Module 1 - Assessment

The first step to becoming the best therapist that you can be is to ace the process of assessment!

If a mechanic doesn’t correctly diagnose the technical fault of a car, it’s highly unlikely that they would have much luck in repairing it. They can have the fanciest workshop and the most expensive tools, but none of that would be useful if they haven’t diagnosed the fault correctly. Our work in therapy is exactly the same. We could have completed hundreds of training courses on all kinds of amazing therapeutic tools and modalities, but unless and until we have assessed a client correctly, no therapeutic tool would be useful. If we haven’t diagnosed properly but jump into treatment, what we are doing is similar to throwing darts in a dark room, hoping that one of them would hit the target.

This training module explores why so often this important step is overlooked or rushed through by therapists. We then take a look at how to detangle and make sense of the complex web of client stories, presentation, symptoms and history. Finally, we take a look at some of the most exciting advances in the field of psychology, transdiagnostic psychology, emotion regulation, mindfulness psychology, trauma informed therapy and developmental psychology in order to inform and organise our process of assessment and create a perfect foundation for treatment.

Suitable for both experienced and early career psychologists, as well as therapists working with children, adolescents, adults or other special populations.

This eCourse can provide you with 3 hours of active CPD and includes audio and video material, quizzes and an assessment screening tool to systematise and disentangle your process of assessment.