The APT Awards for Excellence
Past finalists and winners
Becoming shortlisted for an APT Award for Excellence is a great achievement - view all of the previous finalists and winners below.
The APT-RAID Award for Excellence in Working with Challenging Behaviour.
2022
- HMP Kilmarnock, Serco UK - Winner
- Salisbury Support 4 Autism
2021
- Salisbury Support 4 Autism - Winner
- HSerco, HMP Kilmarnock
- St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
2020
- Priory Hospital Arnold, UK - Winner
- Healthy Minds Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Low Secure Male LD Service, Hazelwood House and Priory Hospital East Midlands, UK
2019
- Priestner's Unit (PICU), North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - Winner
- Bronte Ward and Shelley Ward, Cygnet Hospital Bierley.
- Rufford Ward, Calverton Hill, Priory Healthcare.
- The Woodhouse Hospital, Elysium Healthcare.
- Enfield Positive Behavior Support Project, Enfield Council.
- Rossie Young People’s Trust.
2018
- Transitional Rehabilitation Unit, St Helens, Merseyside.
2017
- Brigstocke Road Approved Premises’ Approach. (Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and the National Probation Service.)
Priory Brain Injury Services.
- St Andrew’s Healthcare, Birmingham.
2016
- Partnerships in Care, East Midlands Region (incorporates: Calverton Hill, Meadow View, Hazelwood House, Annesley House, and The Willows).
- Tusla Children's Residential Services, St Stephen's Hospital (Glanmire, Ireland).
- Rose Ward, St Andrew’s Healthcare (Northampton, UK).
- Nest Lane, Together (Wellingborough, UK).
- Goal-setting, St Andrew's Healthcare (Northampton, UK).
- Spencer South, St Andrew’s Healthcare (Northampton, UK).
- The MAK Café, St Andrew's Healthcare (Northampton, UK).
- ADHD Parenting Programme, Family Intervention Team, Gateshead Council (Gateshead, UK).
- Brain Injury Services, Partnerships in Care (UK).
- Salisbury Support 4 Autism (West Drayton, UK).
- St Andrew's Healthcare (Northampton, UK).
- Cygnet Health Care (UK).
2015
- Arkwright Ward, Kemple View Hospital.
- Neuropsychiatry Pathway, St Andrew’s Healthcare.
- Salisbury Support 4 Autism.
- The Family Action Support Team (FAST), North East Lincolnshire Council.
- Wainwright Ward, Kemple View Hospital.
- Women's Service, St Andrew’s Healthcare.
The APT Award for Excellence in Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
2022
- Complex Needs Service, Swansea Bay University Health Board
2021
- Jersey CAMHS - Winner
- Cygnet Hospital Bierley
- Elysium Healthcare, Arbury Court
- JS Care
- Priory Hazelwood House
2020
- Bowling Ward’s DBT Programme, Cygnet Hospital Bierley, UK - Winner
- DBT Group, Jersey CAMHS, UK
- The Children and Young People’s Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (CYP-DBT) Service, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust’s (NSCHT) CAMHS, UK
2019
- Learning Disability Service, Calverton Hill, Priory Healthcare - Winner
- Bowling Ward's DBT Programme, Cygnet Hospital Bierley
- Talent Match (Liverpool City Region), Merseyside Youth Association
- Gloucester Recovery Team, Pullman Place, ²gether NHS Foundation Trust
2018
- Cygnet Hospital Beckton, Learning Disability Service
- Priory Group, Kemple View Psychiatric Service, Secure Unit
- NAViGO, DBT Service
- Rose Ward, St Andrew’s Healthcare, Men’s Medium Secure PIU
- Arbury Court, Elysium Healthcare. Specialist Service for Women with Complex Needs (low and medium secure and PICU). DBT Team
- Calverton Hill and Priory Hospital East Midlands, Secure Services
- Cygnet Hospital Bierley, Bowling Ward (Inpatient Mental Health Service)
2017
- The DBT Programme (Cygnet Hospital Bierley).
- The DBT Programme (Cygnet Hospital Stevenage).
- The DBT Service (Broadmoor Hospital, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, London).
- The Self-Harm Pathway (North East Lincolnshire CAMHS, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Grimsby).
2016
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health (Padre Américo Hospital, Penafiel, Portugal).
- New Dawn (Cygnet Hospital Ealing, London, UK).
2015
- New Dawn (Cygnet Hospital Ealing, London).
The APT Award for Fostering Good Mental Health in the Workplace.
2021
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Winner
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- OCO Technology
2020
- Peer Mentoring Development Team, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, UK - Winner
- Department of Paediatrics, Cavan General Hospital & Cavan/Monaghan Primary Care Clinical Psychology Service, HSE Ireland
- Hallam Street Hospital, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK
2019
- Relaxation Workshop, Cygnet Hospital Bierley - Joint Winner
- Cavan/Monaghan Primary Care Clinical Psychology Service, HSE Ireland - Joint Winner
The APT-DICES® Award for Excellence in Risk Assessment and Management.
2020
- Cavan/Monaghan Primary Care Psychology Service, HSE Ireland - Winner
- Psychology Department, Priory Hospital Arnold, UK
- Rose Ward, St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton, UK
2017
- Matt Wilding and Sheryl Parke at Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
- Katie Jennings, Dr Deepu Thomas, Hayley Woods, Joyce Hill and Lisa Taylor at Kemple View Hospital, Priory Healthcare.
2016
- Assessment Consultation Therapy Service (ACTS), Ireland.
- Partnerships in Care, East Midlands.
2014
- Dr Caroline Knight and Prof Nick Alderman.
- The Women's Service, St Andrews Hospital, Northampton.
- Future Focus, Kemple View Psychiatric Hospital, Blackburn.
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The APT Awards for Excellence ❯
The APT Award for Excellence in Dialectical Behavior Therapy ❯
The APT-DICES® Award for Excellence in Risk Assessment and Management ❯
The APT-RAID® Award for Excellence in Working with Challenging Behavior ❯
The APT Award for Fostering Good Mental Health in the Workplace ❯
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Instruction in the key components of DBT for those who want to add them to their repertoire without necessarily becoming 'a DBT therapist', and for those thinking of taking the first step in becoming a specialized DBT therapist.
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CBT Essentials
18 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
Now in its latest form this course has introduced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to thousands of people in the UK ever since 1983. It addresses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a way that you can use after the course. It covers: the history and meaning of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, conceptualising cases in CBT terms, the format of a standard CBT session, and the most important CBT techniques. All in a way that applies it constantly to practical examples.
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ACT Essentials
18 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) moves away from focusing too closely on ‘symptom reduction’ towards teaching how to live in a stable and rewarding way. So it teaches how to get in touch with your values, how to act in accordance with them, how to be aware of ‘the you that is always there’, how to see your passing thoughts and feelings for just that, how to accept thoughts and feelings you don’t like without over-struggling with them, and so how to live mainly in the present.
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Motivational Interviewing, and how to use it effectively
18 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
Based on Miller and Rollnick's latest book, this course describes an organized way of helping people to recognize their problems and to do something about them. Principally it addresses behavior about which the client has mixed feelings: drinking and substance misuse for example, but a surprising array of common mental and physical health problems as well. Issues from taking psychoactive medication through to eating more healthily can all be addressed using motivational interviewing.
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SFT Essentials
18 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
Another of APT's top courses, this aims to introduce you to the principles of SFT / SFBT in a way that gives you a firm grasp of them and enables you to use them in a safe and helpful way. You should become at home with the approach which is often seen as a 'breath of fresh air' both to client and professional, looking for and finding effective solutions for problems, rather than being sucked further and further into the problem itself.
"Have loved completing this course. So easy to follow and engaging. I have learnt so much to use in my own coaching. Would highly recommend it."
CBT with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: There Must Be A Better Way®
12 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
The title of this course captures the philosophy behind it. Self-harm, though inexplicable to anyone who has never felt the urge to harm themselves, normally serves a very clear purpose. The secret of success is, therefore, to identify that purpose and achieve it in a less traumatic way. Simple in theory, far from simple in practice, this course examines exactly how to achieve it successfully.
"Amazing course - thank you. Very informative and I am feeling much more confident to work with my patients who self-harm."
The RAID® Course: The positive approach to working with disturbed and challenging behavior
18 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
The UK’s leading positive psychology approach for tackling disturbed and challenging behavior at source: well over 20,000 professionals have attended this course. It is a comprehensive approach which teaches not only how to deal with disturbed and challenging behavior when it occurs, but also to prevent it by tackling it at source. Professionals feel pleased to share a unified system and to know what they are doing and why they are doing it, while clients delight in a relentlessly positive and empowering approach.
"I really enjoyed the presentation of this course, it has truly open my eyes up to a totally different approach to positive reinforcement of extreme behaviours. Taking this course puts me at ease dealing with extreme behaviours from here on out."
The DICES® System for Risk Assessment and Management
18 hours, APT accreditation Level 2
This exciting Risk Assessment and Management System is designed for use by whole services and organizations, and is used by over 6,000 mental health professionals.
"An informative and well structured course. I have taken a great deal of learning from its completion, that I believe will support my future practice."
Higher Order Therapy
1 hour modules
A series of one hour 'online anytime' modules, each consisting of an audio lasting 15-30 minutes, plus an exercise and resources for you to you use and practice with afterwards. The series is so named because it features all the 'higher order' factors that make therapy successful.
"Fantastic course and really brings ideas of practice to life. Many things we, as clinicians, should be considering to improve the quality of lives of the people we care for."
