As an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), you have to think on your feet, manage a caseload, deal with emotional distress and try and not get indigestion as you cram down a sandwich on your way to your next session. This down-to-earth survival guide helps trainees and newly qualified practitioners cope with the stressful demands of these new and challenging roles. Full of case examples and practical tools and strategies, this book will give you the confidence to assess, set goals, and deliver effective interventions for anxiety and depression. It also provides invaluable support on tricky topics such as disclosures of risk and safeguarding issues, working effectively with parents, dealing with resistance and conflict, caring for yourself, and signposting when a situation is outside the remit of your role.
Hugh Miller is a clinical tutor at the Anna Freud Centre and an honorary lecturer at UCL with experience of training children's wellbeing practitioners, education mental health practitioners and supervisors. Hugh is also a clinical lead at an NHS wellbeing service and works in Specialist CAMHS as a CBT psychotherapist. He is based in Brighton.
FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PART 1: SETTING YOURSELF UP TO SUCCEED Chapter 1 - LOW INTENSITY CBT: WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW Chapter 2 - HOW TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF Chapter 3 - HOW TO BOUNDARY YOUR ROLE Chapter 4 - HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Chapter 5 - TIPS WHEN MEETING PARENTS AND CARERS PART 2: PRACTISE ESSENTIALS Chapter 6 - KEY SKILLS IN ASSESSING AND GOAL SETTING Chapter 7 - TEN WAYS TO BE A MORE INCLUSIVE PRACTITIONER Chapter 8 - A GOOD SESSION IS LIKE A THREE COURSE MEAL Chapter 9 - TIPS FOR GOOD THERAPEUTIC CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE Chapter 10 - SOME CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT FOR ALL Chapter 11 - SAFEGUARDING, RISK ASSESSMENT AND SAFETY PLANNING Chapter 12 - HOW TO MAKE AN ONWARD REFERRAL Chapter 13 - SELF-REFLECTIVE PRACTISE AND SUPERVISION PART 3: TIPS FOR INTERVENTIONS Chapter 14 - THE VALUE OF COMPASSION Chapter 15 - THE IMPORTANCE OF BACK-UP TEAMS Chapter 16 - HOW TO HELP WITH SLEEP HYGIENE Chapter 17 - KEY PRINCIPLES IN BRIEF BEHAVIOURAL ACTIVATION FOR DEPRESSION Chapter 18 - KEY PRINCIPLES IN GRADED EXPOSURE FOR ANXIETY Chapter 19 - KEY PRINCIPLES IN PARENT-LED CBT FOR ANXIETY Chapter 20 - COPING STRATEGIES, PROBLEM SOLVING AND RELAXATION ACTIVITIES Chapter 21 - A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MORE COMPLEX NEEDS Chapter 22 - BLUEPRINTING AND ENDINGS Chapter 23 - WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS GET STUCK Chapter 24 - WORKING WITHIN SCHOOLS AFTERWORD ACRONYM AND JARGON BUSTER FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES CONTRIBUTORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
A practical manual to support trainees and practitioners in the new roles of Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) or Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)
This book will be invaluable to anyone training or practising as a CWP or EMHP. It is full of practical tips for implementing evidence based approaches within the realities of clinical practice. Perhaps most importantly, as you read it you will feel like you are being helped along by a wonderfully supportive and considerate friend. A must read! -- Professor Cathy Creswell, Oxford University - co-author of 'Overcoming Your Child's Fears and Worries' This is a much-needed book to empower those wanting to enter psychological professions to do so in a confident and productive way. The author and contributors are to be congratulated for providing a useful tool to help us in our ambitious journey to create a world where all children and families are supported to effectively build on their strength and achieve their full potential. -- Professor Peter Fonagy OBE, CEO of the Anna Freud Centre
