Short Courses for Aspiring Psychologists & Mental Health Professionals provided by Dr Marianne Trent
I have put together a range of useful, informative, high quality courses to help you learn essential skills across a number of topics including:
Ready Now:
- Understanding Adult Medication
- Adult Initial Assessment Session
- Getting Started in and Optimising Supervision relationships
- The Feel Better Academy - Complete Stabilisation Skills Programme
AND.......COMING SOON..............
I have also joined forces with qualified and unqualified / aspiring psychologist experts to bring you taster courses in getting to grips with working with different clinical populations including:
- Working Age Adults
- Children, Families & Young People
- People with Intellectual Disabilities & Autism
- Older Adults
Understanding Adult Mental Health Medications
It can be tricky to get your head around what medications our clients might be taking and why.
This 40 minute course will give you an understanding of the most common medications your clients may be taking.
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Expert Presentation
Created for you by a qualified psychiatric nurse prescriber
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Easy to Understand
Simple, clear structure makes it easy to understand and to improve your confidence in understanding the issues clients may bring to you including commonly reported side effects.
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Information Only
The course does not offer prescribing or advice - it is for your information only
Conducting Adult Mental Health Initial Assessments
Administering and co-facilitating assessments can be such a key component of adult mental health care.
This 70-minute demo guides you through a wonderfully compassionate and client-focused adult assessment session.
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Roleplay Session
Session introduced and run by Dr Marianne Trent, Clinical Psychologist. Assessing an actor, Laura, expertly reolplaying a client.
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Learning Points
You will be guided through the key stages of history taking and also some useful practical examples of how to formulate in the moment and to teach stabilisation skills mid-session.
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Information Only
The course does not offer qualifications - it is for your information only.
Getting Started in & Optimising Supervision Relationships
Understanding and optimising supervision relationships is such a key part of robust mental health care provision.
This 50 minute course split over several videos will give you an understanding of what supervision is and how to make the most of it.
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Expert Presentation
Created for you by Dr Marianne Trent, and another qualified Clinical Psychologist too!
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Easy to Understand
Down to earth and straightforward presentation style guides you through the key steps to help you get your clinical supervision relationships off to a flying start or to help ones in trouble.
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Information Only
The course does replace the need for you to have supervision.
The Feel Better Academy -
Complete Stabilisation Skills Programme
Helping to teach clients how to understand, soothe and calm themselves is integral to all the work we do in mental health. The skills are also essential for you as a mental health professional in keeping yourself well.
It includes content to help reduce a feeling of being 'on edge' and hyper-alert. Helps reduce self-criticism and improve self-esteem. Helps develop skills to be better able to manage distressing thoughts and memories.
This course contains over 4 1/2 hours of content spread over 6 modules and multiple videos. You can pick and choose what you have time to watch and prioritise what would benefit your skills most.
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Expert Presentation
Created for you by Dr Marianne Trent, a Qualified Clinical Psychologist.
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Easy to Understand
Simple, clear structure makes it easy to watch, learn and practice key skills. See it modelled in real time by Marianne to see how you can implement it with your own clients.
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Simply Explained & Wonderfully Effective
When practiced regularly, the techniques within this programme will help you positively shift key areas of yours and your client's life and functioning.
£49 (or 2 x payments of £24.50)
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Testimonials
Here's what some real people have said about these courses!
Feel Better Academy Aspiring Psych Client
"The Feel Better Academy is so good for me as an aspiring psychologist. It's great for me to learn strategies - some of which I'd never heard of before. I can use these for my own well-being and also to teach clients and team members too."
Mike
Aspiring Psychologist
"The Understanding Medication course is so helpful to understand factors to bring up in therapy e.g. around symptoms, and to understand medical notes.
It is split into sections and informed me of the type of meds used for specific diagnoses and common side effects. It's a very useful overview of meds that I have heard of but never really knew."
Rasi
Trainee Psychologist
"The meds course material was clear and very well paced. It wasn't overwhelming, but enough knowledge to understand MDT discussions and clients' medication. I found all the information was useful. Also, it was good to learn how to pronounce some of the medication properly! For anyone stepping in to mental health environment, especially an inpatient unit or adult mental health team, having this information would help to understand the MDT conversations and feel more competent when working with clients."
More Testimonials.....
Here's what some more real people have said about these courses!
Feel Better Academy Client
"The Feel Better Academy is a really fantastic tool that works around a busy schedule, allowing you to do sections as and when you have time.
Marianne's gentle instructions helped to make me feel at ease and in a safe space, I've gone back over exercises to reinforce the messages and strategies so they become part of my natural thought process."
Libbi
Assistant Psychologist
"The Understanding Medication course is so helpful to understand factors to bring up in therapy e.g. around symptoms, and to understand medical notes.
It is split into sections and informed me of the type of meds used for specific diagnoses and common side effects. It's a very useful overview of meds that I have heard of but never really knew."
Amy
Adult Mental Health Clinician
The Understanding Medication Course is something I wish I had access to a few years ago when I first started working in mental health, as it's great to have reference points likely to crop up in our work with clients.
Frequently asked questions
See if your question is below, but if not, feel free to contact me if you'd like to know if these courses are right for you.
Is there a limited time for access the course?
No! Once purchased, you can access the course content via your unique login details. You can pause, rewind and come back to the course area whenever you have time.
Will I understand the content?
All the content across the courses is in plain English with any abbreviations being fully explained.
Do I get a qualification for these courses?
No formal qualifications are awarded as a result of watching any of the short courses.
Are the experts actually experts?
Any qualified professional featured in the courses has been created by people with appropriate professional regulation. Any content by unqualified staff, for example, Assistant Psychologists has been vetted by Dr Marianne Trent as being accurate and helpful to your journey.
Who are these courses for?
These courses are aimed at helping mental health professionals to better understand key areas. In the case of the understanding medication and The Feel Better Academy courses, they are also really useful for service users or people looking to improve their own mental health and be better informed.
What are the benefits of the courses?
You'll learn a stack load of useful stuff which might well help your confidence in your new or current role or even help you talk the talk and walk the walk to do well in interviews for new roles.
Are there any additional benefits?
Other than learning all the brilliant stuff within the courses, you'll also be sent a survey which, when you've watched the content and submitted your meaningful answers, you'll also be entered into a monthly prize draw to win a £15 e-voucher of your choice.
How will you contact me?
You will be emailed a receipt and login details to the short course member's area. A week later, you will also be emailed a link to a survey asking for your feedback on the course content. If you've not yet had time to watch the course content, you can have up to 3 weeks more to watch and then enter the monthly prize draw to win 1 x £15 e-voucher of your choice. After this time, you won't be able to enter the feedback prize draw but you will retain access to the course content.
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