This month we’re bringing you five presentations on the themes of OCD, business development, entrepreneurship and more.

View clips of the presentations to get a preview of what's available in the CPD hub that have been delivered by experts in their field.

Working with OCD: understanding and treatment of this misunderstood condition

Stuart Ralph explores the nuances of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and outlines some of the best therapeutic interventions for this often-misunderstood condition. He defines triggers, obsessions and compulsions in the context of OCD, and discusses the different ways OCD can manifest as sub-types (or themes).

From student trainee to successful solopreneur

Charlotte Braithewaite shares her personal journey and professional insights into creating an ethical, sustainable and fulfilling private practice. She explores the financial realities of being a qualified counsellor and the complexities of balancing your therapeutic and business mindset.

Bridging the gap: from trainee to trainer and beyond 

Aisha Ionie Gordon-Hiles discusses her journey from childhood, through counselling training, to becoming a fully qualified practitioner and published author. She shares her motivation for becoming a counsellor, her reasons for her detour out of the sector and how being a jack of all trades has benefitted her career. She asks you to reflect on your own strengths and life experiences, and how to bridge the gap between being a student and a counsellor.

Aisha’s presentation discusses important but also potentially upsetting subjects. Ensure you read the precis and learning outcomes of the resource before engaging with the content. Please consider your own self-care and what steps you can take to tend to your emotional and physical well-being.

What knowledge, skills, qualities and experience enables us to integrate therapy and coaching ethically and effectively 

David Britten explains the coaching competence framework and explores the complexities of integrating therapy and coaching into your practice. He provides an overview of the coaching competence framework, explaining the overall structure of the framework and the relationship between the framework’s two domains: ‘Core coaching competences’ and ‘Competences for integrating therapy and coaching’.

Outcomes for Person‐Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE‐CfD), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and other High Intensity Therapies (HIT): Evidence from routine data 

Dave Saxon discusses his research into the 'outcomes for Person‐Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression (PCE‐CfD), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and other High Intensity Therapies (HIT): Evidence from routine data'. 

Research outline: 

Research undertaken within the context of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) has consistently shown that outcomes for different types of therapies are broadly equivalent (e.g., Barkham et al.,2021). However, RCTs can be problematic due to their rigid design, making it difficult to generalise findings and to showcase them as examples of what happens in ‘everyday practice’. England’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme routinely collects session-by-session from client’s accessing services, including demographic information, presenting issues and routine outcome measures, such as PHQ-9 (depression), GAD-7 (generalised anxiety) and WSAS (work and social adjustment). This naturalistic data source presents an opportunity to look at outcomes across different types of therapies in routine settings, rather than experimentally controlled environments.

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