Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Mental Health Practitioners

Dr Alec Grant is Reader in Narrative Mental Health in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Brighton. He qualified as a mental health nurse in the mid-1970s and went on to study psychology, social science and psychotherapy. He is widely published in the fields of ethnography, autoethnography, narrative inquiry, clinical supervision, cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, and communication and interpersonal skills. His current and developing scholarly interests coalesce broadly in the area of narrative research, and postmodern and poststructural developments in qualitative inquiry, in mental health and other healthcare areas.

Introduction A brief history of cognitive behavioural therapy Unmet need: Policy and related recommendations Client preparation and assessment Helping anxious people Helping people who are low in mood Helping people who hear voices and have false beliefs Helping people with Borderline Personality Disorder Conclusion