Low Intensity Psychological Therapies PgCert

This course provides you with the skills to asses and treat patients with brief, evidence-based psychological approaches for the treatment of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. It is part of the Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme which trains Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) for NHS employment.<br/><br/>The Department of Healths IAPT programme is an innovative approach to address common mental health problems. Through this course you are trained as a practitioner to help those who experience depression and anxiety through use of evidence-based psychological therapies.<br/><br/>Low intensity treatments employ brief, cognitive behavioural therapy approaches through use of vehicles such as guided self-help, forming part of the stepped care system recommended for depression and anxiety disorders. After meeting and assessing a patient, the practitioner supports a therapeutic intervention to help patients with their problems and/or engage with other services that will facilitate them in their recovery.<br/><br/>Our Low Intensity Psychological Therapies Brochure 2017-18 (PDF: 1,130 KB) provides more information about this course. FAQs, links to IAPT resources and information about a week in the life of a psychological wellbeing practitioner and are also included in the publication. <br/><br/>After completing this course, you are eligible to apply for Band 5 PWP posts in NHS organisations. These posts also exist in the private and voluntary sectors. <br/><br/>The programme director is Dr Mark Papworth, lead author of the core text regarding Low Intensity Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy.<br/><br/>Delivery and Placements:<br/><br/>Most campus based teaching takes place on Mondays, and for the rest of the week you are on placement.<br/><br/>Placements are currently provided around the north east of England in services that treat individuals experiencing common mental health problems through implementation of evidence-based psychological therapies.<br/><br/>On completing this course you can work towards Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) accreditation.<br/><br/>Facilities:<br/><br/>We have excellent general learning resources are available. They include access to the Canvas Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Here youll find all workshop and lecture slides, and programme and module handbooks.<br/><br/>The School of Psychology is in the Dame Margaret Barbour Building.<br/><br/>Youll work in the Faculty of Medical Sciences. This is part of our city-centre campus.<br/><br/>The Faculty is also home to:<br/>dentistry<br/>medicine<br/>psychology<br/>pharmacy<br/><br/>It is on the same site as Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary hospital. We are one of the largest integrated teaching/hospital complexes in the country.<br/><br/>Our facilities include:<br/>individual research laboratories where students carry out their projects<br/>a dedicated medical library with a wide range of specialist books and journals<br/>hi-tech computer clusters and study spaces<br/>dedicated facilities for a range of key bioscience applications. This includes flow cytometry, bioinformatics, imaging, genomics and proteomics