Low-intensity CBT Skills and Interventions

Professor Paul Farrand is Director of the Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LICBT) clinical portfolio for the training of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) within Clinical Education, Development and Research (CEDAR), Psychology; University of Exeter. He has developed many of the most commonly used LICBT interventions adopted by Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services and is a member of the IAPT Expert Advisory Group, LICBT practitioner workforce development groups and national training and professional body accreditation committees. He is engaged in research and training associated with LICBT in several countries, currently the USA, Saudi Arabia and Sweden. In his clinical practice he has worked as Consultant Psychological Lead within the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical hospital-based specialty for over 20 years. In recognition of his contribution to psychological therapies training, he was awarded National Teaching Fellowship in 2012.

The manual provides invaluable guidance on how to conduct low intensity assessments and to support patients through the full range of NICE recommended low intensity therapies. The social context in which interventions are delivered is crucial and suitable adaptions for particular populations are clearly described. An invaluable practitioner manual.

• Pedagogic ApproachWhen Your Back is Against the Wall, Break It Down1 - Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavoural Therapy: ′Revolution Not Evolution′Part 1: Low-intensity Clinical Method2 - Low-Intensity CBT Assessment: ′Unlocking the Key to Successful Intervention3 - Diagnoses and Problem Descriptors: Labelling Problems Not People4 - Clinical Decision-Making in Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: Integrating Patient Choice, the Practitioner and Evidence-base5 - Common and Specific Factors: ‘It IS What You Do, AND the Way That You Do it?’6 - Supporting Low-Intensity CBT Interventions: ′Teach Me, Don′t Tell Me′7 - Identifying the Best Match Between Delivery Modality and Learning Style: Change is the End Result of All True Learning8 - Using Behaviour Change Models to Support Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Interventions: Enabling Patients to Engage and Make Lasting Change9 - Supervision in Low-intensity CBT: Fundamental to the Clinical Method10 - Medication for Common Mental Health Problems: Extending the Evidence-Based Treatment ToolkitPart 2: Supporting Low-intensity Interventions11 - Behavioural Activation: Working Inside Out, Rather Than Outside in12 - Cognitive Interventions: A Thought Is Just a Thought13 - Graded Exposure Therapy: Climbing Ladders to Health14 - Exposure Therapy and Response Prevention for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Taking on the Challenge15 - Worry Management: A Practical Solution to a Problem of Hypotheticals16 - Problem Solving: Doing What it Says On the Tin17 - Sleep Management: Steps to A Good Night’s SleepPart 3: Adapting Low-intensity CBT18 - Adapting Low-intensity CBT to accommodate BAME patients19 - Adapting Low-intensity CBT for Older PeoplePart 4: Progress Takes Place Outside the Comfort Zone.20 - Low-Intensity CBT: New Horizon or False Dawn