Low-Intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; A Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) Handbook

This is the essential book for anyone who wants to become a therapist within the NHS.

This book provides all the information you need to pass the interview to be selected for the competitive training course to become a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP).

Following this, it introduces readers to the skills and principles of Low-Intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). It guides them through the entire process of working with patients with common mental health problems.

It takes the reader through all the steps involved in assessing the various mental health conditions seen within the NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression (formally known as IAPT). As well as a step-by-step overview of all the evidence-based Low-Intensity CBT treatments offered.

Chapters included:

What Is A Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP):

• What Is CBT:
• What Is IAPT:
• Stepped Care Model:

Interview Process And Tips:

Module One: Engagement and Assessment of Patients with Common Mental Health Problems:

Initial Assessments (IA):

• Depression:
• Anxiety Disorders:
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD):
• Panic Disorder:
• Agoraphobia:
• Specific Phobia:
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
• Social Anxiety:
• Health Anxiety (Illness Anxiety Disorder):
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):
• Core Competencies:
• Common Factor Skills:
• Specific Factor Skills:

Module Two: Evidence-Based Low-Intensity Treatment For Common Mental Health Disorders.

• What Is Guided Self Help:
• Treatment Structure:
• Treatment Information For The Interviews:

Treatment Protocols:

• ABC Model:
• Depression:
• Behavioural Activation (BA):
• Cognitive Restructuring (CR):
• Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD):
• Exposure and Habituation:
• Panic Disorder:
• Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT)
• Signposting:

Module Three: Values, Employment and Context

• Cultural Competence:
• Unconscious Biases:
• Treatment Adaptations:
• Pacing:
• SOC (Selection, Optimization, and Compensation) Model:
• Barriers and COM-B:
• Supervision:
• Case Management Supervision:
• Clinical Skills Supervision:

About the Author

Experience:
The author has years of experience working in the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) as a type of therapist known as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and then moved up to becoming a Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, overseeing the training, supervision and development of other therapists.

Qualifications:
He gained his Bachelor of Science (with honours) in Abnormal and Clinical Psychology and a Master of Science (with honours) in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK).
Following this he trained as a therapist with a Postgraduate as a Psychological Well-Being Practitioner (PGCert) from the University of Essex and his currently working on an additional Postgraduate as a CBT therapist (PGCert) from the University of East Anglia

* Please note that the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (IAPT) has been recently renamed to NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression. The book still refers to "IAPT" due to being published prior to the name change. All other information is current