The Ailment, Main (1957) is possibly the seminal article in considering team dynamics and the effects of the work on the staff team. "Teams involved in offering inpatients psychiatric treatment are often subject to internal misunderstandings and intense feelings of rivalry and powerlessness. Th...

The most important question is 'can this project be completed within the timescale of the course and to meet the exam regs' and everything else is secondary.

It seems like a very reasonable follow-up question for them to ask. It might imply your application has reached some point in their process as you say. Not sure how it can really mean anything bad if you're able to supply evidence that it is submitted or in press.

I've had similar incidents too. I think it is very common.

As well as speaking to the client I would also speak to the organisation as soon as you can so they can do whatever they need to.

I have no knowledge of trainee PWP interviews. Is there already a thread where we have discussed how to approach role-plays in general terms? See for example https://www.clinpsy.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10088 On a very general level, what do you think the aim of a role-play as part of a clinical...

What's the problem with ABA? Isn't it just the same, it can be done badly or well?

I started training from a similar position and so have been very surprised that the journey has taken me towards what I would describe as radical, contextual behaviourism based on relational frame theory (as described by the Barnes-Holmes group in Ghent and their collaborators).

Kirsty Entwistle's letter is well worth a read.

https://medium.com/@kirstyentwistle/an- ... c541276b8d

I think the staff room metaphor is very apt. I don't recall being allowed into the school staff room as a pupil, nor are patients or visitors allowed into my workplace's staff room. If we had our workplace breaks in a public area the conversations would be very different in character, with considera...

I think you understand very well and disagree.

I don't see any benefit in it being public. Maybe you can explain the benefit to me. I don't post in here or even read it very often because it's offtopic and my interest is in the on topic, professional discussions, so it's not relevant for me. Obviously it's Miriam's party since she pays the bills...

While people might still be well advised to be circumspect, what purpose or benefit is there in letting non-members view our off topic musings?

Is Miscellaneous off-topic viewable by non-members?

What use is faithful adherence to a model if the outcome is not good?

I'd suggest that CPs are less adherent to model than other therapists because of the breadth of training.

On the contrary, it is easy to believe but much, much harder to demonstrate that either quality (or level, or type) of training or the quality (or amount or type) of supervision lead to measurably better outcomes for clients.