Nick Perry
Nick is a registered social worker and has been qualified since 2002. He has been practising first as an ASW and then as an AMHP continuously since 2007. He has been in a dedicated AMHP and practice educator role for his employing local authority since 2016 and undertook an extended secondment as AMHP Lead. He is a visiting lecturer and has taught on the Brighton University AMHP training programme since 2020. Nick undertook a foundation training in Systemic Therapy with the Kensington Consultation Centre in 2005; and during the pandemic was able to undertake the BRIEF online certificate in Solution Focused Practice. He went on to complete the Advanced Certificate in 2022 and became accredited by the UK Association for Solution Focused Practice in 2023.
He has published articles on the application of SFP to the AMHP role and edited the critically-acclaimed book: Solution Focused Practice and Mental Health Crisis: Inclusive Support for Routledge in 2025.
His next book is due to be published later in 2026: Solution Focused Practice for Approved Mental Health Professionals: Sk
Articles:
S13 Consideration and Solution Focused Practice – further reflections on a very good fit. — Blog Home (the-critical-amhp.com)
Solution-focused Practice and the Role of the Approved Mental Health Professional
s13 Consideration and Solution Focused Practice – the ‘why’ and the ‘how’? — Blog Home
What people say about Nick:
"Mix of material was good. Kept me engaged and day went quick."
"Good examples of re-framing the questions. Good video and role plays. Good training, will be used in future practice"
"Great topic. Give us more"
"Good balance of slides and interactive practice"
"Very imformative. I would definitley feel able to start using these skills and practice with solutions focussed practice. I am interested to learn more and source further training/reading etc"