Full Description
As an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), you have to think on your feet, manage a caseload, deal with emotional distress and try and not get indigestion as you cram down a sandwich on your way to your next session.
This down-to-earth survival guide helps trainees and newly qualified practitioners cope with the stressful demands of these new and challenging roles. Full of case examples and practical tools and strategies, this book will give you the confidence to assess, set goals, and deliver effective interventions for anxiety and depression. It also provides invaluable support on tricky topics such as disclosures of risk and safeguarding issues, working effectively with parents, dealing with resistance and conflict, caring for yourself, and signposting when a situation is outside the remit of your role.
Contents
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: SETTING YOURSELF UP TO SUCCEED
Chapter 1 - LOW INTENSITY CBT: WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
Chapter 2 - HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Chapter 3 - HOW TO BOUNDARY YOUR ROLE
Chapter 4 - HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF
Chapter 5 - TIPS WHEN MEETING PARENTS AND CARERS
PART 2: PRACTISE ESSENTIALS
Chapter 6 - KEY SKILLS IN ASSESSING AND GOAL SETTING
Chapter 7 - TEN WAYS TO BE A MORE INCLUSIVE PRACTITIONER
Chapter 8 - A GOOD SESSION IS LIKE A THREE COURSE MEAL
Chapter 9 - TIPS FOR GOOD THERAPEUTIC CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
Chapter 10 - SOME CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT FOR ALL
Chapter 11 - SAFEGUARDING, RISK ASSESSMENT AND SAFETY PLANNING
Chapter 12 - HOW TO MAKE AN ONWARD REFERRAL
Chapter 13 - SELF-REFLECTIVE PRACTISE AND SUPERVISION
PART 3: TIPS FOR INTERVENTIONS
Chapter 14 - THE VALUE OF COMPASSION
Chapter 15 - THE IMPORTANCE OF BACK-UP TEAMS
Chapter 16 - HOW TO HELP WITH SLEEP HYGIENE
Chapter 17 - KEY PRINCIPLES IN BRIEF BEHAVIOURAL ACTIVATION FOR DEPRESSION
Chapter 18 - KEY PRINCIPLES IN GRADED EXPOSURE FOR ANXIETY
Chapter 19 - KEY PRINCIPLES IN PARENT-LED CBT FOR ANXIETY
Chapter 20 - COPING STRATEGIES, PROBLEM SOLVING AND RELAXATION ACTIVITIES
Chapter 21 - A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MORE COMPLEX NEEDS
Chapter 22 - BLUEPRINTING AND ENDINGS
Chapter 23 - WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS GET STUCK
Chapter 24 - WORKING WITHIN SCHOOLS
AFTERWORD
ACRONYM AND JARGON BUSTER
FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
CONTRIBUTORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
REFERENCES
