Psychological Therapies in Prisons

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Psychological Therapies in Prisons

• Professor Graham Towl, Chief Psychologist, NOMS,
  Ministry of Justice

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Introduction/Context

• Needs
• Psychologists
• Psychological Therapists
• Psychologically therapeutic
• Conclusions
• Futures

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NEEDS

• Physical
• Psychological
• Social

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Psychologists

• Directly employed psychologists by NOMS
• Numbers
• Trainees
• Applied psychologists range 80 in common
• Forensic psychologists
• Counselling psychologists

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Psychological Therapies

• Psychological Therapists range psychological
  staff, psychotherapists, counsellors, teachers,
  prison officers and administrative staff
• Psychological models Behavioural to
  psychodynamic
• Who is the client?
• Ethical issues

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Psychologically therapeutic

• Kindness
• Respect
• Courtesy
• Consideration
• Boundaried

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Conclusions

• Increase in psychological approaches in recent
  years
• Acknowledge range of needs
• Being therapeutic/tensions

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Futures

• Professional regulations
• Increase in psychological approaches