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If you are a mental health professional looking for top quality material to deliver to groups of patients, then you have found it. MoodMaster groups come from APT and are designed to help you bring the most relevant and effective information direct to those who want it.
The input is based primarily on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is generally accepted as the leading approach in this sphere. For its success it relies upon the person (a) knowing key information and (b) acting on it. The groups are designed to help you achieve both of those as quickly and easily for your patients as possible.
The idea is simple, namely to provide mental health professionals with attractive, relevant, material they can run for groups of patients. We know that people run groups already, but feel that in many cases the content could be better, the structure could be better, and the materials that patients receive could also be better. We know that many patients, even those in in-patient psychiatric units, have not necessarily covered the basic skills such as how to organise your life, how to get a good night’s sleep, how to manage your emotions, how to run rewarding relationships, and how to solve problems, to take just five examples.
The development phase consisted of:
> Forming a group to decide the 28 key topics that needed to be covered, and we called this the ‘master course’.
> Writing the content and structure of the 28 sessions, including a facility for people to learn consistently from their own experience, and also to complete and report back on ‘homework tasks’ based on the material covered in session.
> Making the hand-outs attractive for the group members to receive; the artwork being undertaken by Mark Betts.
> The pilot study, running ‘open to anybody’ sessions, led by Amy Roberts and Claire Harbottle, in a room above a pub in Oadby. These sessions were indeed attended by a very wide span of people, and the results vindicated our expectations.
For more information about MoodMaster visit: www.moodmaster.co.uk/professional
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IAPT
We are currently being asked to provide inputs for both low intensity and high intensity IAPT programmes, in some cases on a ‘top up’ basis, in others as a ‘total programme’. For more information
and to view the list of modules available click the link above.
Request a copy of the latest APT 2012 catalogue
The latest 2012 APT catalogue includes an overview of all the courses that we can bring to your own organisation. To request your copy click here.
APT Open Courses
Mostly we bring the courses to you but now, for a few of our courses, you can come to us. Find out more information on the courses available and how to book.
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