CDS UK Consultant Psychotherapist Nancy Borrett and Clinical Director Emma Jack are delivering a four-day training to senior mental health practitioners from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
The first day was about understanding dissociation and DID and was presented to around 65 professionals from various disciplines, including Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing, various therapy modalities and some representatives from Social Work.
The following 3 days will focus more on clinical aspects of the work with around 35 senior clinicians attending from all over the county. They will present material on understanding the complexities and challenges of working with DID, how assessment and risk management can be different with multiplicity, and ideas for working with people effectively and ethically within Somerset’s current service limitations. A former CDS UK patient will be joining them for one of the days to talk about their life as a person with DID, their therapy journey and a Q and A session.
Nancy and Emma have had excellent feedback so far and are hoping to deliver this kind of training nationally, in order to develop awareness and understanding.
