The Contribution of Clinical Psychologists to Recovery Focused Drug & Alcohol Treatment Systems Dr. Christopher Whiteley British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology. Faculty of Addiction. East London NHS Foundation Trust
Dec 31, 2015
The Contribution of Clinical Psychologists to Recovery Focused Drug & Alcohol
Treatment Systems
Dr. Christopher WhiteleyBritish Psychological Society
Division of Clinical Psychology. Faculty of Addiction.East London NHS Foundation Trust
Recovery and change
“Many of the barriers / facilitators to change are psychological” (World Health Organisation)
Building recovery capital: evidence based psychological interventions
Psychological therapies for anxiety and depression
Managing chronic health conditions; e.g. pain
Facilitating access to ETE; building confidence
Maintain accommodation by sustaining recovery;
Relapse Prevention
Help resolve ambivalence; Motivational techniques
Building on strengths and resilience's – Solution Focused
Therapy
Sustain and improve relationships; family therapy, BCT
Facilitate engagement with community resources; SBNT, CRA
Competences of a clinical psychologist
Service Users
PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORY
Governance of psychological interventions
Organisational change; fostering recovery oriented services
Multiple therapeutic orientations
Staff training & supervision in PSI
Direct interventions for complex problems
Innovations from new research evidence
Evaluate the effectiveness of services, feedback & change
Family, peers
Organisations
Communities
Could do more……