Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training is now available through the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre Praise for this course: "World class" "Fabulous, engaging trainer" "The trainer has the ability to put across complex ideas in a simple, understandable way" "Kept my attention for the whole day" "At four o'clock we were told we had a chance to [...]
The acronym "therapist NAVIGATES mindfully" is explained in this short video. Helps therapists to use an integrated approach with clients. https://youtu.be/9neI2zuXWII
Dissociation, trauma and psychosis Dissociation is a "shutting down" of experience, memory, perception. Often but not always it is a reaction to trauma. Especially when physical escape is impossible, dissociation allows a victim to escape mentally. It is actually a survival mechanism. Dissociation happens pre-consciously. That is, before we can think about it, so it [...]
BABCP President Rob Newell congratulates Fiona at Warwick University Fiona has recently been awarded a Fellowship of the BABCP (British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists). Fellowships are awarded to members of the association who have made a significant contribution in cognitive behaviour therapy. Fiona's work in India using DBT to train Indian [...]
A Self Help book A new self help book, out now! Get Your Life Back: The Best Therapies For a Better You Published by Robinson This book combines CBT, ACT, CFT, DBT and mindfulness: all the most effective modern therapies. It takes you on a journey to get clear about what you want [...]
especially useful for difficult clients
Sue has recently published her research on ways to improve workers' mental health in the journal of the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy (BABCP).
hard work rewarded After all the hard work of training sessions, mentoring from GreenWood Mentors themselves, submitting extensive logs of their own coaching work, these BAE systems change agents deserve their Coaching/Mentoring Certificates, presented by Dr Fiona Kennedy, MD of GreenWood Mentors Ltd.
Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre Putting DBT* Into Your Practice: A Taster Session Dr Fiona Kennedy *(Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) A ‘Taster’ one day course outlining what DBT is and how to incorporate powerful DBT techniques into your practice. • Especially useful for clients who are ambivalent towards change, DBT offers strategies to increase commitment to the [...]
The study of dissociation is relevant to anyone undertaking research or treatment of mental health problems. Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dissociation uses a cognitive approach to de-mystify the processes involved in linking traumatic incidents to their effects. Kennedy, Kennerley and Pearson present a full and comprehensive understanding of mental health [...]
