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Further to the closure of the IAHIP office as notified in our bulletin of the 31st March we wish to advise the following:

Post

Correspondence already posted to the office will be dealt with when the office re-opens. In the meantime we would ask you to avoid sending anything to the office by post until such a time as the office will be re-opened, notification of which will be sent to you when that time comes.

Any applications for accreditation, re-accreditation, supervision and supervision re-accreditation which were sent to the office before the 28th March are currently being dealt with remotely. If you have received communication from the relevant committee regarding your application, please respond directly to them.

Queries

Please email the office via email to admin@nulliahip.org or manager@nulliahip.org with your queries as the phones aren’t being monitored.

Yours sincerely,

IAHIP Administration

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Dear Members

We are aware that many of you may be feeling anxious and isolated as the reality of Covid-19 touches all our lives. Many, if not all, have had to make the decision to discontinue face to face therapy sessions in order to protect the safety of your clients, yourselves and the wider community. You may well be at home, self-isolating and keeping the required ‘social distance’.

Telephone/Online Therapy

The use of video and phone sessions for client work has been sanctioned for accredited and pre-accredited members, however text sessions have not.

Some of your clients may have opted for telephone/online sessions. For those of us unfamiliar with online therapy, offering such sessions can be a bit daunting. It is far from ideal, but it may be the only way to offer support to our clients at this time. It will be a learning and an adventure for them and for us, and given our capacity for creativity and adaptation, it need not be too terrifying.

Please see the link below for a 9-hour online introductory training for online therapy which may be helpful in the current situation: https://www.kateanthony.net/shortcoursementalhealth/

Making Connections

We would encourage you all as individuals to reach out to your colleagues in IAHIP to offer and receive support. Make contact by phone, email, WhatsApp etc. so that you don’t feel so isolated, especially if you are ‘home alone’!

Members Forum

We will soon have a members’ forum on the website which will enable people to talk to each other, exchange ideas, share how you are managing and receive support.

However, this is still 6-8 weeks away from being up and running.

In the meantime, we recommend that members utilize the IAHIP Members Network Page on Linkedin where people can communicate with one another and support each other by sharing/getting guidance on work …read more

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Updated Communication: Therapy and supervision SESSIONS using telephone and video communication

Dear Members

Further to our Bulletin of the 11th March in connection with COVID – 129 (Coronavirus) we wish to advise the following:

The use of video and phone sessions has been sanctioned for accredited and pre-accredited members however text sessions have not.

Please note that students training as therapists or accredited members working towards supervision accreditation cannot offer sessions through phone or video, however they can receive supervision from qualified and accredited supervisors.

The Governing Body will continue to monitor the situation and communicate with the membership accordingly.

Governing Body IAHIP

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Re: Therapy and supervision SESSIONS using telephone and video communication DURING PERIOD OF COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS)

Dear Members

In light of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak, where it becomes necessary for reasons of personal and community safety, IAHIP will formally recognise “video and telephone communication” but not other forms of electronic communication (e.g. WhatsApp) for therapy and supervision sessions carried out by IAHIP psychotherapists and supervisors for the duration of this epidemic. Please inform yourselves as to the safest means of communication with your clients / supervisees. You may also need to check with your insurers before commencing therapy using the above methods. Please ensure your ongoing supervision and support.

Such hours will also be counted towards accreditation for pre-accredited members or supervisors working towards supervision accreditation for the first time.

The above applies to this period of uncertainty in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and will not be a permanent ruling.

Governing Body. IAHIP

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