When Low Intensity Isn’t Low Complexity: What New Research Tells Us About PWPs and the Limits of the IAPT Model
There is a growing gap between what Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners were trained to do and what they are actually being asked to do. A new study published in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (Wynne, Kunorubwe & O’Leary, 2026) gives that gap a name – and the findings deserve the attention of everyone commissioning or managing NHS […]
Why Integrated Mental Health Support Matters
A recent systematic review published in BJPsych Open (Abichi et al., 2026) examined outcomes for people with long-term physical health conditions accessing NHS Talking Therapies. The findings are instructive. People living with long-term conditions engaged with therapy at similar rates to those without. However, their outcomes were consistently poorer, with lower recovery rates and higher […]
