BACP Healthcare Conference 2012

Saturday, 28 April, York Marriott Hotel

Are you fully aware of policy updates and developments in the counselling and psychotherapy healthcare sector? What do we mean by the terms ‘counselling' and ‘psychotherapy'? What is our role in the face of an evolving NHS, and do we need to strengthen our professional identity?

You are warmly invited to join the BACP Healthcare (BACPH) executive at a seminar in April 2012 which aims to explore these questions and more. The purpose of the one-day event, taking place in York, is to inform members of developments and reforms in primary care at a time of change which started with the introduction of the Improving Access for Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme and is likely to continue in the face of policy changes to come.

The event will also provide healthcare counsellors and psychotherapists with the opportunity to explore ways of re-establishing their professional identity in the present context, and will provide a forum for practitioners to share directly with BACP Healthcare any challenges they are facing in their roles. During the day, with feedback from services and individual members, we hope to find ways to celebrate our identity, as well as consider how to define our roles and evolve as a profession.

Aimed at practitioners employed and contracted by the NHS in different settings, including NHS Trusts and the Third Sector, the day will equip practitioners to play a part in driving the future agenda, and will link in with developments regarding GP commissioning: what does it mean? How can we prepare for it?