Psychological Skills Development Service

Image of a tutor and a student We provide psychologically informed training courses for a range of professionals working in the private, public and charitable sectors. This includes partner healthcare organisations, education and small businesses. We are proud to provide high-quality, evidence-based training in psychological approaches and interventions, to build professional skills and confidence in delivering care.

 

We offer over 40 workshops, which come under the following themes:
  • Staff Wellbeing and Professional Development – for the wellbeing, growth and development of staff at all levels.
  • Therapeutic Skills and Psychological Therapies and Disorder Specific Approaches workshops – for practitioners who manage psychological distress and mental health needs in their roles.

 

Please see below for some of our most popular workshops. Full details and additional workshops can be found in our service prospectus (please email us for an up-to-date copy).

Staff Wellbeing and Professional Development

  • Keeping Well at Work: Recognising Stress & Sustaining Resilience
  • Understanding and Managing Women’s Health
  • Key Communication Skills for Effectiveness (plus conflict resolution, managing difficult conversations and constructive feedback)
  • Clinical Supervision Skills

Therapeutic Skills and Psychological Therapies

  • Trauma-Informed Care: Applying Trauma Awareness in Practice
  • Core Counselling Skills
  • Motivational Interviewing (introduction)
  • Solution Focused Therapy (introduction)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Approaches (CBA; introduction)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (introduction)

Disorder Specific Approaches

  • Working with Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma
  • CBA for OCD, Panic Attacks, Illness Anxiety Disorder or Psychosis
  • Sleep Interventions
  • Worry Interventions
  • Chronic Depression Interventions

Feedback from attendees includes:

“All the training was fantastic – motivating, great ability to read the room, to keep us engaged, focused and making sure we were understanding and getting something out of it” (Motivational Interviewing)

“It has been one of the most useful courses both personally and professionally” (Key Communication Skills for Effectiveness)

“Really good safe space for the team to have together” (Team Resilience Session)

“Thank you SO much for this invaluable day – I found it so helpful, informative and applied” (Trauma Informed Care: Applying Trauma Awareness in Practice)

Contact us:

You are welcome to email us at SkillsDevelopment@covwarkpt.nhs.uk for further information or to discuss how we could support your organisation.