Counsellors and Psychotherapists as Mental Health Practitioners: A Mental Health Familiarisation online series

This dynamic 4-part series of online workshops has been designed to support trainee and qualified Counsellors and Psychotherapists to develop a critical appreciation of our professional roles within the wider system of mental health care. They will also support those seeking to fulfill the UKCP’s Mental Health Familiarisation Placement requirements.

Whilst our core training and practice provide us with the theory and skills required to engage clients in the therapeutic endeavor, an appreciation of ourselves as mental health practitioners working within the systems of mental health care provision is all-too often missed. So, as we tend to our clients in private practice and service clinics, we can often feel set apart and unfamiliar with the experiences of our clients as mental health ‘patients’ and from our mental health colleagues with whom we are effectively working with. This can mean we often feel deskilled in providing the informed, collaborative care essential to so many of our clients.

Workshop aims

This series of workshops has been designed to support Counsellors, Psychotherapists and trainees to develop a critical appreciation of themselves as mental health practitioners. Participants will be familiarised with the language, systems, stakeholders and processes of mental health care as it is currently delivered within the UK today and will be invited to critically engage with the philosophical and socio-political principles that underpin this. We have brought together a range of experts to deliver this programme including clients/service users with experience of receiving a range of mental health care, Psychiatrists currently working in the NHS and Psychotherapists and Psychologists with significant experience of delivering therapeutic care within mental health services.

Mental Health Familiarisation Placement

Each workshop has been designed to meet the four criteria for the Mental Health Familiarisation Placement (MHFP) required to gain registration as a Psychotherapist with the UKCP. You can view the UKCP Mental Health Familiarisation requirements here. The UKCP stipulate that prospective Psychotherapists should be able to demonstrate their learning and experience of the following four areas of mental health, which map on to our workshops as follows:

  • Awareness of diagnosis and treatment 

Diagnosing and treating mental ‘ill-health’ with Dr Roberta Orton and Giovanni Felice Pace – online 24th and 25th November 2023

  • Working within a social responsibility framework 

A socially responsible understanding of mental health with Ngozi Cadmus – online 15th December 2023 (6 hours over 1 day) view and book here

  • Working within a wider system of care 

Counsellors and psychotherapists in the wider system of mental health care with Ellie Batten and Geoff Hopping – online 23rd and 24th February 2024 (6 hours over 2 days) view and book here

  • A range of models of assessment 

Models of assessment: how the mental health care system understands clients with ‘mental illness’ with Dr Rachel Hopping  – online 2nd March 2024 (6 hours over 1 day) view and book here

Cost: £100.00 for one workshop.

Recognition: A Link Centre Certificate of Attendance for the number of hours completed.

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Fee:

£100.00 for one workshop

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Booking and Dates

15th December

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23rd and 24th February

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Upcoming Dates:

15th December 2023 – A socially responsible understanding of mental health

23rd and 24th February 2024 – Counsellors and psychotherapists in the wider system of mental health care

2nd March 2024 – Models of assessment: how the mental health care system understands clients with ‘mental illness’

Cancellation Policy:

50% refund will be given for cancellations with more than 7 days notice.

Location:

Online Event (Zoom)

Tutors:

Ellie Batten

Ngozi Cadmus

Giovanni Felice Pace

Dr Rachel Hopping

Geoff Hopping

Dr Roberta Orton

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