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The workshop is suitable for Counselling psychologists who are Chartered Members of the Society, as well as other psychologists who work in therapeutic settings in the NHS or elsewhere. Those still in training should have sufficient clinical experience to be able to draw on examples from their work. The aim of the workshop is to provide therapeutic psychologists with the knowledge and skills to critically evaluate when medication is useful or helpful and when it is not, so that realistic aims for psychological interventions can be discussed with clients and medical practitioners.
Learning outcomes and objectives:
- Knowledge of psychotropic medication, uses, effects, and limitations.
- Critical evaluation of the medical and psychotherapeutic paradigms.
- Application of knowledge into clinical therapeutic practice.
- Ethical and professional issues
- Relevant research findings
A certificate of attendance is provided and the workshop fulfils the knowledge element of the competence 3.7 for the Qualification in Counselling Psychology.
Facilitator: Dr Diane Hammersley
Diane Hammersley is a Chartered Psychologist, a member of the DCoP and a senior practitioner on the BPS Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy. She has run workshops on prescribed drugs, dependence, and a wide variety of associated topics for counsellors and psychotherapists, NHS staff, in universities, health service, addiction services and voluntary agencies for a number of years. Diane is the author of several articles and conference papers as well as the book, Counselling People on Prescribed Drugs published by Sage.
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