The SHARP Project

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) The SHARP Project in Primary Care

A website providing self-help resources and training

What is SHARP?

Self-Help Access in Routine Primary care (SHARP) is designed to enable primary care practitioners to support patients with mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression to access to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based self-help information.

It’s content is NICE approved and includes the following:

Access to brief self-help resources for you to help your patients to understand and manage their problems more effectively in your consultations

Links to other self-help resources

 A training course for practitioners with the following outcomes o To understand the 5 areas Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) model and how it is used in the self-help leaflets o To identify patients who are suitable for guided self-help o To engage patients in the guided self-help approach o To identify appropriate self-help materials for the patients' identified problems and goals o To support patients in their use of self-help materials WANT TO KNOW MORE??

Your IAPT worker will be only too pleased to talk to you and arrange a training session for your practice. It’s a good opportunity for your CPD. The session can be as little as 30 to 45 minutes in length if time is a pressure but can be tailored to suit your practice.