Yes! This has only happened with one client out of 30+ so far. It actually felt very odd and didn't sit right with me, to the point where I was thinking there may have been some malingering, particularly in the context of their life story.

There's some fab stabilisation self help handouts here for clients who have experienced trauma.

I'd say allow a week and a half, so if you haven't heard by Monday give them a ring. For an AP post it might take a while to short list if they have 20+ applicants. They wont mind you calling if you are needing to arrange your diary in advance of the interview day.

When was the closing date jelly?

I've been an 8a for the past 7 years and am now languishing at the top of the pay band with limited hope of moving to an 8b position, in spite of the fact that I've been acting as an 8b for quite some time! My trust has stopped using 8b posts, which makes it very frustrating if you want any sort of ...

Gilly, thank you for your response. I imagine that the implementation of our model will be very similar to yours and that things will continue in very much the same way as before. The more for less model doesn't seem to fit with FACT, as I think most implementation sites in the UK have found. Blueca...

I don't know whether this is the sort of thing you're looking for or not, but I really like Goal Attainment Scaling. It's great for being able to break down a goal and see the steps the client identifies would be them moving towards the goal based on where they are now. I think it could work quite w...

Once again, we're going through significant change within my service in an effort to make CRES savings and avoid redundancy. The trust have decided that best way to do this is to create a generic mental health service by combining 2 secondary care adult CMHTS, the primary care mental health team and...

My trust are very keen for CP's to train as AC/RC, they are considering making it part of contracted work for all inpatient adult MH psychologists. They have even begun to trial the AC/RC role in Community Teams as well, with the intention being that CP's will manage the care of those on CTO's. Ther...

Hello, I'm nettyb and I'm a qualified clinical psychologist currently working in Adult Mental Health. I'm just about to start a new job on an NHS inpatient ward in North Yorkshire, and I'll be doing some CMHT work and setting up a personality disorder service too. ... I would love to have a dog (a ...

Hello everyone, I haven't been here properly for ages and if I'm honest had kind of forgotten about it :oops: (sorry Miriam and Russ) lol. Anyhow, I just wanted to say that I pledge to come here more often, as I remember how much I enjoyed being here and the other place when my life wasn't quite so ...

Why should trainee clinical psychologists, providing a band 6 "service" be randomly selected to lose their salary versus other band 6 staff? You wont forgive me for saying this but trainees do not provide "a band 6 service" by any means. Most other professionals on band 6 are no...

I applied once and was lucky enough to get a place first time. I applied 7 years after graduating from my undergrad and hadn't entertained the thought of applying any sooner as I was convinced I'd never get a place.

Awww this brings back memories. I did this course in way back in 2004 and was in the first cohort. The staff group will no doubt have changed but I hope you have as good as an experience as I did! Can't quite believe that it was 7 years ago now ... eeek!

I used to have something on this, it wasn't an article but a handout produced by Martina Mueller from OCTC. I let my old manager borrow it and forgot to get it back before I left but can remember quite a bit of it. Am I right in thinking that you're doing your CBT dip with OCTC? You could ask them f...