Tue 20 Dec 2022
On-demand

Take 30 minutes out to promote mindful self-compassion and learn how to detach yourself from unhelpful thoughts and emotions during this live meditation session led by Dr Mike Scanlan. Designed for NHS professionals, learn on-the-go meditation strategies that you can implement anywhere, at any time, to free you from the feeling of overload. 

30 Minute Meditations: Developing your Emotional Strength
On-demand 30 minutes Free

What is it about?

Not only will you log off feeling refreshed, relaxed and more resilient but you will also be armed with the lasting tools to:

  • Protect yourself from burnout and fatigue
  • Refocus your thinking to overcome negative thoughts
  • Recover and restore your busy mind so that you can perform to the best of your abilities
  • Implement relaxation strategies that you can use at home and at work

Support and guidance for you in your own time

Created specifically to support NHS staff wellbeing during their working life, plus benefit from:

  • 30 minutes facilitated meditation session – enabled by an experienced mental health professional
  • Featuring an expert guided, wellbeing video you can access in your own time
  • Free to all NHS and public sector professionals
  • Immediately accessible on the 'watch now' tab
30 minute video | Filmed on Tuesday 20th December 2022 | featuring:
Introduction
Dr Mike Scanlan, Mental Health Consultant, Mind Time Therapies
30 Minute Meditations: Developing your emotional strength
  • Guided meditations to manage your thoughts and emotions
  • Meditation techniques to build resilience

This free 30 minute webinar has been designed for NHS professionals and services. Click on the video below to view:

First-hand speaker experience

Take this unique opportunity to meditate with Dr Mike Scanlan, a Mental Health Consultant at Mind Time Therapies. Mike has previously been described by delegates as ‘Such a calming voice. Very accessible and easy to follow. I like the practical tools he has taught during the relaxing and restorative sessions’ and ‘he was very clear and has a voice that is easy to listen to.’


Job Title:
Mental Health Consultant
Organisation
Mind Time Therapies
Biography

Dr Mike Scanlan works as a director of Mind Time Therapies (MTT) and was responsible for setting up and designing the clinical model for the successful and award winning ‘Changing Minds’ Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) service. He has also led the development of the Northamptonshire Long Term Conditions Psychological Therapy Service. 

Mike led a project supported by the Department of Health to illustrate how telehealth principles can be utilised to deliver IAPT group therapy via videoconferencing to people with mental health problems with co morbid long-term conditions. 

He regularly presents at IAPT conferences and has published widely on the topic of primary care mental health. He has recently led the clinical development of a Court liaison Mental Health Service in Plymouth and worked in 2015 to design and write the service specification for an IAPT equivalent service in Qatar.

Supporting NHS professionals

SBK Healthcare has produced many useful webinars to help and support NHS healthcare professionals. These webinars can be viewed as videos free and on-demand, and include:

  • Building Psychological Resilience Skills for NHS Professionals
  • Psychological Resilience Skills II – Embedding your Techniques
  • Building Resilience for Redeployment during COVID 19
  • Compassionate Leadership Skills for NHS Frontline Staff
  • Engaging your Team to Stay Motivated during COVID 19
  • Handling and Responding to Difficult Conversations
  • How to Sleep Better during COVID-19 for NHS Frontline Staff
  • Managing Anxiety at Work for NHS Frontline Staff
  • Managing Burnout for Frontline NHS Staff during COVID-19
  • Managing Conflict on the NHS Frontline
  • Recognising and Reducing Stress for NHS Frontline Staff

There are also upcoming webinars and online forums featured on the SBK Healthcare homepage.