COURSES OFFERED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES (APT) 

This course is for people interacting with the general public as part of their jobs, to enable you to better understand mental health problems and unusual behaviour, and respond helpfully. 

‘Psychologically Informed Environments’ is a term that is mostly used in the context of working with marginalised people, such as the homeless.

Violence and aggression are extremely unpleasant and worrying for most people. We therefore want to feel able to deal with it if the need arises. Moreover most employers now realise their responsibility in equipping their workforce with appropriate training.

Personality Disorder causes distress both to the individual concerned and those around them, yet is so poorly understood even by professionals that the term 'Personality Disorder' is sometimes used as little more than a term of abuse for patients who have consistently frustrated those who are tryin...

As the title suggests, the overall aim of this course is to give delegates as much useful information and skill as possible, that they can use when talking to people in crisis on the phone, Zoom, Teams, etc.

Interpersonal psychotherapy is a brief psychological therapy for depression, which has now been applied to other areas of mental health. Its goals are simple and practical, namely to reduce symptomatology and to improve social functioning.

Mindfulness is a psychological intervention that we dream of: it works both for clients/patients and us, and its effectiveness is demonstrated not just by clinical studies but by the unusual number of people testifying to its benefit. Moreover it is a quick, simple concept with obvious validity and