A few days ago someone commented on an old post here. Actually, they’re all old posts now 
Anyway, it was a reminder to me that this place still exists, so I thought I might bring things up to date a little.
Posts Tagged ‘training’
Fear of coffee
Posted in CBT, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, mental health, mental illness, psychotherapy, therapy, training on August 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Alignment
Posted in For patients, Review, UK, tagged case study, CCGs, clinical commissioning groups, counseling, counselling, diagnosis, evidence, family, GPs, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, NICE, primary care, psychotherapy, recovery, secondary care, therapy, training on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Patients and bloggers often complain about their GPs’ lack of understanding of mental health, so I was interested to come across an article recently that suggests some ways in which the work of GPs (primary care) could be better aligned with mental health care.
Parenting
Posted in For therapists, tagged BABCP, CBT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychology, psychotherapy, reality, therapy, training, UKCP on October 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Parents never really understand, do they? They just go about their business. But anything could happen. It’s as if they don’t realize how important they are. And then, later, it’s as if they don’t realize how unimportant they are.
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Reflection
Posted in CBT, For patients, For therapists, Research, Review, Techniques, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, childhood, mental health, mental illness, psychotherapy, recovery, Research, therapy, training on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A recent research study that asked CBT therapists to reflect on their own thoughts illustrates unwittingly how poor some CBT training has become.
Outcomes
Posted in For patients, Review, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, diagnosis, family, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, recovery, therapy, training on February 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last week the UK government published its mental health strategy for England. It contains some good news for patients, and some not so good news. It has its critics and its supporters. Whatever your view of it, if your are involved in mental health in the UK its three simple principles are going to be important to you in the coming years.
Paradigm
Posted in CBT, For patients, Review, Techniques, tagged CBT, diagnosis, emotion, evidence, feelings, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, recovery, relationships, schizophrenia, therapy, training on January 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The wilful narrowness of much academic training for mental health professionals never ceases to astonish me.
Its worst effect is that those professionals who have the most impressive qualifications and titles can turn out to be be the least skilled treatment providers, which makes it very difficult for patients who are serious about recovery to find a competent therapist.
The plan
Posted in For therapists, Research, Review, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, HPC, IAPT, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, therapy, training, UKCP on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hoping to raise its profile over the coming years, the BABCP has produced a 35-page development plan and is asking its members for feedback. However, the BABCP is a strange organization in that it does not actually exist for the benefit of its members, nor indeed of its members’ patients. This strangeness is reflected in the plan.
Pants
Posted in For patients, For therapists, Review, Techniques, tagged mental health, mental illness, NHS, psychotherapy, therapy, training on January 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It’s weird to discover that developments in psychotherapy and an apparently unrelated field are connected. It makes me wonder what, or who, is behind it. Only for a moment, though. Actually, and sadly, we all know who is behind it.
Off the record
Posted in CBT, For therapists, Research, Review, Techniques, UK, tagged addiction, BABCP, CBT, congruence, conguence, mental health, mental illness, psychotherapy, supervision, therapy, training on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There has been some discussion recently amongst BABCP members in private about whether or not it is desirable to record therapy sessions, either just the sound, or on video. Whatever your views on the subject, I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s good to know that professionals discuss these matters amongst themselves and learn from each other in the process.
Saturation
Posted in CBT, For patients, For therapists, Review, UK, tagged BABCP, CBT, IAPT, marketing, mental health, mental illness, NHS, NICE, psychotherapy, Research, self-help, therapy, training on October 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Market saturation is when the producers of a product or service are producing just enough to satisfy demand, but no more. It’s much easier if businesses can control demand to match their production capacity, and this is what sophisticated marketing aims to do. Sophisticated marketing of this kind dominates CBT in the UK, but you probably don’t notice it.
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