In this episode, we speak to Helen Macdonald, about the use of CBT in treating the impact of long-term health conditions and offer advice for both trainees and established therapists!

Key topics include:

• The role of CBT in treating long-term health conditions;
• How systemic changes have impacted on the role of therapy (and therapists!) in the context of long-term conditions;
• How to approach outcome measures, and disorder-specific measures;
• Practical tools and change methods for working with clients with long-term health conditions
• Judicious use of therapist self-disclosure.

ABOUT HELEN MACDONALD

Helen Macdonald is a CBT psychotherapist, EMDR consultant, lecturer on CBT for long-term health conditions, and a senior clinical advisor for the BABCP (for whom she also hosts a fantastic podcast!) Helen is the co-author of a self-help book for clients called Overcoming Chronic Pain, with a new third edition set to be released soon!

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In this episode, we speak to Sven Law, to discuss a whole host of topics including:

- Using CBT skills outside of a therapeutic setting;

- How to look for opportunities to use your CBT skills outside of the therapy room;

- The role of technology (including AI) and innovation in therapy, including the opportunities and the pitfalls.

Given some uncertainty around HICBT roles (with reports of certain universities deciding against running the course this year, reports of some trusts beginning to consider voluntary redundancies), we thought this episode would be a useful reminder that the toolbox of CBT skills can be used in a variety of industries.

ABOUT SVEN LAW

Sven Law is a Social Worker - turned - CBT therapist and supervisor who has also diversified and pivoted to deploy his CBT skillset into the technology industry, working with a variety of platforms including IESO, Limbic, and MindDistrict.

Sven can be found on LinkedIn, or can be emailed at TfD Therapy.

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In this episode, we speak to Sam Thompson, to discuss important things to consider when treating armed forces veterans presenting with mental health issues, and answer the most difficult listener question we've ever received on the show about confidentiality and the Geneva Convention.

ABOUT SAM THOMPSON

Sam Thompson a CBT therapist and Registered Mental Heath Nurse who works for Veterans NHS Wales and is hugely passionate about improving mental health care for those who have been employed by our armed forces.

Sam can be found on Twitter at @SamThom90

Veterans NHS Wales can be found at @VeteransWales.

More information on veterans support organisations can be found at:

veteranswales.co.uk

VeteranAware

OpCourage

HelpforHeroes

As Sam notes in the episode, we would also recommend having a search for other helpful veteran support organisations that you might find, or asking local colleagues or healthcare professionals.

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If you have queries or comments on this episode, or any other, let us know by following / tweeting (or is it xeeting?) us at @⁠⁠⁠TLS_Pod⁠⁠⁠, or by emailing us at ⁠⁠⁠hello@twolostsouls.co.uk⁠⁠⁠. If you listen on Spotify, you can even leave us a voice-message to include in our next episode!