Advice & Resources for Moving your Practice Online

Last updated: 14th February 2021
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We will be updating this page as and when we receive any new resources. If you have anything which you think might be of help to your IPT UK colleagues, please send them through to us via email (contact@iptuk.net) so we can add them to this webpage.

Resources for Professionals

• Chris Elliott-Rayer, IPT Therapist & Supervisor, and Ros Law have made these short videos discussing working online. Chris has been providing IPT online since September 2019 and shares his experience and tips in their conversation (please note the videos may take a couple of minutes to load)
  • ​Creative engagement techniques - Click here
  • How to set up working online - Click here
  • Rethinking connecting with the network online - Click here
  • Tracking Symptoms - Click here
  • Working with feelings - Click here
  • Getting familiar with technology - Click here
  • Role play online - Click here
  • Setting up private space (telephone call) - Click here
  • Setting up video calls for the first time - Click here
  • Sharing hard copies of questionnaires - Click here
  • Symptom review (online forms) - Click here
  • Score Tracker Template - Click here
• Security information on Zoom meeting settings - click here
• Top tips for holding telephone appointments - click here
• Top tips for video consultations - click here
• IAPT staff can download this document which contains the minimum set of questionnaire items for their clients to complete 
• You can download various outcome measures, including the PHQ-9, from the CORC website here
• Click here for a summary of the evidence for telephone-based IPT.
  • Paper one can be downloaded here.
  • Paper two can be downloaded here.
  • Paper three can be downloaded here.
• John Markowitz provided some guidance to the ISIPT community, with some very practical tips about how best to conduct therapy sessions online. Click here to view.
• BACP have released some resources for how to work ethically and effectively online. Click here to view.
• DCP Digital Healthcare Sub-Committee - top tips for providing effective therapy via video. Click here to view
• Vivian Polak has released some top tips for providing telemedicine. Click here to view.
• Telehealth Service in Infant Mental Health Home Visiting: Click here to view.
• College of Sexual & Relationship Therapists - Guidance for providing therapy and services online: Click here to view
• Guidance for psychological professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic: Click here to view.
• Why am I so tired after a day of Zoom?: Click here to view.
• Advice from the Anna Freud Centre for professionals working with children and young people during the coronavirus pandemic - click here
• A framework from the Anna Freud Centre for working therapeutically with under-5s via online digital platforms - click here
• 'Defeating Teenage Depression' by Roslyn Law - click here for various free downloadable resources to use during online sessions
• Talking to children about illness and death of a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic: Click here to view
• Addressing the public mental health challenge of COVID-19: Click here to view
• Long COVID and the role that IAPT can play: The National IAPT Team have recently completed a series of webinars on the role IAPT can play in the recovery of long COVID. All current members of the FutureNHS Collaboration Platform will have access to these resources to view at your leisure.  If you are not currently a member of this platform and wish to join, please click here to request an invite to join.
  

Mental Health Resources for Adults

• Mind: this page is particularly useful (entitled 'Coronavirus and your wellbeing'), which includes managing hand washing and anxiety, daily activities and anxiety more generally
• The Headspace app and website has a collection of free online meditation/mindfulness sessions. You can access these here.
• NAMI guide: managing anxiety, being quarantined at home, sources of support, practical tips. Click here to download the guide.
• CDC Managing stress and anxiety: this page includes ways of supporting others and taking care of yourself, including healthcare professionals and normalizing post-quarantine responses
• Positive Psychology: 2020 crisis kit, including mindfulness meditation and explorations of control/being out of control and positive action. Click here to download.
• See the Lancet paper here about the psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it.
• Recovery College Online - General information and signposting
• Recovery College Online  - Coping during the pandemic (free course) 
• Covid-19: Mental Health Information from National Survivor User Network
• Mental Health Foundation: How to look after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak
• Royal College of Psychiatrists: Community and inpatient services - COVID-19 guidance for clinicians
• World Economic Forum: Managing mental health during coronavirus - experts around the world share insights
• Mental Health and Wellbeing and COVID-19 Resources: Click here
• Association of Clinical Psychologists: Advice for remote working in Clinical Psychology 
• Dr Kate Castle: Psychological resilience through the pandemic (CBT)
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Emotional Wellbeing: Tips for Healthy Routines and Rhythms During Unpredictable Times 
  • French translation: click here
  • Spanish translation: click here
  • Dutch translation: click here
  • Turkish translation: click here
• 'Defeating Depression' by Roslyn Law - click here to download the free e-book via your local library
• The Parent Club website has various helpful resources to help parents whilst they are in quarantine with their children - click here 
• Advice from the Anna Freud Centre for parents and carers worried about the coronavirus - click here
• Advice from the Anna Freud Centre for families worried about the coronavirus - click here
• Talking to children about illness and death of a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic: Click here to view

Mental Health Resources for Young People

• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust: COVID-19 Hibernation pack and First Aid Kit
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust:  Healthy Minds Advice Leaflet for COVID-19
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust: Surviving Isolation leaflet
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust: Self-Care kit
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust: Tips for looking after you
• The BPS importance of talking to children about Coronavirus. Click here to view.
• The BPS offers advice to schools, parents and carers to help children through the uncertainty of school closures. Click here to view.
• The Anna Freud Centre have released information regarding supporting young people's mental health during periods of disruption. Click here to view.
• An illustration for children "What's going on in the world?" - Click here to view.
• Useful resources for families and schools to use during the period of closure and general support during this time: Click here to view.
• 'Defeating Teenage Depression' by Roslyn Law - click here for various free downloadable resources.
• Advice from the Anna Freud Centre for young people worried about the coronavirus - click here

World Health Organisation, NHS, Public Health England & Local Authorities

• WHO guide: broad ranging mental health and psychosocial considerations. Click here to download the guide.

• World Health Organisation - Coping with stress leaflet
• World Health Organisation - Mental Health Considerations during COVID-19 Outbreak
• World Health Organisation - Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention
• Public Health England: Click here

• NHS Covid-19 Information Governance Advice: Click here

• Yorkshire & Humber Public Health Network: Click here

Community Support, Benefits & Housing

• Claim tax relief for your job expenses - Working from home: Click here
• Benefits assessments suspended. Click here to view.

• Community Support: COVID-19 Mutual Aid UK 

• Click here to view AgeUK's guidance regarding Coronavirus
• COVID-19: guidance for residential care, supported living and home care