UKCP Module 3: Clinical Assessments

This workshop is for ADMP UK members working towards full clinical membership with UKCP.

Participants can expect:

• To gain an overview of verbal and movement-based assessment tools (including psychometrics and evidence-based assessment tools) and of models and methods of evaluating the outcomes of psychotherapy practice as relevant to DMP
• To integrate contemporary perspectives on clinical assessment, formulation, treatment planning and intervention evaluation
• To use the theory as a critical tool to understand treatment planning and evaluation and to gain a deeper understanding of the value of movement and the body in assessment and treatment planning
• To apply in practice the language derived from contemporary perspectives on clinical assessment, formulation, treatment planning, and intervention evaluation
• To critically reflect on the contemporary perspectives on clinical assessment, formulation, treatment planning, and intervention evaluation in attendees’ practice of DMP
• To consider how to adapt DMP work to suit different organisations - identifying ways to track and monitor clients’ progression, and how to communicate that to organisations and MDTs

The handicap events module will be taught via Zoom.

Nicki Power is an art therapist and doctoral fellow at Queen Mary University of London, supported by Barts Charity. As an early career researcher she is interested in collaborative and inclusive research with people with a learning disability and arts therapists. Prior to this, she was Head of Arts Therapies for Bedfordshire Adult Mental Health & Learning Disability Services, part of East London NHS Foundation Trust. Her previous role was supporting staff psychological wellbeing across South London & Maudsley NHS through Schwartz Rounds, reflective practice and critical incident debriefing. She is a coordinator of the British Association of Art Therapy Learning Disability Professional Support Group. She is a member of the editorial board for the Irish Journal of Creative Arts Therapies: Polyphony. She is the art therapy representative for the Learning Disability National Professional Senate in the UK. Nicki has taught on several art therapy training courses and has an active art practice.