Association for Psychological Therapies

The Association for Psychological Therapies (APT) is a body providing recognition of excellence, training, resources, and accreditation to professionals working in Mental Health and related areas, mainly in the UK's National Health Service and Independent Health providers, but also in Canada and Australia.  

History

The Association for Psychological Therapies was founded in 1981[1] by Dr William Davies and Dr Derek Perkins, two clinical Psychologists based in Birmingham, England. APT's head office is now located in Thurnby, Leicestershire and was incorporated as a Private Limited Company under the name APT Training and Consultancy Ltd on 26 May 2006.[2]

APT now employ over 50 tutors on a consultancy basis, and have provided professional development to over 100,000 people working in the helping professions.[1]

In 2018 APT was involved in a court case against Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, who infringed a trademark registered by APT for the name ‘RAID’.[3] APT has provided training for the mental health approach called ‘RAID’ (Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive) since 1990, whilst Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust introduced the same acronym in 2009, for a specialist multidisciplinary mental health service. The High Court judge, HH Melissa Clarke, found that the trademark had been infringed.[4][5][6][7][8][9] The case, held in Birmingham, was the first ever to be heard by the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court outside of London.[10]  

Resources developed

Tools that APT have developed include The RAID® System to help those working with disturbed and challenging behaviour,[11][12][13] with research showing a reduced number of incidents of challenging behaviour in medium secure LD wards. [14] Other tools and resources developed by APT include the DICES® Risk Assessment and Management System, used by mental health professionals to assess and manage the risks of suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, self-neglect and vulnerability, violence to others, and sexual assault,[15] and Davies's structured interview for assessing adolescents in crisis.[16]  

Awards

APT was shortlisted for the Learning and Performance Institute, Learning Provider of The Year award in 2019[17] gaining the bronze award, and APT's Academic Director (Dr William Davies) was shortlisted for the Investors in People, Leader of the Year award in 2020.[18]

Notes
  1. Association for Psychological Therapies, “The Association for Psychological Therapies“, ‘’Association for Psychological Therapies’’, Retrieved 28th February 2019
  2. Companies House, “A.P.T. TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LIMITED“, ‘’Companies House’’, Retrieved 28th February 2019
  3. Nick Carding, “Trust in £100,000 court battle over alleged trademark breach“, ‘’HSJ’’, 20 November 2018
  4. Mark Smulian, “NHS trust infringed trade mark owned by consultancy, court rules“, ‘’Local Government Lawyer’’, 15 January 2019
  5. Nick Carding, “Trust in £100,000 court battle over alleged trademark breach“, ‘’HSJ’’, 16 January 2019
  6. Mark Smulian, “NHS trust infringed trade mark owned by consultancy, court rules“, ‘’Public Law Today’’, 15 January 2019
  7. Practical Law IP&IT, “Use of RAID mark by NHS foundation trust was in the course of trade (IPEC)“, ‘’Thomson Reuters Practical Law’’, 16 January 2019
  8. Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, “Trust in £100,000 court battle over alleged trademark breach“, ‘’HSJ’’, 9 January 2019
  9. Counsel Magazine, “APT Training & Consultancy Ltd and another v Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust“, ‘’Counsel Magazine’’, Retrieved 28 February 2019
  10. Howes Percival, “Howes Percival successfully acts in NHS Trust trademark case“, ‘’Northamptonshire Chamber’’, 21 January 2019
  11. Dr. Bronwen Davies, “Introducing Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Within a Medium Secure Forensic Mental Health Service“, ‘’NHS England, Page 10’’, Retrieved 28 February 2019
  12. St Andrew’s Healthcare, “Recovery Journeys“, ‘’NHS, Page 13’’, Retrieved 28 February 2019
  13. Sarah Lee and Rachel West, “Cognitive Approaches to Intervention“, ‘’Neupsy Key’’, Retrieved 28 February 2019
  14. Shelton 2019: 5
  15. Kevin Bond, “Quality Account“, ‘’NHS, Page 7’’, Retrieved 28 February 2019
  16. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, “Davies's Structured Interview for Assessing Adolescents in Crisis“, ‘’National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’’, 4 July 2013
  17. Learning and Performance Institute, “The Learning Awards 2019 – Final Results“, ‘’Learning and Performance Institute’’, Retrieved 28 February 2019
  18. Investors in People, “The Investors in People Awards 2020 Shortlist“, ‘’Investors in People’’, Retrieved 12 October 2020
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