WaMH in PC Annual Conference 2013 Agenda

Submitted by WaMH in PC on Mon, 08/07/2013 - 05:00

This year's annual conference offers free training with an agenda packed full of workshops aimed at improving your communications skills during mental health consultations.

Our 2013 conference called ‘The Really Useful Conference’ and will be held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Wednesday 9 October.

Run in conjunction with primhe (Primary Care Mental Health and Education) it will look at how the well-being of staff and patients can be improved in general practice.

As part of our agenda we're offering 24 free CPR training places on a first-come-first-served basis subject to the payment of your delegate fee.

We're also offering a discounted early bird delegate fee until 26th July for £105 with places charged at £125 per person after this date.

On the day the agenda will be split up into a series of workshops led by professional trainers who will be offering 10 winning tips primary care mental health practitioners can use to improve their 10-minute consultations. They'll cover the following subjects:

  • Mindfulness
  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
  • Mental Health Promotion
  • Bathe Techniques
  • Emotional Freedom Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Positive Psychology
  • Safeguarding

Our target audience is wide ranging but our focus is to bring mental health practitioners and professionals, policy makers, agencies and organisations together so they can work in collaboration.

Our annual conferences provide excellent opportunities for you to network, meet new people, form new alliances and take part in some exciting, thought-provoking and informative plenary sessions and workshops.

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.