Health Psychology
Service
Training Prospectus
2015-2016
Promoting best psychological care for
patients and staff wellbeing
Health Psychology Service
Training Prospectus
About us
As providers of specialist health psychology services for Derbyshire Community Health
Services, the first choice community services provider for 747,000 people in Derbyshire,
we have expert knowledge of delivering effective psychological interventions to people
with a wide range of physical health conditions. These include those related to chronic
pain, chronic fatigue, diabetes, CHD, respiratory disorders, progressive neurological
disorders and cancer.
We also deliver specialist consultation, training and supervision services to health care
professionals across primary and secondary care. We have expert knowledge of both
what makes for effective, psychologically informed interventions and also what makes
for effective self-care (in order to best support staff well-being).
What we can do for you
We have used our psychological expertise to design and develop a range of courses,
which are intended to provide:
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an opportunity for those who work with or support adults with challenging
physical health problems to enhance their psychological skills

an opportunity for all health care professionals and others at work to
improve their psychological well-being and capabilities
We have specifically designed courses that can be tailored to the individual needs of
your staff teams and workplaces. While the courses described have a standard content
and length, each of them can be tailored to your individual or organisational
requirements. We are happy to run these within your workplace or to arrange a training
venue, whichever best suits your needs.
This prospectus outlines the courses that are currently available throughout 2015/2016.
To discuss your individual or organisational training needs please contact Training for
Health on 01773 599475 or at trainingforhealth@dchs.nhs.uk.
Bookings
For more information about how to make a booking, please see the end of this
prospectus or visit our website at www.trainingforhealth.derbys.nhs.uk .
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Course Index
All of the courses below are set up to be delivered for individual groups or organisations
on request. Please contact us for more details or to discuss pricings.
Additionally, the course content can be adapted to provide bespoke training tailored to
your specific organisational needs.
Improving your psychological skills
Introduction to effective communication and influencing skills
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Advanced communication and influencing skills
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Self-care and self-development
Stress Management: how to take care of yourself and thrive in
challenging work situations
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Emotional Freedom Technique for Personal Stress Management
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The restorative function of clinical supervision
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Confidence and assertiveness in the workplace
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Working with specific health issues
How we explain pain matters
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Combining neuromatrix, psychological and physiotherapy approaches
in helping patients with non malignant pain
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Working with people with chronic fatigue syndrome: a
psychological perspective
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Working with people with diabetes: a psychological perspective
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Working with people with CHD: a psychological perspective
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Psycho-oncology: working with people who have had cancer
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Working with people with life-limiting and terminal conditions
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Working with people who are stressed or anxious
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Booking and other information
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Improving your psychological skills
Introduction to effective communication and influencing skills
Target audience:
General practitioners and/or other health care professionals
Course content:
It is challenging when a patient is ambivalent about change or hard to engage.
The course will cover a range of psychological strategies for enhancing effective
communication and influencing skills with these patients, helping them to achieve the
desired outcome.
Course objectives:
You will:
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learn what research tells us about effective communication strategies, including
motivational interviewing
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develop and refine effective communication and influencing skills
Standard course length: two hours
Advanced communication and influencing skills
Target audience:
General practitioners and/or other health care professionals
Course content:
The course will cover a range of psychological strategies for enhancing effective
communication and influencing skills with these patients, helping them to achieve the
desired outcome.
This is an advanced course, giving participants an opportunity to practice and refine
skills.
Course objectives:
You will:

learn what research tells us about effective communication strategies including
motivational interviewing

develop and refine effective communication and influencing skills

practise skills and receive feedback
Standard course length: one day
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Self-care and self-development
Stress Management: how to take care of yourself and thrive in
challenging work situations
Target audience:
Anyone interested in managing stress more effectively
Course content:
This course will teach a range of psychological strategies for managing demanding work
situations
Course objectives:
You will:
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understand how your body responds to stressful situations and recognise early
warning signs
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learn to develop resilience to the process of change and transition

learn to cope when there’s too little time and too much to do (addressing time
management issues, prioritising)
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learn to manage difficult relationships
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learn to access resourceful states with tools and techniques to help you manage
in difficult circumstances

learn psychological and problem solving techniques to help deal with stress in a
more effective way
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learn how to get the balance (i.e. sustainable work/life balance and using nonwork time as a source to re-energise)
Standard course length: half day
Emotional Freedom Technique for Personal Stress Management
Target audience:
Anyone interested in managing stress more effectively (not suitable for people with
significant mental health issues who require professional help)
Course content:
The theory and practice of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) will be taught and
detailed instructions will be given for its use as a self-help tool
Course objectives:
You will:
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be confident and competent to use EFT in the management of your own stress

recognise when and how to apply EFT (and also the limits of its use)
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Standard course length: half day/one day
The restorative function of clinical supervision
Target audience:
All health care professionals
Course content:
Three major functions of clinical supervision can be identified in professional literature:
normative, formative and restorative. This session explores the restorative function, i.e.
how supervision may enhance clinicians' personal and professional awareness and
skills.
Course objectives:
You will:

develop awareness of the usefulness of clinical supervision as a support
mechanism for clinical staff

develop understanding about how to make use of clinical supervision to enhance
its restorative function
Course length: half day
Confidence and assertiveness in the workplace
Target audience:
All employees wanting to feel more confident at work
Course Content:
To cover key issues, psychological perspectives and practical skills involved in assertive
behaviour in the workplace
Course Objectives:
You will:
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Learn what constitutes confident behaviour, with research from psychology and
real-life issues
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Learn a range of skills and approaches to use in practise, to enhance
performance and satisfaction at work

Practise skills and receive feedback
Standard course length:
Half/full day
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Working with specific health issues
How we explain pain matters
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people with chronic non-malignant
pain
Course content:
To explain how neuromatrix theory could inform the language we use with non
malignant pain patients
Course objectives:
You will:
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Receive a brief explanation of neuromatrix theory (i.e. that pain is multidimensional) with particular emphasis on different areas of the brain involved
in pain
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Explore the possible impact of the language we use to explain pain and
treatment choices to patients with pain
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Learn how to choose effective language with patients who experience chronic
non-malignant pain
Standard course length: half day
Combining neuromatrix, psychological and physiotherapy
approaches in helping patients with non malignant pain
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people with chronic non malignant
pain
Course content:
To provide an overview of an integrated approach to improving the quality of life,
psychological well-being and physical functioning of patients with chronic pain
Course objectives:
You will:
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Learn about the key elements of an effective integrated pain management
programme
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Learn about the key messages to provide to patients, including an
understanding of how pain works
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Learn what activities, coping strategies and ways of managing pain are most
effective in promoting well-being and functioning
Standard course length: half day/ full day
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Working with people with chronic fatigue syndrome: a
psychological perspective
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people with chronic fatigue syndrome
Course content:
To clarify current psychological understanding of the nature of chronic fatigue and how
to work effectively to improve both the functioning and quality of life of people with
chronic fatigue syndrome
Course objectives:
You will:
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learn about current perspectives on the nature of chronic syndrome

learn about best practise in the psychological management of people with
chronic fatigue syndrome
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learn about how to improve your own effectiveness in supporting people with
chronic fatigue syndrome
Standard course length: two hours
Working with people with diabetes: a psychological perspective
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people with diabetes
Course content:
To clarify current psychological understanding of issues related to diabetes and how to
work effectively to improve both the functioning and quality of life of people with
diabetes
Course objectives:
You will:

learn about current perspectives on the psychological challenges of having
diabetes

learn about best practise in the psychological management of people with
diabetes

learn about how to improve your own effectiveness in supporting people with
diabetes
Standard course length: two hours
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Working with people with CHD: a psychological perspective
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people with CHD
Course content:
To clarify current psychological understanding of issues related to CHD and how to
work effectively to improve both the functioning and quality of life of people with CHD
Course objectives:
You will:

learn about current perspectives on the psychological challenges of having CHD

learn about best practise in the psychological management of people with CHD

learn about how to improve your own effectiveness in supporting people with
CHD
Standard course length: half day
Psycho-oncology: working with people who have had cancer
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people who have had cancer
Course content:
To clarify current psychological understanding of issues related to the experience of
having had cancer and how to work effectively to improve a patient’s psychological wellbeing
Course objectives:
You will:

learn about current perspectives on the psychological challenges of having had
cancer

learn about best practise in the psychological management of people with cancer
(including issues related to diagnosis, treatment and threat of recurrence)

learn about how to improve your own effectiveness in supporting people with
cancer
Standard course length: half day
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Working with people with life-limiting and terminal conditions
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people with life-limiting and terminal
conditions
Course content:
To clarify current psychological understanding of issues related to having a life-limiting
or terminal condition and how to work effectively to improve a patient’s psychological
well-being
Course objectives:
You will:

learn about current perspectives on the psychological challenges of having a lifelimiting or terminal condition

learn about best practise in the psychological management of people with a lifelimiting or terminal condition

learn about how to improve your own effectiveness in supporting people with a
life-limiting or terminal condition
Standard course length: half day
Working with people who are stressed or anxious
Target audience:
All health care professionals providing services to people displaying symptoms of stress
or anxiety
Course content:
To clarify a psychological understanding of stress and anxiety; to understand issues
related to people who are stressed or anxious; and to learn some basic techniques that
might be useful to support people who are stressed or anxious
Course objectives:
You will:
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Develop a psychological understanding of theory explaining stress and anxiety
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Explore the impact that stress and anxiety can have on those who experience it
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Learn basic skills that may help you further support patients you are working with
who are stressed or anxious
Standard course length: two hours
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Bookings
To discuss your individual or organisational training needs please contact Training for
Health on 01773 599475 or at trainingforhealth@dchs.nhs.uk.
This will enable us to establish your specific requirements, including numbers requiring
training, venue, information materials, refreshments and fees
Course Fees
On receipt of a confirmed booking we will send you an invoice. Cheques should be
made payable to Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.
Cancellations
In the event that a cancellation is made more than 28 days before the event the full
course fee will be refundable. More than 14 days before a course, there will be a charge
of 50% of the course fee and within 14 days of a course, the full fee will be payable with
no refund. For all cancellations we will deduct an administration fee of £30 prior to
making a refund. If the course is cancelled by the provider owing to unforeseen
circumstances, then a full refund will be made to the participant. The provider will not,
however, be responsible for the reimbursement of any additional costs incurred.
Equality and Diversity
All venues will be chosen on the basis that they provide adequate access and facilities
for all participants, in line with equal opportunities. Where refreshments are provided,
please inform the course administrator of any special dietary requirements.
Useful contacts
Hazel Lea Training for Health Co-ordinator, Tel: 01773 599475 or 01246 515865
Email: trainingforhealth@dchs.nhs.uk
Dr Alan Blair Clinical Director, Health Psychology Service, Tel: 01246 515520
Email: alan.blair@dchs.nhs.uk
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