MoodMaster Groups, for mental health professionals to deliver top quality materials to those who need them.

‘This has just transformed my life’ MoodMaster group member.

If you are a mental health professional looking for top quality material to deliver to groups of patients, then you have found it. MoodMaster groups come from APT, the Association for Psychological Therapies. Over 80,000 mental health professionals have attended APT post qualification training and MoodMaster groups are designed to help you bring the most relevant and effective information direct to those who want it.

The input is based primarily on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is generally accepted as the leading approach in this sphere. For its success it relies upon the person (a) knowing key information and (b) acting on it. The groups are designed to help you achieve both of those as quickly and easily for your patients as possible.

The idea is simple, namely to provide mental health professionals with attractive, relevant, material they can run for groups of patients. We know that people run groups already, but feel that in many cases the content could be better, the structure could be better, and the materials that patients receive could also be better. We know that many patients, even those in in-patient psychiatric units, have not necessarily covered the basic skills such as how to organise your life, how to get a good night’s sleep, how to manage your emotions, how to run rewarding relationships, and how to solve problems, to take just five examples.

The development phase consisted of:

> Forming a group to decide the 28 key topics that needed to be covered, and we called this the ‘master course’.

> Writing the content and structure of the 28 sessions, including a facility for people to learn consistently from their own experience, and also to complete and report back on ‘homework tasks’ based on the material covered in session.

> Making the hand-outs attractive for the group members to receive; the artwork being undertaken by Mark Betts.

> The pilot study, running ‘open to anybody’ sessions, led by Amy Roberts and Claire Harbottle, in a room above a pub in Oadby. These sessions were indeed attended by a very wide span of people, and the results vindicated our expectations.

"My clients love it, care staff love it and sessions are a pleasure to run too. I really cannot think of anyone (service user or provider or anyone really) who could not benefit from joining a group." Dave Nash, Consultant Psychologist.



How to become a MoodMaster group leader.

If you want to run MoodMaster groups in your organisation then there are two options to choose from.

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Option 1: Take out a license for 12 months.

Cost £1,000 for a 12 month license.

Advantages:

> You attend a 1-day training course.
> You get all the materials to run the courses sent to you each week, so you are sure you have the right things, produced to a very high standard.

Disadvantages.

> You have to choose which license to have: the master course or one of the specialist courses.
> You don’t get to go on the more extensive three day training.
> You have to renew the license every year, at a cost of £1,000.

More info on Option 1: Click here

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Option 2: Attend the 3-day training course with built-in license privileges.

Cost £1,000 for the 3-day course.

Advantages:

> You attend a 3-day training course.
> You are automatically licensed to run the master course and the specialist courses.
> The annual renewal cost is only £250 plus VAT and includes a refresher day.

Disadvantages.

> You have to print out your own materials to run the courses each week, so you may not be able to get them produced to the best standard.

More info on Option 2: Click here

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If you want to become a MoodMaster group leader.

Whichever option you choose, we hope that you will want to add to the MoodMaster story by becoming a group leader and delivering MoodMaster sessions to the benefit of your patients. We are convinced that MoodMaster groups cover the most important topics that people really should know about and that currently many people do not. We believe the potential benefit of delivering this material direct to patients is immense. "I think it should be regarded as a basic foundation for all health services, but especially mental health services, that are interested in empowering their service users to be more proactive in taking care of their own feelings and promoting self-efficacy across the board. The title really says it all." Dave Nash, Consultant Psychologist.

To sign up to become a group leader, just contact us.