Adapting CBT for Neurodivergent Adults: ZOOM WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

Alison has worked for the NHS since 1999 in a broad range of clinical settings across the lifespan. After completing a PGDip in CBT at OCTC, she worked for 8 years at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma at the Maudsley Hospital. Most of her clinical work there was for the Highly Specialised Service funded by NHS England, working with people with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Alison now works for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as part of the Adult Neurodevelopmental Service, assessing adults for possible Autistic Spectrum Conditions and providing psychological treatment for adults with ADHD or Tics/Tourette’s Syndrome. Alison also works for Oxford Health Specialist Psychological Intervention Centre Clinic (OHSPIC), providing highly-specialist evidence-based interventions for people struggling with anxiety disorders and trauma. Alison is also an experienced trainer, providing consultation and training to staff on adapting talking therapies to be more accessible for neurodivergent people.

Rebecca is autistic and has ADHD, epilepsy, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and dyspraxia. She has been a mental health nurse for 30 years, originally training in Oxford. She is the Nurse Consultant for the Pan-Sussex Neurodevelopmental Service in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Her career as a specialist in neurodevelopmental differences began in 2009. Rebecca is the founding chair of SPFT trust Neurodivergent Staff Network / Staff clinic. Rebecca is also the joint lead for the first Neurodivergent Brain Body Clinic (R&D funded).

If you cancel more than 14 days prior to your booked event, we will refund your fee minus a charge of 15% to cover our administration costs. We regret that cancellations 14 days or less before the booked event cannot be refunded or changed/transferred.

If you wish to change/transfer your booking after confirmation we will do our best to accommodate you if you notify us 14 days prior to your booked event, and if there is space to do so. However there will be an administration charge of £15 per change/transfer.

Workshops often contain clinical material. This is always anonymised as far as possible but delegates are none the less reminded to respect confidentiality.

All that is discussed in your therapy sessions will be treated as confidential, with the following exceptions.
We are required to seek supervision by our professional body (The British Psychological Society or equivalent) as a means of ensuring good practice. We will usually inform your referrer of your progress, but the details that we disclose will be discussed with you. We do have a statutory obligation to break confidentiality under rare circumstances, namely, if we believe that a client is of danger to themselves or to others (under the Mental Health Act, 2001) or if we believe that a child is at actual risk of physical or sexual abuse (The Children Act, Section 47, 1989).

If we felt that it would be helpful to request additional medical, social or legal information, we could only do this with your consent. Similarly, should another medical, social or legal professional request information from us, we would not release this without your consent.

OCTC makes every effort to ensure that this programme is delivered as advertised. However, should a presenter have to cancel, we will endeavour to find another suitable presenter. We will inform attendees as soon as is reasonably practical and, if requested, will offer a refund. In the rare event that we are unable to substitute a presenter, we may cancel a workshop and refund payments already made by attendees. OCTC will not refund travel and accommodation costs that attendees may incur.
All the workshops in this programme are carried out by highly experienced therapists and trainers. The individual presenter is responsible for the content of the workshop and any views expressed do not necessarily represent those of OCTC.
Although highly informative, none of the open workshops or workshop series confer a formal qualification or assurance of competence in CBT (or a specialist area of CBT) since we are unable to assess attendee competency within the training event. However, credit and award-bearing courses that lead to formal qualifications are offered by OCTC in conjunction with the University of Oxford. More about these courses is available on our website www.octc.uk

Before booking a place on a workshop, please ensure that it is pitched at the appropriate level of competence for you. The guide to levels is as follows:

Basic

Basic workshops are for people from a variety of backgrounds, who have at least one year’s clinical experience. Cognitive behavioural knowledge is not necessary for attendance at these workshops, though in practice, a number of attendees will have some skills in the area, and are refreshing/updating their knowledge.

Intermediate

Intermediate workshops are directed towards people who already have knowledge of CBT, and experience in using cognitive formulations and treatment methods – for instance, they are able to identify and test automatic thoughts, and design behavioural experiments. Most participants will be using CBT as part of their clinical practice, and may still be acquiring new CBT skills.

Advanced

Advanced courses are directed towards those professionals who use CBT routinely as part of their clinical practice. They have probably undertaken a significant number of training courses and/or workshops, and use a broad range of cognitive behavioural strategies to work with a range of presentations at varying levels of complexity.

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The cost of the workshops includes hot drinks on arrival, mid-morning and mid-afternoon, but not usually lunch unless stated. However, for workshops that do include lunch, if you have any special dietary requirements please let us know at the time of application.

We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. If you have any particular needs, please contact us
prior to booking.