The round-up of a Twitter conversation about what helps LITs to thrive. Ten people mixing ideas and sharing stories about what works well.
It Started Out With a Tweet, How Did it End Up Like This?
Author: notaguru
NotaGuru has been a Low Intensity Therapist/Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner for ten years and loves to write about low intensity therapies, IAPT, mental health, and therapist wellbeing. Feel free to use the comments and contact section on the site or twitter @Notapwpguru .
Resilience: it’s time to change the conversation
James Spiers tackles how resilience is abused in the NHS. 'There is little opportunity for either services or staff to be “happy again after something difficult or bad has happened”. For the majority of LITs, the “difficult or bad” thing is consistently happening.'
Stuck in Solitary: Low Intensity Work With Fatigue
NaG shares lived experience of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME and thinks about what IAPT Low Intensity Therapists can do to help.
Pain, What’s IAPT Got To Do With It? IAPT LTC (2)
A monster post that roves around the topic of pain in IAPT Low Intensity work. Top tips, resources, anecdotes, and a cry for permission to bring research into practice.
A Phalanx of Possibility: IAPT LTC (1)
An introduction to IAPT LTC, from the NaG perspective.
Trapped in the Chair: Domestic Abuse in IAPT (2)
The second post in the domestic abuse series thinks about self care and other considerations when we're working with perpetrators of domestic abuse.
Don’t Empty the Bucket: Domestic Abuse in Low Intensity Work (1)
In Honour of domestic violence awareness month NaG and Sheeva consider the role of IAPT Low Intensity in prevention and helping.
Welcome to IAPT!
NaG's thoughts on getting into and through the IAPT training year. Buy your antacids now. Welcome to IAPT!
The Rock in the Hard Place: the IAPT standards
Nag has a go at the IAPT standards. It's a bit love/hate to be honest.
Stress, Sex and Side-effects: Why I routinely talk to men about their penis
James Spiers writes about the vital importance of frank conversations about sexual health in Low Intensity work.
