The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses.

'The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses' provides 90 hours of focused training and is from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of training for professionals working in mental health and related areas.

It is the only Diploma in this subject that is APT-accredited and also gives you access to APT’s relevant downloadable resources for use post-course. The course is available for whole teams/organizations and can be attended face-to-face or online.

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Executive Summary:

'The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses' provides 90 hours of training, leading to Level 4 APT accreditation. Attend the diploma as an individual or we can bring the training to you for a fixed fee, to ensure you get a supportive group addressing the same material.

The diploma comprizes 90 hours of training made up by selecting 15 days of training from the courses below (e.g. five 3-day courses). Your team/organization chooses the courses and you then all attend the same courses:

The ADDRESS® Course for working with Personality Disorder - 3 days
CBT Plus, with ADHD: intervention across the ages, from children to adults - 3 days
CBT Plus, for Anger and Violence - 3 days
CBT plus, for Lifestyle Issues affecting mental and physical wellbeing - 3 days
CBT Essentials - 3 days
CBT Plus, for Suicide Prevention - 3 days
CBT Plus, with Depression - 3 days
CBT Plus, with Anxiety - 3 days
CBT for Psychosis - Key Knowledge and Skills for Everyday Interactions - 3 or 2 days
Trauma-Focused CBT, for all ages - 3 days
CBT Plus, with Alcohol and Substance Misuse - 3 days
CBT for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - 2 days
CBT with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: There Must Be A Better Way® - 2 days
Older People: Key Knowledge and Skills for Providing Effective Support - 3 or 2 days
CBT for Panic - 2 days

To be awarded the diploma, students must also complete an online exam (in their own time) after each course.

If you have already attended one or more of these courses in the last 2 years, then you have an exemption for that subject(s), you don't need to attend the same course again. If you have already attended the equivalent of one or more of these courses from another training-provider in the last 2 years, then again you have an exemption for that subject(s), although you do need to submit evidence of the training and pay a reading fee for APT assessing it.

Please note that the diploma should be completed in not more than 2 years from the date you undertake the first course.

The Diploma can also be awarded by completing the individual courses separately, across 2 years.

What you receive as a result of attending the training:

You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses, and receive a certificate to this effect and Level 4 accreditation which gains you access to the resources associated with the course.

Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation to use the resources lasts for 3 years and is renewable by attending a Masterclass top-up day or submitting evidence of continued practice, and your reflections on that practice (to the required level).

Your accreditation is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT accreditation for full details.

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for teams and organizations

for individuals or small groups

For teams and organizations:

Option 1: Online Live and Exclusive course:

Live and interactive online course, delivered via Zoom or Teams* exclusively for your team or organization.

Price: $38,800* CAD for a group of up to 15 people (price includes a workbook for every delegate, posted to one address, or a PDF version can be provided). Extra delegates $2,550 CAD per person.

*We standardly deliver courses via Zoom (which is recommended). If you would prefer to use Microsoft Teams, there is an additional charge of $160 CAD per day.

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Option 2: Face-to-Face Onsite course:

We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee.

Price: $62,000 CAD (plus tutor travel and accommodation expenses) for a group of up to 15 people. Extra delegates: $4,050 CAD per person.

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Option 3: 'Train the Trainer':

If you or a colleague are a senior professional (e.g. consultant psychologist) and have a talent for communication and teaching, then you are welcome to apply to become an APT-accredited tutor. You could then tutor the course in your own organization, under license.

This is not only a highly appropriate use of senior professionals, but it also saves your organization the tutor-component of the fee each time you run it or your chosen modules (50% of the face-to-face fee, regardless of whether the course is held online or face-to-face).

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For individuals or small groups:

This course is currently only available for teams/organizations. Please register your interest below if you want to attend this course as an individual and we will notify you when it becomes available.

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As a bona fide APT event, this course automatically has accreditation from The Association for Psychological Therapies. This means (i) that it contains the right amount of relevant information for its duration, and (ii) the information is presented in an engaging way, and in a way that will make it likely to be used after the course. APT verifies the accreditation by publishing the delegates' average ratings of relevance and presentation-quality for all its accredited courses. The accreditation is given value by over 150,000 professionals having attended APT courses.