Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC)
What is Stepped Care?
Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC)
APSI collaborates with the Counselling in Primary Care (CIPC) service in County Roscommon.
APSI also has developed strong links with both mental health and non-mental health agencies in the community. These include counselling services, addiction services and social services.
For more information on CIPC click here.
What is Stepped Care?
APSI offers a wide range of treatments in a Stepped Care approach which provides the following treatments:
- Guided Self Help (GSH): You are provided with booklets and worksheets tailored to your needs and are supported by a Mental Health Practitioner by both telephone and face-to-face contact over 4 – 6 weeks.
- Group Work: You are offered a place within a group (e.g., stress management group) of up to 12 people. Group sessions are 1.5 hours and are facilitated by two Mental Health Practitioners. Groups and run over 7 weeks.
- One-to-one (1:1) Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): This is the most intensive intervention that APSI offers and is only for those with appropriate clinical need. You will be offered 6 sessions of CBT with a Mental Health Practitioner.
- Computerised CBT (cCBT): This is an online course in which clients will have access to videos and learning materials based on the principles of CBT. Clients are expected to work through the course over 4 weeks.
The following graphic illustrates how this APSI Stepped Care model works. To enlarge the graphic, click on the image:
