The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses.

'The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses' provides 90 hours of focused training and is from the Association for Psychological Therapies (APT), a leading provider of training for professionals working in mental health and related areas in Australia.

It is the only such Diploma that is Delegate–Accredited and uniquely combines built-in APT Registration with automatic access to our renowned post-course resources to help you support your clients. The course is available for teams and individuals and can be attended face-to-face or online.

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Executive Summary:

'The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses' provides 90 hours of training, leading to Level 4 APT Registration. Attend the diploma as an individual or we can bring the training to you for a fixed fee, to ensure you get a supportive group addressing the same material.

The diploma comprizes 90 hours of training made up by selecting 15 days of training from the courses below (e.g. five 3-day courses). Your team/organisation chooses the courses and you then all attend the same courses:

The ADDRESS® Course for working with Personality Disorder - 3 days
ADHD Across the Lifespan: Key Knowledge and Skills for Effective Intervention - 3 days
Key Knowledge & Skills for working with Anger and Violence - 3 days
Key Knowledge & Skills for working with Lifestyle Issues that affect mental and physical wellbeing - 3 days
CBT Essentials - 3 days
Key Knowledge & Skills for Suicide Prevention - 3 days
CBT Plus, with Depression - 3 days
CBT Plus, with Anxiety - 3 days
Working with Psychosis - Key Knowledge and Skills for Everyday Interactions - 3 or 2 days
Trauma-Focused CBT, for all ages - 3 days
Key Knowledge & Skills for working with Alcohol and Substance Misuse - 3 days
CBT for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) - 2 days
CBT with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: There Must Be A Better Way® - 2 days
Older People: Key Knowledge and Skills for Providing Effective Support - 3 or 2 days
CBT for Panic - 2 days

To be awarded the diploma, students must also complete an online exam (in their own time) after each course.

If you have already attended one or more of these courses in the last 2 years, then you have an exemption for that subject(s), you don't need to attend the same course again. If you have already attended the equivalent of one or more of these courses from another training-provider in the last 2 years, then again you have an exemption for that subject(s), although you do need to submit evidence of the training and pay a reading fee for APT to assess it.

Please note that the diploma should be completed within 2 years from the date you undertake the first course.

The diploma can be achieved either by enrolling on the full programme, or by purchasing and completing the individual qualifying courses separately over the 2-year period.

What you receive as a result of attending the training:

You will be registered as having attended the course, thereby gaining The APT Diploma in Working with common mental health diagnoses, and receive a certificate to this effect and Level 4 APT Registration which gains you access to the resources associated with the course.

Your registration lasts indefinitely, and your accreditation to use the resources lasts for 3 years and is renewable by attending a Masterclass top-up day or submitting evidence of continued practice, and your reflections on that practice (to the required level).

Your registration is given value by the fact of over 150,000 people having attended APT training. See APT Registration for full details.

Booking is easy...
choose your favourite option:

Option 1: Online Live course:

A live and interactive event hosted online via Zoom (and you don’t even have to have your own Zoom account). Price: $4,975 AUD per person. The fee covers: tuition, PDF workbook, certification, registration, and accreditation at APT’s Level 4.

Select the 5 courses/dates you would like to attend from the list below. (If you would like to purchase the courses individually, please book them through the individual course pages by clicking the blue headings):

Available dates (see booking form for times in AWST):

The ADDRESS^® Course for Working with Personality Disorder 3-days

CBT Essentials 3-days

Trauma-Focused CBT, for all ages 3-days

Key Knowledge & Skills for working with Alcohol and Substance Misuse 3-days

CBT Plus, with Anxiety 3-days

ADHD Across the Lifespan: Key Knowledge and Skills for Effective Intervention 3-days

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Option 3: Deliver live training in-house:

If you or a colleague are a senior mental health professional and have a talent for communication and teaching, you can apply (free-of-charge) to become an APT-accredited tutor and deliver the course in your own organisation, under license.

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As a bona fide APT event, this course automatically has accreditation from The Association for Psychological Therapies. This means (i) that it contains the right amount of relevant information for its duration, and (ii) the information is presented in an engaging way, and in a way that will make it likely to be used after the course. APT verifies the accreditation by publishing the delegates' average ratings of relevance and presentation-quality for all its accredited courses. The accreditation is given value by over 150,000 professionals having attended APT courses.