Phil Harris
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Training Courses
Face-to-Face & Video Conferencing
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Social Worker
"This is the 3rd time I have done this training but this is the longest course I have done. I learn something new every time. It's incredibly useful & the online resource is fantastic. Phil is very knowledgeable and welcoming making the course brilliant. Thank you!"
Health Care Assistant, Acute Mental Health Ward
"Everything was useful, particularly ways in which we can practice with the knowledge gained on the training. Fantastic, engaging, inspiring. Without doubt one of the most informative courses I have been on! Great facilitator! Great not to have PowerPoint presentation. I would do a week on this training."
Mental Health Worker
“Yes, amazing insight… Just wish we had more time to chat about things. Lots of useful stuff I can incorporate into my work. If I had an addiction issue I would really hope Phil could be my worker…
Great knowledge.”
Interventions
Motivational Interviewing
Leading approach to support clients with low motivation too engage in change. A brief intervention or primer into comprehensive care.
Concerned Others
Practical skills to help family members initiate change in a loved one and improve their own lives. Complete programme based on the PACT model.
Solution Focussed Therapy
Strengths based approach to help clients create and achieve their goals.
CBT
Toolbox
Provides a range of rapid and effective techniques to reduce symptoms depression, trauma, anxiety & poor impulse control conditions.
Treatment Resistant Clients
Clear strategies to help stuck clients overcome their blocks & resistance to change. Eradicates blocks in the client, practitioner and the process.
Mental Health
Understanding Mental Health
Recognising and responding to major mental health disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar, depression and anxiety. Plus Mental Health Law in practice settings.
Personality Disorders
Explores Personality Traits, their expression and the major Personality Disorders. It demonstrates how to sustain relationships, build distress intolerance and reduce impulsive behaviours.
Management of PTSD
Identifies key responses to trauma and offers practical, immediate coping skills to reduce symptoms. Including intrusive memory, sleep disorders and disassociation.
Drugs & Alcohol
Dual Diagnosis
Describes how drugs and mental health interact to become bigger than the sum of their parts. Offers a wide understanding and skills set to help support complex needs.
Controlled Drinking
How to set drinking goals, develop & practice moderation skills. Review & learn from typical over-drinking patterns.
Addiction & Recovery
Provides drug awareness, including New Psychoactive Substances, defining problematic use and how recovery unfolds.
Relapse Prevention
Maps key stages of the recovery journey and provides critical interventions to assist the attainment of a more fulfilling life.
Housing
Young People
Adolescent Neglect
Neglect in adolescence is more impactful than childhood neglect. This course identifies 4 types of neglect, its impact on development and how to assess it.
Young People & Substance Use
Young peoples substance misuse differs from adults in both drivers and impact. This course maps its evolution and describes how best to respond.
Young People & Complex Needs
Identifies how difficulties cluster in young peoples lives and how to respond effectively to thier multiple needs.