Mrs Caroline Dugen-Williams: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

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Mrs Caroline Dugen-Williams

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Last updated: 19 Apr 2020

Specialises in

Applied Relaxation
Behavioural Activation (BA)
CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (CBT with ERP)

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Motivational Interviewing
Trauma focused CBT

Offers

Video and telephone consultations

About me

Qualifications: M.A.; M.Ed (Psychol); M.Sc; B.Sc(Hons); RN (MH); DipHE; MBPsS; ENB998; BABCP (Accred); EMDR Europe(Accred).

I am an accredited cognitive & behavioural psychotherapist, accredited CBT supervisor and accredited EMDR practitioner. I am also a registered mental health nurse and graduate member of the British Psychological Society and currently work as a Head of Psychological Therapies and Clinical Lead within NHS primary care psychological therapy services. I have extensive experience working in the NHS, but I have also worked for 3 major Universities in research based Psychological Sciences and in the training of psychological therapists for the NHS psychological therapies programme (IAPT).

I have published in the international academic literature on the theory, science and practice of cognitive & behavioural therapies and have conducted work on a wide variety of anxiety and depression based problems. I am also a qualified therapist in the treatment of psychosis, of which I hold a masters degree and specialise in the treatment of trauma. I hold additional training in the application of cognitive & behavioural analysis system of psychotherapy (CBASP), an evidence based behavioural and cognitive therapy for the treatment of chronic and persistent depression.

Areas of interest

PTSD; Psychological trauma; anxiety; depression; chronic depression; dysthymia; adjustment problems; stress; social anxiety; health anxiety; OCD; worry; generalised anxiety disorder; psychosis; phobias, LGBT therapist.

Medical secretaries

Reception
Sutton House Group 27 Wilson Patten Street Warrington WA1 1PG
07906 679394
07906 679394
userfriendlypsychiatry@googlemail.com

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Head of Primary Care Psychological Therapies
(An NHS Foundation Trust in the North West)

Research interests

I have an interest in the application of evidence based psychological therapies. I am interested in researching the effectiveness of psychological therapies to minority populations as well as the development and implementation of therapies in routine practice settings. I have published in the theory of knowledge underpinning CBT, the philosophy underpinning dialectical behaviour therapy and practice based evidence.

Personal interests

I am a keen cycler and enjoy the occasional swim.

Awards received

-The Florence Nightingale Foundation Research Scholarship 2013-14; Lancaster University Division of Health Research Scholarship 2013/14; Trustees of the Community Psychiatric Nursing Association (1994) Single Award; Winner of the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards 2014 (Yorkshire & Humber): Development Champion of the Year; National Finalist, 2015, NHS Leadership Recognition Awards; 2016: Florence Nightingale Scholar Certificate for Contribution to the Art and Science of Nursing and Midwifery

Publications

Journal Publications
Williams, C (2015) Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and Treatment Outcomes: Epistemological Assumptions and Controversies. Consumer & Practitioner Narrative. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22, pp. 344–351
Williams, C., & Squires, G. (2014). The Session Bridging Worksheet: Impact on outcomes, homework adherence and participant experience. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist Vol 7, e4, pp 1-13
Williams, C. & Tarrier, N (2010) Treating Driving Phobia with Virtual Reality and Trauma -Focused Therapy Mental Health Practice Vol 13, No 10, pp 14 - 18
Williams, C.H.J (2008) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy within Assertive Outreach Teams : Barriers to Implementation : A Qualitative Peer Audit Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Vol. 15, issue 10, pp 850 - 856
Williams, C (2007) Incorporating adult placement in assertive outreach services Mental Health Practice 11 (4), pp 17 – 20
Williams, CHJ (2005) Assertive Outreach : The Team Approach Mental Health Practice, Vol 9, N.o 2, pp 38 – 40
Williams. C, Rowlands. M & Lally. R (2005) - Home Grown Solution Community Care, pp 3-9 Nov, issue 1597, pp 38 –39
Williams C (2002) A sense of Self and Identity: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for people with borderline personality disorder. Mental Health Practice. Vol. 5, N.o. 6, pp 24 – 27.
Books
Williams, C., Firn, M., Wharne, S. & McPherson, R. (eds) (2011) Assertive Outreach in Mental Healthcare : Current Perspectives Wiley- Blackwell Publishing, Oxford (Foreword by Kim T Mueser PhD) ISBN: 978-1-4051-9865-3

My qualifications & training

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Procedures completed

AA387
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) session - (>50)
AA756
Remote video therapy session - (5-50)
AA755
Remote telephone therapy session - (1-5)

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