Working with Psychosis, Course 5:
Psychosis and Substance Misuse – Assessment and Integrated Interventions.
'Psychosis and Substance Misuse – Assessment and Integrated Interventions' is a 3-day course from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of accredited courses for professionals working in mental health and related areas in Canada.
It is the only Dual Diagnosis training that is APT Delegate Accredited and uniquely combines built-in APT Registration with automatic access to our renowned post-course resources to help you support your clients. The course is available for teams and organisations and can be attended face-to-face or online. It can also be completed as part of the The APT Diploma for Working with Psychosis and you can attend one, some, or all of APT's Working with Psychosis courses, in whichever order is best for you.
Executive Summary:
Dual diagnosis is generally viewed as a difficult presentation to treat. Frequently the patient may be resistant to the idea of illness, disillusioned with conventional medication, and resigned to 'self-medicating'. Other times, such patients simply cannot see there is a problem. To bring effective help in such a situation is a very skilled task, and the focus of this course.
Agenda and learning objectivities:
- The interaction between substance misuse and psychosis: why (a) it is so common and (b) it is rightly of such concern.
- Why so many people with dual diagnosis seem unconcerned about it or reluctant to do anything to remedy it.
- When and how to talk to people with dual diagnosis so that they listen. Why this underpins every technique you use.
- How to determine what goals to aim at with each patient. How to have people 'see for themselves' what to do.
- How to have the client discuss solutions, not problems.
- Converting words into action: how to have the person act to improve their situation.
- How to give advice and impart skills in a way that the person will take notice of.
- How to 'ratchet forwards': maintaining gains made and building on them.
- Why some people resist input that will benefit them, and how to react to it in a way that benefits the person.
- Even when 'doing things right' there are traps to avoid. Where are they?
- The chance to practise skills without being put on the spot.
- How to build the course content into your professional development after the course has finished. Practising safely and effectively.
What the course will do for you:
- An understanding of why psychosis and substance misuse are so often seen together.
- How to talk to people with dual diagnosis, no matter whether they are unconcerned about it, concerned but seemingly unwilling to do anything about it, or have tried and failed to resolve it.
- How to deal with 'resistant clients' - people who 'fight against' all you try to do to help them.
- You will learn about Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change, and their relevance to dual diagnosis.
- You will be able to combine Motivational Interviewing strategies and skills acquisition techniques with the cognitive approaches to help the person work through and achieve their own - adaptive - goals.
What you receive as a result of attending the training:
You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining APT Registration Level 1, and receive a certificate to this effect. The registration gives you access to online resources associated with the course and access to the online exam if you wish to uprate your APT Registration to Level 2 (note, the exam is inbuilt into the 'online anytime' version of the course).
Your record of attendance lasts indefinitely, whilst your APT Registration Level lasts for 3 years from the date of completion and is renewable.
Your registration is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT Registration for full details.
Booking this training is easy...Booking Options... 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: $8,230 + GST/HST 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 $540 + GST/HST per person. Option 2: Face-to-Face Onsite course: We bring the course and tutor to you, for an all-inclusive fee. Price: $13,150 + GST/HST and tutor travel and accomodation, 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 $855 + GST/HST per person. 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 'Online Live and Exclusive' fee, regardless of whether the course is held Face-to-Face or Online). To see the full benefits of this and to see whether you are eligible, click the button:
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Psychosis Training Courses
Course 1: Working with Psychosis - Key Knowledge and Skills for Everyday Interactions ❯
Course 2: Working 1:1 with Psychosis – Assessment, Formulation and Intervention ❯
Course 3: Early Intervention in Psychosis ❯
Course 4: Family Interventions in Psychosis ❯
Course 5: Psychosis and Substance Misuse ❯
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APT prides itself on the feedback we receive about our courses. Below are just some of the great comments the 'Course 5: Dual Diagnosis' course has received.
"Brilliant training, got loads out of it and will be using a lot of the techniques with clients. I would recommend to everyone!"
"Excellent facilitator - very interesting course and useful case study illustrations ... Best course I've been on for a longtime (if ever!) Thank you."
