The APT Hub for Mental Health Professionals' Development

**This refresher course is only available to those that have completed ‘Motivational Interviewing, and how to use it effectively’ and are wanting to refresh their knowledge and renew their APT Accreditation.** Online Motivational Interviewing training from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT). Includes APT accreditation, certification, and resources. Based on Miller and Rollnick's latest book, this course describes an organised way of helping people to recognise their problems and to do something about them. Principally it addresses behaviour about which the client has mixed feelings: drinking and substance misuse for example, but a surprising array of common mental and physical health problems as well. Issues from taking psychoactive medication through to eating more healthily can all be addressed using motivational interviewing. For further information on the format of APT online training click here. Read more

**This refresher course is only available to those that have previously completed the 'Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)' course with the APT, and are wanting to refresh their knowledge and renew their APT Accreditation.** The course covers the background and rationale for PBS and then looks at understanding an individual’s needs, analysing their behaviour and understanding the role it fulfils. Positive and proactive, the training will empower delegates to develop individual PBS plans aimed at improving their clients’ environment and wellbeing, thus decreasing the likelihood of disturbed behaviour. Using skills and understanding from the course delegates will be able to develop specific client-centred plans, also considering their situation and family / carers. Given that some incidents will inevitably still occur the course also covers steps to manage a crisis and to continually review and improve the plan. This is a powerful approach that improves the environment and wellbeing of both clients and staff.  The APT has mastered the delivery of PBS training 'online anytime'; providing top class training you can access right now or any time that suits you. No longer do you have to wait for 'the start date' of the course. "I learned so much in the course. Though I had some previous knowledge of DBT, it truly clarified so much of the skills and theory of DBT" Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) training from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), includes APT accreditation, certification, and resources. And the APT has perfected the art of delivering it in a way that makes it appear simple and easy to apply. "Very helpful, insightful, organised and easy to follow. Will definitely be using this knowledge and these resources with my clients. Highly recommend!" With a wealth of clinical experience, the course has been written by Dr William Davies and presented by Dr Martin Horler, who presents the course with relevant stories and examples of using PBS and an engaging lightness which perfectly complements the power of the subject. "I enjoyed the presenter and overall format of the class. It was easy to follow and gave good examples of practising the components of DBT." This course gives you a thorough introduction to Positive Behaviour Support, it is APT-accredited, and gives you access to important resources for you to use post-course. Whether you simply want to broaden your knowledge or become a committed practitioner of PBS, this course is for you. The course can be studied by teams or individuals and can also be completed as part of The APT Diploma in Psychological Therapies or the The APT Diploma for working in Secure Psychiatric and Forensic Settings. For further information on the format of APT online training, the APT’s guarantee to you, and how to make a group booking, click here.   Bookings: To access the course straightaway, click ‘add to cart’ to purchase by card or PayPal. (If you are ordering the course for somebody else, or a group, create an account and select ‘Bulk Purchase’ once you have proceeded to cart.) If you would like to be invoiced please click here (once the invoice has been paid or upon receipt of an official Purchase Order, we can then grant access to the course). Read more

**This refresher course is only available to those that have completed 'Providing Good Clinical Supervision' and are wanting to refresh their knowledge and renew their APT Accreditation.** Clinical supervision is a key concept that many people are unclear about. Unclear whether 'supervision' means that you should be ensuring that the supervisee is 'doing it right' or whether you should be providing a sounding board for the supervisee to develop their clinical thinking, or what. And many people are equally unsure about exactly what their professional body has to say about it, and where to find that out. This course is designed to clear up all of the above by looking at what we need to achieve in supervision, how to establish a competent supervision contract, and how to deliver on that contract. The aim is, therefore, that by the end of the course you will both (a) know about clinical supervision and (b) be good at providing it. The APT has mastered the delivery of this training 'online anytime'; providing top class training you can access right now or any time that suits you. No longer do you have to wait for 'the start date' of the course. "Thank you, very comprehensive and really enjoyed the summaries and examples/activities." Training from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), includes APT accreditation, certification, and resources. And the APT has perfected the art of delivering it in a way that makes it appear simple and easy to apply. "Really enjoyable and helpful." As the author of the approach and with a wealth of clinical experience, Dr William Davies presents the course with relevant stories and examples, and an engaging lightness which perfectly complements the weight of the topic.   "The course provided me with valuable tools and skills that I can use effectively in my job." This course is APT-accredited, and gives you access to important resources for you to use post-course. Whether you simply want to broaden your knowledge or want to provide supervision, this course is for you. It can be studied by teams or individuals, see below. For further information on the format of APT online training, the APT’s guarantee to you, and how to make a group booking, click here.   Bookings: Click ‘add to cart’ to purchase by card or PayPal. (If you are ordering for somebody else - or a group - create an account and select ‘Bulk Purchase’ once you have proceeded to cart.) If you would like to be invoiced please email finance@apt.ac stating; the course title, how many places you require, your organisation's purchase order number, and the name and address for the invoice to be sent to. Read more

**This refresher course is only available to those that have completed ‘Solution-Focused Therapy Essentials’ and are wanting to refresh their knowledge and renew their APT Accreditation.** Online Solution-Focused Therapy training (also known as Solution Focused Brief Therapy or SFBT) from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), includes APT accreditation, certification, and resources. This course aims to introduce you to the principles of SFT/SFBT in a way that gives you a firm grasp of them and enables you to use them in a safe and helpful way. You should become at home with the approach which is often seen as a 'breath of fresh air' both to client and professional, looking for and finding effective solutions for problems, rather than being sucked further and further into the problem itself. For further information on the format of APT online training click here. Read more

**This refresher course is only available to those that have completed The DICES® Risk Assessment and Management System and are wanting to refresh their knowledge and renew their APT Accreditation.** This empowering training will give you best-practice tools to recognise, assess and manage risks including suicide, self-neglect, violence and sexual assault. This training gives you APT accreditation in the DICES® System for 3 years, access to online resources similarly, and is easily renewable. For further information on the format of APT online training click here. Read more

**This refresher course is only available to those that have completed 'The RAID® Course for working with Disturbed and Challenging Behaviour' and are wanting to refresh their knowledge and renew their APT Accreditation.** The RAID® course is a leading approach for tackling disturbed and challenging behaviour at source: over 20,000 professionals have completed it. It is a comprehensive system which teaches professionals a philosophy and practice not only to deal with disturbed and challenging behaviour when it occurs, but also to prevent it by nurturing positive behaviour targetted to displace the disturbed and challenging behaviour. Staff feel pleased to share a unified system and to know what they are doing and why they are doing it, while clients delight in a relentlessly positive and empowering approach. For further information on the format of APT online training click here. Read more