SCPS Health Psychology Consulting LTD

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As one of the UK’s largest providers of Health Psychology supervision, we see recurring themes, challenges, and growth points across careers and settings, and we bring that insight into every supervision space we offer. buff.ly/ioOSfMn

Kickstart your therapeutic health psychology skills! Our SCPS Certificate in Applied Health Psychology Knowledge & Skills training programme gives you the foundation for therapeutic practice to support your career in applied health psychology. See more at buff.ly/1ai1IBH

Do you notice problematic alcohol use in your clients? Here is an interesting systematic case series showing the impact of metacognitive therapy in reducing alcohol intake and unhelpful beliefs by Caselli et al (2018). Check it out at buff.ly/g03o9v9

Self-directed learning courses for Health Psychs: The SCPS CBT & MI training is packed full of real-world case studies, clinical skills focused tasks & knowledge about integrating approaches with Health Psych models/practice. Valuable applied CPD! Book: buff.ly/3D6ycjX

Do you work with young people? More than 2/100 people have a visible appearance difference. HPs need to be able to raise difficult topics, to acknowledge and talk about differences. To help you, this free support resource is available for young people. buff.ly/z03ct5o

There is much to gain in your practice from having an experienced Health Psychologist supervisor. Sasha is a Fellow of the BPS and a Registered Supervisor. She has experience and ideas from providing HP practitioner Services for 25+ years. Visit buff.ly/3lyy7Qz for info.

Did you know that around 20% of service users will also have ADHD (Rohner et al 2023)? Read here: buff.ly/40BLB2R. Does your service screen for this and how do you adapt your work to meet the needs of this group?

Motivational interviewing can be a key intervention for behaviour change. SCPS self-directed online training provides an overview of the MI model, ethos, key skills, techniques and interventions to support behaviour change. For more info or to book, visit buff.ly/40d2pNr

What are the ‘active ingredients of interventions targeting the public’s engagement with antimicrobial resistance, and how might they work? The paper outlines the BCTs and TDF domains most frequently used. buff.ly/3y24RaF

Working in applied Health Psychology can be deeply rewarding — and quietly demanding. We’ve developed resources to support HPs in thinking about resilience in a structured, strengths-based way. buff.ly/KNoaQGJ

Do you want to think through your career development needs? Or your plans to work on your CPD and applied practice goals? Or perhaps to develop your HP service and applied research interventions? Contact us at info@scpsconsulting.com

Do you work in smoking cessation? Have you ever thought about using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy? Check out this interesting paper by Hernandez-Lopez et al. comparing them: buff.ly/3n6r7be

An interesting 2023 study shows how psychological flexibility and compassion moderate the psychosocial impact of physical symptoms. Have a read - buff.ly/xvY9Wce.

For those of you who are thinking about developing your applied health psychology practice in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, do check out Russ Harris's website and free materials and resources: buff.ly/BEzwpqw

Have you seen the SCPS Foundations of Health Psychology Practice online training? Now with new content about equity, diversity and inclusion. This provides an overview of legal, ethical & clinical practice standards. buff.ly/3u3hOOm

Check out SCPS Health Psych Interventions in Therapeutic Practice – with 21 hours of self-directed online training with case studies, materials and task sheets and a Certificate of Completion included. buff.ly/LD8ZORn

Are you working with clients with cancer? This 2022 clinical skills manual combines several therapeutic interventions to address common problems such as distress, body image, sexuality and age group interventions. Edited by Jennifer Steel. buff.ly/ZjC1tyK

Take advantage of SCPS online training to keep your skills and knowledge base updated. At your preferred times and at your pace. For more information about each training option visit buff.ly/krBrvTL

Public Health England Report (2019): Behavioural and social sciences in public health: The first strategy of its kind - by Tim Chadborne (Behavioural Insights Team). buff.ly/SFfmHPU

Do you have interesting examples of multi-disciplinary work that you are looking to publish? This article describes a MDT case in pain management and shows us health psychologists how we could publish our case work. Read the article here: buff.ly/u6iRekR