Have you ever wondered why some of your conversations and consultations seem to go well and almost effortlessly, while others just feel like hard work and there is just no flow.

 

Would you like to explore and develop some of the skills that will help you to meet and talk with people effectively and efficiently, making best use of often-sparse resources, particularly time?

 

College members GPs Dr. Mark Chambers, Dr. Naveed Akhtar, and hypnotherapist Freddy Jacquin are putting together a series of 1-hour on-line presentations to explain how knowledge of the principles and practice of some advanced communication skills can be introduced into our conversations with patients and clients, particularly within the 10-minute model of the GP consultation. 

 

Over the course of the sessions they will be demonstrating and teaching quick and effective ways of addressing various issues, often where conventional medical approaches are not particularly helpful. 

 

The intention is that the sessions are as experiential as possible, so learning can be quick. The sessions will aim to equip participants with sufficient understanding and confidence that they will be able quickly and safely to start to explore the techniques in their own work.

 

The first session at 19:00 on Thursday 7th January will provide a brief introduction to some of the principles underlying the  approaches that participants will explore and experience throughout the course.

 

The specific theme for the first session is Chronic Pain.  Details of how to access this webinar will be emailed after booking.

 

Freddy will demonstrate a very effective technique that he has developed for addressing chronic pain, and run through the principles, so participants will have what they need to start exploring it for themselves.

 

This methodology is proving to be very versatile and can be effectively applied to a wide range of other issues.

 

Subsequent planned sessions will look at creative ways to approach for, among other things, phobias, chronic fatigue syndrome, ME, fibromylagia, addictions and weight loss.