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Psychological aspects of physical health and long-term conditions
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
One day workshop
This one-day workshop is ideal for all health professionals with a role in caring for patients with conditions such as diabetes, cardiac disease, asthma / COPD and chronic pain. Delegates will develop skills in helping patients learn to cope with their health condition and to maximise their quality of life.
By addressing emotional aspects of physical health, 10 Minute CBT helps to reduce emotional distress, low mood and anxiety, reduce repeated attendances, reduce hospital admissions, improve engagement with health services and improve relationships with patients.
KEY FEATURES
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
- Discover effective methods of encouraging positive behaviour change, such as healthy eating, increased activity and adherence to treatments such as medication
- Empower patients to understand and take responsibility for their own health, and develop increased independence and enjoyment of life
- Improve relationships and partnership with patients, encourage adherence to treatments such as medication
- Empower patients to understand and take responsibility for their own health, and develop increased independence and enjoyment of life despite the presence of chronic disease
- Learn strategies for helping patients manage unpleasant and distressing physical symptoms, such as chronic pain
- Help patients learn to cope with the uncertainty associated with physical ill-health
This introductory 10 Minute CBT workshop is suitable for a wide range of health professionals and other practitioners. This may include GPs, nurses and nurse practitioners, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists.
The training is suitable for people with little or no background or training in CBT, as well as those with more experience of CBT who wish to learn how to adapt CBT training to the 10 Minute setting.
09:00 Registration
09:30 Introduction to motivational interviewing and behaviour change strategies
10:00 Managing resistance to change
10:30 Planning for change: goal setting
11:00 Break
11:30 Overcoming obstacles and setbacks
12:00 Anxiety and depression in physical health conditions
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Case examples: anxiety and depression in physical health
14:45 10 Minute CBT skills for working with chronic pain patients
15:15 Break
15:45 Chronic Pain – DVD example
16:30 Applying the model to your own cases
17:00 Course ends
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