Deliberate self-harm: tackling the myths

This poster explodes the myths that surround deliberate self-harm and the idea that it’s all ‘manipulation’ or ‘attention-seeking’.

Course design 11: Planning

This list and the thematic notes alongside it form the backbone of the finished course.

Course design 9: Schema (build on what they know)

By taking the time to work with peoples’ schemata we can introduce some quite sophisticated concepts over the course of a day without difficulty.

Course design 8: A theme runs through it

To continue with the idea of training as a jigsaw, these themes become the ‘glue’ that holds it all together. That’s why we only need a small number of themes.

Special offer from The Care Guy

If you book training from The Care Guy to be delivered before March 31st 2012 you’ll get it at a full 20% discount.

Hope for people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

The article clearly demonstrates that the old, outdated medical model assumptions about Borderline Personality Disorder are both wrong and extremely limiting

Safeguarding 13: Scottish additions

We have covered the seven types of abuse defined throughout UK and described in ‘No Secrets’ and the ‘Care Standards Act’. For trainees in England this is sufficient but when I’m delivering training North of the border in Scotland I cover two additional categories. These are: Verbal abuse Self abuse In a sense we have [...]

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