed for the treatment of suicidal behaviours and since expanded to treatment of borderline personality disorder and other severe and complex mental disorders, particularly those that involve serious emotion dysregulation.

DON’T MISS OUR INTRODUCTORY OFFER!
Order today to save a £10 off this DVD
Offer expires tomorrow at midday

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/DBT-with-Suicidal-Clients

Best wishes

James Hillman Tribute

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James Hillman, a charismatic therapist and best-selling author whose theories about the psyche helped revive interest in the ideas of Carl Jung, animating the so-called men’s movement in the 1990s and stirring the pop-cultural air, died on Thursday 27 October 2011, at his home in Thompson, Conn. He was 85.

James Hillman was one of the most inspirational contemporary thinkers in psychotherapy field. His thought-provoking and soulful ideas will be greatly missed.

Read New York Times tribute: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/health/james-hillman-therapist-in-mens-movement-dies-at-85.html

Watch DVD trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFng0WCJ8X8&feature=related

Buy James Hillman's DVDs: http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/James-Hillman-Set

Our video tribute to this extraordinary man:

Major Depression and Negative Mindset

A recent study has found further evidence that people suffering with Major Depression are stuck in a negative mindset, and re-live their negative experiences again and again in their mind.

In the study 26 people with depression and 27 people who had never had depression were sat in front of a computer and shown three words, one at a time. They were told to remember the words either in the order they were presented or in reverse order. The computer then presented one of the three words and they were supposed to respond as quickly as they could whether that word was first, second, or third in the list.

People with depression had trouble re-ordering the words in their head; if they were asked to remember the words in reverse order, they took longer to give the correct answer. They had a particularly hard time if the three words had negative meanings, like "death" or "sadness."

But therapy techniques such as motivational interviewing, brief solution focused therapy or positive therapy could prove to be very useful at helping clients change their mindset and thinking and allow them to move on with their lives, which they may not be able to do without guidance.

All of these psychological skills are available from the Skills Development Service:
Motivational Interviewing
Brief Solution Focused Therapy
Positive Therapy

Interested in all these courses? Then why not go for our certificate in Resource Based Therapy course.
Certificate in Resource Based Therapy

Psychotherapy DVDs are also offering an 8 Disk CBT Training Package, offering 14 CPD hours: Essential CBT Skills Series - 8 DVDs Set - 14 CPD Hours

More Essential CBT Skills!

Head on over to http://www.psychotherapydvds.com for more information on this brilliant 8 disk set!

Essential CBT Skills

Our 8 DVD Set on Essential CBT Skills launched today at PsychotherapyDVDs.com: 8 DVD set "Essential CBT Skills"

Watch the trailer:
Essential CBT Skills Trailer

and browse all 8 titles of this comprehensive collection of essential CBT techniques:
All 8 CBT Titles

This unique training set produced in the UK by Accredited CBT Therapists with vast clinical experience is available exclusively at www.psychotherapydvds.com

We hope to see you on our website soon!

CBT and Bipolar mood swings

Previously Bi-polar disorder (or 'Manic depression') was thought to be largely biologically or genetically based, meaning there was little that patients could do about their mood swings other than medication.

However researchers at Manchester and Lancaster Universities have found that mood swings can be predicted by patient's thoughts and behaviour. This finding is significant as it opens the door for therapy techniques such as CBT to be used effectively.

"Individuals who believed extreme things about their moods, for example that their moods were completely out of their own control or that they had to keep active all the time to prevent becoming a failure, developed more mood problems in a month's time. In contrast, people with bipolar disorder who could let their moods pass as a normal reaction to stress or knew they could manage their mood, faired well a month later." said study lead Dr Warren Mansell.

This is obviously encouraging for CBT as it aims to help patients talk about their moods and change their thinking about them. A new CBT method known as TEAMS (Think Effectively About Mood Swings) is currently under development at the University of Manchester.

Anybody interested in the SDS CBT course can find it here:
SDS 3-Day CBT

Our June course is already fully booked so make sure you book September now to avoid disappointment!

Also to be released soon is our new range of CBT Training Series! So please keep an eye out of upcoming information!

A message from Paul Grantham

Hello all!

Just wanted to share with you a few things that had been on my mind over the last couple of weeks:

- I was applying some finishing touches to the presentation for my new course “HOW TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE: THERAPY APPLICATIONS OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (CETS - MODULE 2)” that goes ahead this week in London (Wednesday) and then rolls around the country during March. Again and again, while working on this topic, I felt astonished by the vast number of extremely useful research studies in the fields of social psychology, anthropology, management & development, that can be directly applied to therapeutic settings, to everyday work that all of us involved in, but that in the overwhelming majority of cases remain totally unknown and unused by our profession. The interventions and changes that can produce remarkable results and change clients’ response to therapy are incredibly simple and sometimes seem surprisingly obvious, (after you read about them that is), and they often left me wondering – why – WHY? – I haven’t thought of this before and why these approaches are not used every day in everyone’s practice?

I am pleased with the way the course is now shaping up and look forward to working on it with you – it promises to be stimulating and exciting, hopefully for you as well as myself.

You still can book with the online discount here

I am very grateful for all the replies we’ve received from our delegates to our latest delegate debate. I was particularly interested in comments made by L.A. on the situation regarding psychological support for stroke patients. She writes: “…the recent CQC review highlights that only about 40% of stroke survivors receive any psychological support at all and what that consists of is anyone’s guess due to the shortage of Clinical Psychology positions within the NHS.” I cannot agree more – as you know SDS runs a unique training course for a wide range of health professionals working with stroke patients “PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING STRATEGIES POST STROKE (CERTIFICATE COURSE)” (http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=75 ) designed specifically to address this issue. We’ve run this course as in-house training around the UK as well as the open course (completed recently) and the response to this training has been extremely positive. If you want to know more about various options of this training – check out the website of get in touch with our training co-ordinator Peter Musham (petermusham@skillsdevelopment.co.uk ).

In her comment C.C. makes very valid point about similarities between this situation with Mental Health and current policies in Education. P.H. takes the argument further presenting us all with extremely difficult questions about choice and priorities that the NHS will inevitably have to face in the not too distant future.

Thank you!

I am personally particularly grateful for the comment by L.V. who, apart from adding interesting points to our discussion, shared with me her first experiences of using the Miracle Question with her clients, following her participation in our Brief Solution Focused Therapy workshop. She says about her clients that after the use of the Miracle Question “…their attitude, animation and level of involvement in the session changed dramatically”. These sort of comments are so rewarding for me and all of us here at SDS – we feel that our work makes real difference to delegates’ practice and it is what we are here for! Please keep sharing with us your triumphs and achievements no matter how great or small.

You can read all the comments on this topic at: "No Health Without Mental Health"

And finally – we’ve completed a new training DVD in series “Training with Experts Series” – “New Approaches to Grief & Loss Work (with me!) - 3 DVD Set”

You can find it here.

My colleagues at Psychotherapydvds.com tell me that currently it is on special offer. You can save £10 off the set and receive CPD certificate for 3 hours. Have a look.

Looking forward to seeing you at our training events again soon!

DVD Offer

We are excited to let you know about a very special double DVD training pack in our online store:

Resolving Trauma in Psychotherapy: A Somatic Approach with Dr Peter Levine http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/epages/colt5155.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/colt5155/Products/2124/SubProducts/2124-0001

Watch a true master, Dr. Peter A. Levine, demonstrate a course of body-oriented trauma therapy in this extremely compelling and in-depth video with an Iraq Veteran diagnosed with severe PTSD.
You can watch a short video extract from the set right here on our front page: http://www.psychotherapydvds.com

Peter A. Levine, PhD, is the developer of Somatic Experiencing® and founder of the Foundation for Human Enrichment. He teaches in this work throughout the world and in various indigenous cultures. Levine is the author of the best-selling book, 'Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences' and he has recently co-published a comprehensive book on childhood trauma, 'Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing,' as well as a guide for parents, 'Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience.'

By watching this DVD training set, you will:
• Learn the nine building blocks of the Somatic Experiencing® approach
• Understand the physiological orientation that underpins this method of trauma resolution
• Have the tools to integrate basic somatic methods into your clinical work with trauma clients
YOU CAN CURRENTLY SAVE £10 ON THIS NEW RELEASE. THIS OFFER IS VALID ONLY FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS.

Motivation and Good Health

Another big NHS story to hit the news recently is the idea of the NHS providing incentives to motivate patients to become healthy.

An interesting idea in theory, as there is evidence that incentives do encourage people to continue behaviours - so if your goal is to quit smoking the the NHS rewards you, by whatever means, you are more likely to stick at it. In this example, the short term rewards for quitting is just as great (if not better than!) the long term reward (good health.)

But this idea hasn't come without controversy.

The first barrier is whether incentives are actually effective - or would the NHS just be throwing money away? So far, the results seem mixed - some hits and some misses. Unfortunately there is very little evidence at this point in time to suggest that even the positive evidence will last long term, especially after incentives are removed.

Unsurprisingly, in my mind at least anyway, a large percentage of the public is actually against NHS incentives, which struck me as rather amusing as the percentage of overweight and obese people in the UK is over 50% (or so my quick google for statistics told me.) Read into that what you will - there's no direct link between the two points, I honestly just found that interesting.

.. But people just don't feel incentives are fair.

And perhaps this is what it comes down to - fairness. It's not fair that people ruin their own health then are paid by the taxpayer to improve their health. The public seems to have no problem with surgery, e.g. for heart or lung problems, after the event - we don't seem to want people dead! - but it's not viewed as fair to help people before the absolutely need it.

I don't know which way to think - it's just an interesting point of note.

The thinkers at the NHS may have been along the right lines - motivation, it can be argued, is the number one reason people change their behaviour. I mean, why would you change your behaviour if you weren't motivated to do so - right? So their heart was in the right place.

But perhaps their are other motivations that can be used in the stead of taxpayers money? Smokers, for example, save a huge amount of money by simply not buying cigarettes! If smoker 'Frank' enjoys playing sports, what's going to motivate him more than being able to breath properly when he's running around the pitch?!

Motivation may be the key to helping people improve their on health - but maybe financial incentives are not the way to about it?

Looking to help motivate people yourself? - For more information on Motivation, have a look on our website www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk and check out our course "Motivational Interviewing and Beyond."

Psychological Skills Training: Dealing with Difficult People at Work with Paul Grantham (vol 1)

New DVD from SDS:



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SDS Updates: New DVDs & Courses

This is just a brief e-mail to keep you up-to-date with the latest developments at SDS:

1. To remind you that early bird discount of £24 for our popular seminar “ANGER THERAPY: HATRED, HOSTILITY & BITTERNESS” only available for bookings before 15 May 2010: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=61
Book now to make sure that you receive a discount and reserve your place (some venues are almost fully booked now).
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2. We received a lot of questions recently about our excellent “SKILLS FOR CLINICAL & CASE SUPERVISION” course. Although the course still available for in-house training, it is not currently running as an open course.

However:
There is good news – this course is now available as INTERACTIVE TRAINING from us. You can book it online as any other SDS training course: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=77
When you sign up on this interactive course you'll receive a training pack that contains:

- 2 DVDs "Skills for Clinical & Case Supervision with Paul Grantham"
- CD-ROM with handouts of a PowerPoint presentation, worksheets & reading list
- Online post-course test.
After completion of the course and successful pass of online test you will receive a CERTIFICATE OF ASSESSED ACADEMIC COMPETENCE from SDS that grants you 6 CPD hours.
As this is a new form of training and we are very keen on learning your opinion of it – we are offering only to those who reply to this e-mail £25 off our regular price. Please add code “CCSPORM05” into promotional code field when book on the course via SDS website.
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3. We are running our highly demanded seminar on THE ESSENTIAL TOOLKIT FOR RUNNING GROUPS in November-December 2010 around the UK.

Early Bird booking discount is currently available. Please check the venues – we are sure you will find one near you. Book online at: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=67
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4. For those who attended group work courses in the past and those who are planning to run groups in the future – new DVD from Paul Grantham – “THE ESSENTIAL TOOLKIT FOR RUNNING GROUPS.17 Point Preparation Checklist”. It is an essential tool that enables you to avoid most common problems arising in group work.
Now available at PsychotherapyDVDs.com: http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/epages/colt5155.sf?ObjectPath=/Shops/colt5155/Products/0107/SubProducts/0107-0001
Exclusively for SDS delegates PsychotherapyDVDs.com gives 15% discount on ANY products from the store. Use your exclusive discount code H9DHMN4W on the checkout. VALID FOR 7 DAYS ONLY
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We are looking forward to hearing from you and to seeing you on our courses soon.

Food Abuse: Psuchopathology of Addiction

Now available on http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/

Skills for Clinical & Case Supervision DVDs

This very popular course is now available in the new - DVD - format.

The course consists of 2 DVDs and you can purchase individual version of it for your private use, group version - for organisations and staff training and Interactive Training Version that enables you not only to learn by watching DVD, but to explore materials on the additional CD-ROM and to take an online quiz that entitles you to Assessed Academic Competence Certificate with 6 CPD hours attached.

To see all the datails on this DVD go to:

http://www.psychotherapydvds.com/epages/colt5155.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/colt5155/Products/0106/SubProducts/0106-0001

Whats going to happen to CBT after IAPT is cut back ?

Well...the writing is on the wall. IAPT looks like its in the frontline for public spending cuts.

The Observer this month says that the The Iapt Expert Reference Group (that oversees the project) has been informed that IAPT is failing to meet its targets in a big way - both in training the number of therapists needed, and in the number of people who have come off of benefits as a result of interventions made. Many staff are being asked to reapply for their jobs and the remaining £100 million allocated will not be ringfenced but will be incorporated into local NHS Trusts' budgets - to be spent as they wish. This will almost inevitably mean that traditional mental health priorities will re-establish themselves and that those perceived as "the worried well" will be left out.

The interesting question is whatb is going to happen to CBT as a result ? There are undoubtedly many who are secretly happy to see what is going to happen. Whenever someone grabs a large share of the pie ( and nearly £200 million is a VERY large share) it creates powerful reactions - jealousies amongst non-CBTers who feel unjustifiably excluded, fear amongst traditional CBTers - of which I must count some in my own profession - who fear poorer qualified (and cheaper) therapists taking their jobs.

However, I have strong suspicions that the CBT project is not dead in the water and will continue and even thrive - except in a slightly different format. Here are my predictions for CBT for the next 10 years.

(1) CBT will continue to thrive because both governments and insurance companies (the main funders and benchmarkers of therapy) want evidence that what they fund works and has a clear time limited structure to it. Whatever some people think about the application of RCTs and experimental paradigms to therapeutic outcomes,they are a continuing and growing part of the Zeitgeist we are a part of, and at present CBT is really the only show in town.

(2) CBT will fit in well to the developing mixed economy in mental health that will grow with increasing speed. There will be more people wanting to see CBT therapists on a private basis and CBT will infiltrate (even further) organisations interested in behaviour change. The Welfare-to-Work and the Criminal Justice sectors being obvious first past the post candidates.

(3) The concept of Accredited CBT Therapist will continue to be an aspirational gold standard for many, but will lose its exclusive cache. Expect to see "Non-Accredited" CBTers fulfilling important roles and a greater variation in the types and length of training on offer.

At SDS, we have long been convinced of the need for shorter intensive CBT course that are recognised (our Introductory 3 day course is Approved by The British Psychological Society) but which do not place the same heavy demands on trainees that BABCP Accreditation requires. If you are interested in such a course, by the way, details can be found at http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=69

Equally expect distance learning methods to gain pace from training DVD packs (www.psychotherapydvds.com) to webcam conferences.

(4) Finally, we will see other forms of psychotherapy coming to the fore again. These will be those that have learnt the importance of published outcome work as a marketing tool and who already have some footholds within the establishment. Brief Solution Focused Therapy, Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy and Interpersonal Psyschotherapy seem obvious candidates. Those that fight a rearguard action against registration and regulation (you know who you are) and who totally dismiss the value of empirical research will disappear even further into the shadows

Whatever happens, its likely that even a partially completed IAPT will leave its mark on the landscape. In my opinion, for the better. Which is reassuring really. I'd hate to think that £75 million was spend and its effects disappear without a trace.

Paul Grantham
Consultant Clinical Psychologist

CBT: Introductory Course

We are pleased to inform you that November & December blocks of dates for our new 3 day course:

CBT: INTRODUCTORY COURSE
are now fully booked

Due to the high demand we are running additional courses in Birmingham, Manchester & London:

23-25 February 2010 Birmingham
23-25 March 2010 Manchester
26-28 April 2010 London

This Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy training course, run by accredited CBT therapists, demystifies this therapeutic approach and offers introductory training in this powerful and effective therapy. The course is unique in being developed and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team and is specifically designed for a diverse range of professions.

This course is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Book early to avoid disappointment.

View extracts from extensive video materials used at this training course:

The Miracle Question (Fragment)

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Fragment of Force Field Analysis DVD:



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