CBT in Practice: Managing Anxiety 2023

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17May

CBT in Practice: Managing Anxiety

Timings Registration 09.00am, Course starts 09.30am, Course ends 4.30pm
Location 21 Prescot street, London, United Kingdom, E1 8BB
CPD 1 point per hour of educational activity, subject to peer group approval
Standard fee£212
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CBT in Practice: Managing Anxiety 2023

Event Information

9.00am Registration
9.30am Start: introduction + CBT overview
10.00am What is anxiety? 5 areas formulation
11.30am Morning refreshments
11.50am CBT for generalised anxiety, mindfulness
12.15pm Graded exposure for phobias and OCD
1.15pm Lunchbreak
1.45pm CBT for panic: videos and role play
3.15pm Afternoon refreshments
3.30pm Safety behaviours
4.00pm Summary, quiz, resources and feedback
4.30pm Close

Anxiety affects one in six individuals and is very commonly found alongside other mental and physical disorders. In daily practice, anxiety is frequently under-recognised and under-treated. For problems such as generalised anxiety, panic disorder and phobias, NICE recommends cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as the most effective intervention in both primary and secondary care settings. This workshop teaches you how to help patients modify unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that are inadvertently maintaining their anxiety. It will also help you to decide when to refer patients for joint or further working by other professionals within or outside of your own clinical team. 

Content includes:

  • CBT Overview: What is it? Who is suitable?
  • Clinical assessment of 'stress' and anxiety
  • NICE guidelines for anxiety
  • CBT for generalised anxiety disorder
  • Graded exposure for phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Cognitive therapy for panic disorder
  • Behavioural experiments: social anxiety
  • Facilitating motivation for change
  • Using self help resources

Dr Paul Blenkiron is an NHS consultant psychiatrist and Honorary Professor at Hull York Medical School.  He is a trainer in CBT for the RCPsych and RCGPs and an accredited member of the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies. Paul is also CBT Tutor for Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. He was awarded a NICE Fellowship in 2011 and voted RCPsych 'Psychiatric Communicator of the Year' 2016. He acts as advisor to Reading Well - England's first National Books on Prescription scheme. His publications as author/contributor include the books CBT For Occupational Stress in Health Professionals, Stories and Analogies in CBT and The Female Mind (RCPsych, 2017).    

This course is suitable for all professionals who see patients with mental health problems, including psychiatrists, nurses, GPs, IAPT workers, psychologists, counsellors and other therapists. No prior experience of CBT is needed in order to attend.

The event will take place at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB. Take a look at a map and directions to help plan your journey.

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For further information, please contact:

Email: charlotte.bowering@rcpsych.ac.uk

Contact Name: Charlotte Bowering

Contact number: 0208 618 4288

Event Location

Location: 21 Prescot street, London, E1 8BB

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