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This year's WaMH in PC ‘Really Useful Conference’ will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October looking at innovative approaches in primary care mental health.

You can download the full agenda on the following link - 2013 Conference Agenda - and the afternoon session will be split up into a series of workshops including the following session on 'Safeguarding':

Workshop: Safeguarding
Speaker: Dr Venetia Young: Safeguarding Lead GP Eden Valley CCG / Retired GP 

The aim of the workshop is to:

• Provide a framework for thinking about the safeguarding of children and adults in the Primary Care setting
• Explain by the example of work in progress at the Lakes Medical Practice in Penrith - simple measures that can make communication between agencies and within the practice easier and safer around these issues
• Discuss what the training issues for clinicians really are, apart from the demands of Level 3 and 4 competencies

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education), our conference is focussed on bringing mental health professionals and organisations together in a collaborative setting.

Delegate fees are £125 per person for the event with free CPR training available on a first-come-first-served basis. To book your place please download and fill in our Registration Form.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.

This year's WaMH in PC ‘Really Useful Conference’ will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October looking at innovative approaches in primary care mental health.

You can download the full agenda on the following link - 2013 Conference Agenda - and the afternoon session will be split up into a series of workshops including the following session on 'EMDR':

Workshop: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Workshop
Speaker: Pam Virdi: EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant and Psychotherapist Lecturer / Trainer and Supervisor

Dr Derek Farrell: Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Worcester Participants will be introduced to EMDR as an evidence based psychological treatment for PTSD and other psychological conditions.

At the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

• Describe the nature of traumatic memory
• Discuss the range of conditions for which EMDR can be used
• Describe the theoretical underpinning of EMDR
• Name the various methods of bilateral stimulation
• Outline some of the key research studies on the role of eye-movement in EMDR

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education), our conference is focussed on bringing mental health professionals and organisations together in a collaborative setting.

Delegate fees are £125 per person for the event with free CPR training available on a first-come-first-served basis. To book your place please download and fill in our Registration Form.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516. 

This year's WaMH in PC ‘Really Useful Conference’ will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October looking at innovative approaches in primary care mental health.

You can download the full agenda on the following link - 2013 Conference Agenda - and the afternoon session will be split up into a series of workshops including the following session on 'mindfulness':

Workshop: 'The art and science of Mindfulness(an introduction to use in clinical practice)'
Speaker: Martin J Smith Phd: Psychotherapist and Trainer ITC Consultancy 

Mindfulness has grown in popularity and is now accepted as a valid and powerful tool in therapeutic treatments with a strong evidence base. 

Drawn from eastern philosophies it has been shown to be acceptable to a very wide range of clientele.

This session will highlight a range of techniques and ideas from mindfulness practice to introduce established mental health practitioners to utilise these key principles and techniques in a clinical setting.

Key subject areas for this workshop include:

• Understanding the key principles of mindfulness
• Understanding the context of mindfulness practice in the mental health setting
• Highlighting simple and effective mindfulness exercises for use in a clinical setting as an introduction

The workshop will also provide an opportunity for delegates to try at least one 'mindfulness' exercise and take away another for use with clients and patients.

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education), our conference is focussed on bringing mental health professionals and organisations together in a collaborative setting.

Delegate fees are £125 per person for the event with free CPR training available on a first-come-first-served basis. To book your place please download and fill in our Registration Form.

Fees are payable by cheque to "RCGP Wales" or by invoice upon request with further details available from our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.