Evidence-based therapies are effective in treating a wide range of patients with psychological problems, both in research trials and in everyday practice. However, many clinicians do not use that evidence-based approach in routine practice, drifting off model.
This session begins by reviewing the evidence that therapists drift, neglecting or bypassing the principles and active elements of therapies. Attendees will be invited to consider their own cognitive, emotional and behavioural factors that result such drift. Case material and evidence will be used to argue that clinicians’ anxiety and use of safety behaviours is a particular concern, and that the most active element of treatment (the behavioural) gets dropped in favour of the less effective cognitive and interpersonal elements. You will be invited to consider how our own tendency to drift contributes to keeping patients ill, making everyone pessimistic about the outcomes of therapy. Supervision, a clear philosophy of treatment, and a focus on the behavioural element of treatment will be advocated. Whatever the therapy, there would be more benefit to patients from simply ensuring that clinicians use existing evidence-based methods, rather than trying to develop new approaches.
This event is for anyone looking to evaluate and consider their own clinical practice in order to improve their practice. It is open to anyone at any stage of their professional journey, but will be focused on enhancing the skills of those at a pre-qualification stage, teaching them the risk of drifting off-track for the rest of their time as a therapist and supervisor.
The key objective is that clinicians learn why we drift away from delivering effective therapies, as a result of a wide range of factors, including our ignorance, our anxiety, and our well-meaning nature.
Please note, all timings are subject to change.
09:00 | Registration |
09:30 | Part 1 |
11:00 | Refreshment Break |
11:30 | Part 2 |
13:00 | Lunch |
13:45 | Part 3 |
15:00 | Refreshment Break |
15:15 | Part 4 |
16:30 | Close |
The venue is conveniently located just eight minutes’ walk from the excellent transport links of King's Cross, St Pancras and Eurostar stations.