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Counselling for Depression (CfD) Practitioner Training 

CfD therapy: a summary

CfD is a manualised form of psychological therapy as recommended by NICE for the treatment of depression. It is particularly appropriate for people with persistent sub-threshold depressive symptoms or mild to moderate depression where 6 – 10 sessions are recommended over a period of 8 – 12 weeks. For more severe or complex presentations up to 20 sessions are recommended. CfD targets the emotional problems underlying depression along with the intrapersonal processes, such as low self-esteem and excessive self-criticism, which often maintain depressed mood. CfD therapy aims to help patients contact underlying feelings, make sense of them and reflect on the new meanings which emerge.  This, in turn, provides a basis for psychological and behavioural change.  It is a manualised model of practice specifically devised for counsellors working in the IAPT programme.

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NHS Reform: Challenge or Opportunity for Mental Health?

A BACP Question Time Event 

Chair:     Jane Dreaper, Health Correspondent for the BBC

Panel:

• Paul Burstow, Minister of State for Care Services                                       
• Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind
• Cary Cooper, BACP’s President
• Dr Tony Burch, GP, Brent PCT
• Zubeida Ali, Deputy Chair BACP Healthcare/Prof Lead for
  Counselling, Lancashire CARE NHS Foundation Trust 

Attendance:

The event was attended by more than 60 colleagues who have an interest in mental health, including representatives from: DH, NHS Confederation, Centre for Mental Health, NHS providers, NHS commissioning, voluntary sector organisations and members of the BACP Healthcare division.

Emerging themes:

• Structural reform and government policy
• Stigma and access
• Service delivery and workforce
• Outcome measurement

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9/11  

Mapping Scottish Adult NHS Counselling & Psychotherapy Services

Report from BACP Lead Advisor Scotland - Shane Buckeridge click here

5/10

New Deputy Chair for BACP Healthcare

Zubeida Ali accepts the challenge, to read her profile click here

4/10 

BACP Healthcare's Response to HPC

Click here to read BACP Healthcare's response to HPC.