1 day forum | Talking Therapies Clinical Skills in Practice

Holiday Inn London – Bloomsbury

Thu 21 Sep 2023

This training conference provided all attendees with practical real life skills that can be applied in day to day therapeutic practice. This innovative day shared an informative series of workshop style presentations led by experts in the field and was complemented by key-note presentations with nation perspectived, delivered by trail-blazers in Talking Therapies.

With thanks to the conference sponsors:

Packed full of information to grow and develop attendees skill-set this conference explored how to:

Adapt your CBT approaches when working with ADHD
Update your understanding of the new Positive Practice Guidelines for Perinatal Interventions
Identify how data can equip you with powerful information to improve access to your service
Understand the related conditions associated with ADHD and their impact on recovery times
Make meaningful adaptations to clients with autism at Step 2 and 3
Investigate the shared challenges in retention and recruitment in NHS Talking Therapies services
Put your knowledge into practice through workshop activities to boost your confidence
Benefit from honest discussions with digital health providers about how to support service challenges

With thanks to our industry partners

SBK Healthcare would like to thank Ethypharm and Limbic for sponsoring this national networking forum.

With practical solutions to strengthen CBT approaches to ASD, perinatal interventions and ADHD

The world of NHS Talking Therapies is changing and this educational face-to-face forum enabled attendees to refresh their understanding and grow their knowledge base. With a host of opportunities for attendees to engage with specialists in the room and find solutions to common challenges this conference built confidence and shared tools to improve outcomes for clients.

9:00	Registration, networking and refreshments
9:30	Chair’s opening remarks Andy Wright, Chief Operating Officer, Everyturn Mental Health
National data analysis
9:40	Best practice insights from analysis of the IAPT dataset Understanding and taking lessons from the unique NHS Talking Therapies dataset Identifying populations and who benefits the most and least How to utilise ADSMs to encourage better outcomes for clients David Clark, Chair of Experimental Psychology at University of Oxford, National Clinical and Informatics Advisor for the NHS Talking Therapies Programme, NHS England
10:10	Shared findings in understanding recruitment and improving staff retention Evaluating regional and national responses to tackle the recruitment challenge Heather Stonebank, Quality Improvement Manager, Yorkshire and the Humber Clinical Networks, NHS England
10:30	Questions and answers with your speakers David Clark and Heather Stonebank
Technology in action
10:40	Feeling the benefits of digital mental health Benefit from a 10 minute presentation from leading industry partners. Then, sitting on round tables, discuss individually how they can tackle your digital health concerns and answer your specific questions. Case study: Shared experiences of embedding AI-enabled tools to improve service accessibility Deprexis for Talking Therapy services Johanna Habicht, Clinical Researcher, Limbic, Mona Stylianou, Principal Clinical Lead, Everyturn Mental Health Talking Therapies and Adrian Squires, National Sales Manager, UK, Ethypharm Digital Therapy
11:10	Refreshments, networking break and meet your industry partners
Workshop one: Supporting ADHD
11:30	Adult ADHD: Increasing your therapeutic confidence Understanding the impact of adult ADHD and the associated distress Practical approaches for therapeutic engagement Adapting your approaches for those with diagnosis, awaiting diagnosis and self-identifying adults with ADHD Dr Antonia Dittner, Lead Clinical Psychologist, National Adult ADHD and ASD Psychology Service (NAAAPS), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
12:15	Workshop activity: Practical strategies to improve your ADHD interventions Sit with your peers and discuss how you can approach treating ADHD during a period of high demand. Workshop practical and proactive methods to improve engagement with client during sessions and learn how best work with the associated comorbidities. Dr Antonia Dittner, Principal Clinical Psychologist and National Adult ADHD and ASD Psychology Service (NAAAPS), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
12:30	Workshop activity feedback: Practical strategies to improve your ADHD interventions Share your findings with your workshop leader and find out how to work better with clients with ADHD. Dr Antonia Dittner, Principal Clinical Psychologist and National Adult ADHD and ASD Psychology Service (NAAAPS), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
12:40	Refreshments, networking lunch and meet your industry partners
Workshop two: Perinatal Interventions
1:40	Putting the Perinatal Interventions Positive Practice Guide into Action Investigating the change in the Positive Practice Guidelines What has changed and how can we implement it? How does it integrate with the competency framework to improve provisions for clients Dr Sarah Healy, Clinical Director and Specialist Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, The Perinatal Psychology Practice
2:25	Workshop activity: Examining the gaps in perinatal mental health care Analyse the gaps in your service and work out in groups what you can do to bridge the pathway. Learn from other services at the table and gain a guided insight in what you can do in the here and now to improve outcomes for your clients. Dr Sarah Healy, Clinical Director and Specialist Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, The Perinatal Psychology Practice
2:40	Workshop activity feedback: Examining the gaps in perinatal mental health care Share your findings with your workshop leader and find out how to work better with perinatal clients. Dr Sarah Healy, Clinical Director and Specialist Perinatal Clinical Psychologist, The Perinatal Psychology Practice
2:50	Refreshments, networking and meet your industry partners
Workshop three: Raising best practice for Autism
3:10	Evidence-based adaptations to CBT for autistic people Improving accessibility of adapted CBT: therapists and clients Incorporating evidence based therapy at step 2 and at step 3 Service resources and issues Ailsa Russell, Reader, Centre for Applied Autism Research, University of Bath
3:55	Workshop activity: Developing confidence in adapting your practice for autistic people: barriers and benefits Collaborate with colleagues on your table and be guided by your workshop leader on how you can support with clients who are waiting for diagnosis and those that have received their diagnosis. Navigate the similarities and differences to ensure that you are providing the best possible care. Ailsa Russell, Reader, Centre for Applied Autism Research, University of Bath
4:10	Workshop activity feedback: Sharing possibilities Share your findings with your workshop leader and find out how to work better with neuro-divergent clients. Ailsa Russell, Reader, Centre for Applied Autism Research, University of Bath
4:20	Chairs closing remarks
4:30	Close of conference

Andy Wright

Chief Operating Officer

Everyturn Mental Health

David Clark

Chair of Experimental Psychology at University of Oxford

National Clinical and Informatics Advisor for the NHS Talking Therapies Programme, NHS England

Biography

Heather Stonebank

Quality Improvement Manager

Yorkshire and the Humber Clinical Networks, NHS England

Biography

Dr Antonia Dittner

Lead Clinical Psychologist, National Adult ADHD and ASD Psychology Service (NAAAPS)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Dr Sarah Healy

Clinical Director and Specialist Perinatal Clinical Psychologist

The Perinatal Psychology Practice

Ailsa Russell

Reader, Centre for Applied Autism Research

University of Bath

Biography

Johanna Habicht

Clinical Researcher

Limbic

Adrian Squires

National Sales Manager, UK

Ethypharm Digital Therapy

A one day conference dedicated to developing implementable skills

With over 60 attendees from across Talking Therapies, this one day conference brought together a whole range of professionals for learning and networking.

Attendees included the following jobtitles:

Social Prescriber Link Worker - Listening and Guidance Advisor
PWP
Senior Clinical Lead IAPT Long Term Health Conditions Service
Digital Service Lead
High Intensity Therapist
High Intensity Worker
Service Manager - TFY & TFY+
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Clinical Lead
Lead Clinician
Team Lead
Gateway Worker
Lead Therapist
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Business Development Manager
Senior PWP
Clinical Supervisor
Consultant Clinical Lead
CBT Therapist/DIT Psychotherapist
Key Account Manager
CBT Specialist
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Senior Occupational Therapist
Clinical and Operational Lead
Lead for S2W LTC Service
Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Senior CBT Therapist and Perinatal Lead
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Psychologist
Clinical Lead and Head of Psychological Therapies
Psychological Therapies and Wellbeing Clinical Services Manager
Service Clinical Lead
Assistant Psychologist
PWP Team Lead
Step 2 Clinical Lead
National Sales Manager, UK
Chief Operating Officer
Principal Clinical Lead
Clinical Researcher
Quality Improvement Manager
Principal Clinical Psychologist and National Adult ADHD and ASD Psychology Service (NAAAPS)
Clinical Director, Specialist Perinatal Clinical Psychologist
Reader, Centre for Applied Autism Research
Vice President Commercial Operations
Head of Market Access
Director of Client Services

From the following organisations:

DIHC - Dudley and Netherton PCN
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service
MerseyCare NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Essex Talking Therapies
NHS Greater Manchester ICB
NHS Talking Therapies Service (Step 2)
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
North Hampshire Urgent Care
PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Rething Mental Illness
Somerset IAPT Service
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Talk Wandsworth
Limbic
Bromley Healthcare
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
High Weald, Lewes and Havens Locality
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Mind in Bexley and East Kent
Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest
NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Talking Therapies
South West London And St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
We Are With You
Everyturn Mental Health Talking Therapies
NHS England and NHS Improvement – Yorkshire and the Humber
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
The Perinatal Psychology Practice
University of Bath
Ethypharm Digital Therapy UK

Here are just some coments from attendees on the day

"I think it has been a really well-organised conference, covering topics relevant t o our clinical work but often not well covered. Much appreciated"

- Therapy for You EPUT

"Very professional, well-organised and pitched well to the audience"

- East Sussex Talking Therapies Service

"Great for increasing awareness about service provision for perinatal clients and autistic and ADHD clients. Delivery from top researchers/specialists. Also, good opportunities for networking with other services"

- Steps2Wellbeing

With thanks to the conference sponsors

EDT is committed to providing clinically digital proven therapies to deliver improved patient outcomes and release resources for healthcare providers.

The most validated and widely-used AI assistant in NHS IAPT. Limbic has already released over 30,000 clinical hours and is loved by patients

Why sponsor at an NNF event

We believe in knowing our customers and working with them in tandem to create strategic and well-conceived solutions that provide all the necessary sales and marketing levers to achieve their objectives and deliver the required level of engagement across the event. It is widely accepted that sponsorship provides a great means of broadening your competitive edge by improving your company’s image, prestige and credibility. Aside from enhancing visibility and image it provides a level playing field.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Sarah Kemm

Contact: 01732 897788

Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk

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