Everything therapists need to know about anti depressants with Dr Anne Guy
Everything a therapist needs to know about antidepressants (but is afraid to talk about)
This session will help therapists respond to issues antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs can present in therapy, including questions that clients ask about them. As the majority of our clients will either have taken or been offered such drugs, how do we navigate conversations that might feel ‘medical’ in nature? How might our own stuff (both personal and professional) get in the way?
Dr Anne Guy (PsychD) is a psychotherapist in private practice in the UK, having previously worked as a lecturer at the University of Roehampton. She is:
• a member of the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry,
• the secretariat co-ordinator for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence
• an associate member of the Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
• lead editor for the “Guidance for Psychological Therapists: Enabling Conversations with Clients Taking or Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs” created in collaboration with leading UK therapy organisations and academics
• has co-authored articles on patients’ and therapists’ experiences of psychiatric drug withdrawal, and reports for the APPG describing current and potential service models for supporting prescribed drug dependence in the UK.
• a founder member of the Lived and professional Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) for Prescribed Drug Dependence, convened to connect people with relevant experience to NHS staff interested in understanding what patients need.
Prior to training as a therapist, Anne worked as a senior manager in financial services with a focus on process design and improvement.
A CPD certificate for 2 hours will be available on request after the workshop.