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Understanding and Applying Safety Formulations in Low-Intensity Practice<\/h2>\n

Date:<\/strong> Tuesday 26th January 2027<\/p>\n

Facilitators:<\/strong> Nakita Oldacre<\/a>, Sarah Mayall<\/a> and Lucy Miller<\/a><\/p>\n

Duration:<\/strong> 3 hours 09:30 am – 12:30pm<\/p>\n

Fees:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a355 Standard Price<\/p>\n

\u00a349.50 Alumni discount 10%*<\/p>\n

Training overview:<\/strong> This interactive workshop is designed to build confidence and skill in applying safety formulation within low-intensity CBT practice. Moving beyond checklist approaches, it supports practitioners to develop collaborative, formulation-driven conversations that enhance both client work and supervision. With a focus on practical application, the session offers tools and interactive examples to strengthen clinical decision-making and support safe, person-centred care in day-to-day clinical practice.<\/p>\n

Suitable For:<\/strong> Adult and Children and Young People Low-Intensity clinicians.<\/p>\n

Learning outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7 Critically reflect on the role of safety formulation in supporting safe and effective low-intensity CBT practice.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Construct collaborative safety formulations using information gathered from assessment and ongoing clinical work.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Integrate safety formulation into supervision and clinical decision-making processes.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Adapt safety formulation approaches to support individualised, person-centred care in everyday practice.<\/p>\n

Platform:<\/strong> Microsoft Teams<\/p>\n

Book Expanding Therapeutic Practice at Standard Price<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Expanding Therapeutic Practice with Alumni Discount*<\/a><\/p>\n

Facilitators:<\/h2>\n

Lucy Miller<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Lucy<\/p>\n

Lucy Miller is a qualified Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), having qualified in 2022, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She currently works within the AnDY Research Clinic and is part of the lecturing team at the Charlie Waller Institute, University of Reading, where she teaches on the Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) and Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) programmes. She also serves as a Module Convenor and Academic Tutor, supporting trainees throughout their academic and professional development. Her professional interests include promoting student wellbeing, enhancing trainee support, and ensuring practitioners receive high-quality, up-to-date training in safety assessment and management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nakita Oldacre<\/h3>\n

\"Nakita<\/h3>\n

Nakita Oldacre is a qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP), PWP Supervisor, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), with over 18 years’ experience across public and private healthcare settings. She is Programme Director for the MSci Applied Psychology (Clinical) programme at the Charlie Waller Institute, University of Reading, where she also lectures on the PWP and MSci programmes, serves as a Module Convenor and Academic Tutor, and leads Continuing Professional Development (CPD) within the department. Nakita is also an Accreditation Reviewer for the British Psychological Society’s training committee. In 2026, she completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, where her research explored alternative assessment formats to support inclusivity within clinical, NHS-commissioned programmes. Her professional interests include developing the low-intensity workforce, anti-discriminatory and culturally adapted supervision, safety assessment and management within clinical practice, and creating innovative CPD.<\/p>\n

Sarah Mayall<\/h3>\n

\"Sarah<\/h3>\n

Sarah Mayall is an experienced Clinical Lecturer and accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) with over 20 years of experience across the NHS and social care. Drawing on her extensive clinical practice and service leadership experience, she delivers engaging teaching that bridges theory and real-world clinical practice. Alongside her teaching, Sarah has held a range of clinical leadership, quality improvement, and governance roles, developing particular expertise in clinical safety, risk management, and suicide prevention. Her professional interests centre on improving the quality and safety of mental health services. Sarah is known for her creating engaging learning experiences that equip practitioners with the confidence and practical skills to make meaningful improvements in their everyday clinical practice.<\/p>\n

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*An alumni discount is available to graduates of the Charlie Waller Institute, University of Reading who have completed a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master’s degree, or MSci programme.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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