APT Subject Areas.
Explore the courses available from the APT by subject area.
These pages bring together relevant courses in psychological therapies, clinical skills, crisis and risk, and working with different client groups. Whether you’re looking to develop your own practice or arrange training for a team, choose a topic below to see the courses available. Each subject page brings the relevant options together so you can find training that fits your role and the people you support.
Aggression & Violence.
Explore training for professionals working with aggression, violence and challenging behaviour. Courses cover prevention, assessment, de-escalation and practical responses to incidents. They also help teams understand the factors behind difficult behaviour and develop approaches that reduce the likelihood of future incidents.
Resilience and Retention: Responding to Overwhelm in Healthcare
Explore practical ways to recognise and respond to overwhelm in healthcare settings. Training addresses burnout, workplace pressures and the skills that help staff maintain their wellbeing. It supports professionals and managers in making constructive changes that improve resilience and retention.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Explore Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training for professionals who want to use CBT in their existing roles. Courses range from CBT Essentials to focused work with depression, anxiety, OCD and other concerns, combining case formulation with practical techniques that can be applied in clinical work.
Children & Adolescents
Explore training for professionals supporting children, adolescents and their families. Courses address a range of clinical needs and therapeutic approaches, helping practitioners strengthen their understanding of younger clients, assess their needs and develop practical skills for effective intervention.
Core Clinical Skills
Build the skills that underpin effective work with clients across mental health settings. Courses cover engagement, communication, assessment and practical intervention, helping professionals develop confidence in everyday conversations and make better use of opportunities to support meaningful change.
Crises, Intervening in
Develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to respond when people experience a mental health crisis. Courses bring together assessment, risk management and intervention, helping professionals make well-judged decisions, communicate clearly and provide timely support in challenging situations.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Explore DBT training from introductory skills to extended and advanced study. Courses address validation, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness, alongside using DBT with adolescents and running skills groups. They help professionals bring DBT principles into their practice.
Diplomas
APT Diplomas offer structured training for professionals developing expertise in a specialist area. Complete a defined combination of relevant courses to build knowledge and skills progressively, with pathways covering psychological therapies, child and adolescent mental health, crisis and risk, and forensic practice.
The Essentials Series
The Essentials series introduces leading therapeutic approaches in a practical, accessible way. Courses covering CBT, DBT, ACT, Compassion-Focused Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy help professionals understand each approach and develop techniques they can begin incorporating into their existing work.
Education: Training for Teachers and Schools
Explore mental health training for teachers, school staff and education professionals. Courses address topics such as trauma-informed practice, autism, ADHD and challenging behaviour, helping staff understand pupils’ needs and respond more confidently to difficulties that arise in educational settings.
Health Issues
Explore courses linking mental and physical health, including lifestyle factors and the psychological impact of health conditions. Training equips professionals with practical approaches to understanding clients’ wider needs and supporting change across both mental and physical health concerns.
Major Incidents, Responding to
Prepare to respond thoughtfully and effectively when a major incident affects individuals, teams or communities. Courses cover crisis support, psychological trauma, post-incident interventions and risk, helping professionals provide appropriate support in the immediate aftermath and beyond.
Making Every Contact Count (MECC)
Making Every Contact Count helps professionals use routine interactions to encourage positive changes in health and wellbeing. Explore communication and brief intervention skills, including motivational approaches that help people consider their choices and take realistic steps towards change.
Management
Explore training for managers working with mental health and workplace challenges. Courses address communication, staff wellbeing, supervision and responding to difficult situations, helping managers support their teams and create conditions in which people can work more effectively.
Masterclass Series, The
Develop your skills beyond introductory training with the APT Masterclass series. These courses offer experienced practitioners opportunities to deepen their understanding and refine their use of therapeutic approaches, including CBT, DBT, ACT and Motivational Interviewing, through advanced discussion and practical application.
Mental Health and Communication Skills for Nurses
Explore mental health and communication training relevant to nurses in a range of settings. Courses cover mental health awareness, trauma-informed practice, autism, motivational interviewing and other practical approaches, helping nurses respond sensitively to patients and make everyday interactions more effective.
Mental Health Awareness and Workplace Mental Health
Develop awareness of mental health in the workplace and the skills to respond appropriately. Courses help employees and managers recognise signs of difficulty, have supportive conversations and understand the steps they can take to improve wellbeing and support colleagues.
Mindfulness
Explore mindfulness training for mental health professionals, from introductory practice to more advanced applications. Courses examine present-moment awareness and how mindfulness can support clients and practitioners, with opportunities to develop practical skills for use in clinical work.
Older People
Explore training for professionals working with older people and their families. Courses address depression, dementia, challenging behaviour and related concerns, helping staff understand individual needs and use practical approaches to support wellbeing in later life.
Perinatal Mental Health
Explore psychological approaches relevant to the perinatal period, when parents may experience changes in mood, relationships and wellbeing. These courses help professionals strengthen their assessment and communication skills and consider appropriate ways to support people facing mental health difficulties around pregnancy and early parenthood.
Personality Disorder
Explore training that builds confidence in working with people diagnosed with, or showing features associated with, personality disorder. Courses cover therapeutic approaches, communication and intervention skills, helping professionals understand complex presentations and offer constructive support in everyday practice.
Physical Health & Mental Health
Explore training at the intersection of physical and mental health. Courses include approaches to lifestyle change, communication and psychological support, helping professionals understand how health concerns interact and support clients more effectively in their existing roles.
Psychosis
Explore training for professionals working with people experiencing psychosis. Courses address psychological approaches, practical intervention and recovery-focused work, helping delegates understand psychotic experiences and support clients and families at different stages of treatment and recovery.
RAID® Approach, The
Explore the RAID® approach to working positively with challenging behaviour. Training focuses on recognising and reinforcing appropriate behaviour, reducing opportunities for disruptive behaviour and creating more constructive interactions. Courses support teams seeking practical ways to improve outcomes for clients and staff.
Risk
Build confidence in assessing and managing risk in mental health and related settings. Courses address identifying and evaluating risk, making sound decisions and turning assessment into useful management plans, with options relevant to everyday practice and more complex situations.
Self-care and Stress Management
Explore practical training in self-care, stress management and responding to burnout. Courses help professionals recognise signs of strain, understand the pressures affecting their wellbeing and develop constructive strategies that can support sustainable working in demanding roles.
Severe & Intractable Problems
Develop skills for working with persistent or complex mental health difficulties. Courses consider crisis, self-harm, substance misuse and other challenging presentations, helping professionals assess needs, plan suitable interventions and maintain a constructive therapeutic approach when progress is difficult.
Suicide Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment
Develop the knowledge to recognise suicide risk, respond appropriately and support prevention and treatment. Courses range from general awareness to detailed assessment, risk management and clinical intervention, supporting professionals who encounter suicidal thoughts or behaviour in mental health settings.
Trauma, PTSD, Trauma-Focused Approaches and Trauma-Informed Care Training
Explore training covering trauma, PTSD and trauma-informed approaches. Courses address the impact of psychological trauma and effective clinical interventions, supporting both professionals who work directly with trauma and organisations seeking to deliver services that recognise trauma and reduce further harm.
