Progressing PWP Practice National Networking Forum

Progressing PWP Practice National Networking Forum
Free to attend 5 CPD Hours
Online Forum, 5 CPD hours
Wed 11 Nov 2026 09:00-15:40

Learn how to strengthen your approach, maximise engagement and improve outcomes 

Come together with other PWPs for a day of unmissable learning that places client-centred approaches and delivering effective care within service targets at the forefront of the day. Learn how to cope with complex presentations and feelings of therapist guilt whilst still providing outstanding care, improving outcomes and driving positive change for those in your service. 

Sponsored by Limbic & SilverCloud by Amwell

           

Designed specifically for PWPs

Boost engagement, work successfully within targets and handle therapist guilt

Join this free, online forum to address common challenges and leave feeling equipped with innovative approaches, ready to integrate into your practice, after exploring how to: 

  • Optimise client outcomes through self-practice and reflection
  • Maximise client engagement and prioritise reliable recovery 
  • Navigate feelings of therapist guilt: how to balance emotional impact with clinical decision making 
  • Adapt practice to support and improve outcomes for neurodiverse clients 
  • Upskill your approach in handling difficult conversations and complex presentations 
  • Benchmark how your service meets targets and changing service expectations 

Enhance your knowledge

Develop positive, practical steps to implement into your practice

This interactive forum will give you an invaluable opportunity to learn from expert speakers and join together with peers nationwide to discuss best practice and leave feeling motivated to implement lasting, effective change. Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to: 

  • Join easily and remotely to connect with PWPs from across the country 
  • Learn how peers mitigate and handle feelings of guilt  
  • Take part in interactive discussions to benchmark best practice and identify where your service could improve to promote positive client outcomes
  • Hear from an expert speaker-line up to enhance your practice 
  • Take back actionable insights in handling complex presentations and adapting practice to support your neurodiverse clients

Meet your sponsors

SBK Healthcare would like to thank Limbic and SilverCloud by Amwell for sponsoring this education forum.

Opportunities to sponsor

Talking Therapies National Networking Forums enable providers of Talking Therapy technology and treatments to support healthcare professionals. 

If you would like to sponsor this forum please email Vanessa Jarman or call Vanessa on 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available in the full sponsorship package.


9:00
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
9:30
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Sophie Strange, PWP Service Lead and PWP, NHS Berkshire Talking Therapies
Working effectively within targets
9:40
Understanding evolving service requirements whilst delivering effective, person-centred care
  • Comprehending changing recovery targets, assessment requirements and service expectations for PWPs
  • Exploring practical approaches to deliver efficient, high-quality care within time constraints
  • Working within your remit and outlining best practice for PWPs
Eve Bampton-Wilton, Clinical Programme Lead & Senior Lecturer (Fellow HEA), Enhanced Psychological Practice (Low-Intensity CBT), Low Intensity PWP Supervisor Training, CYP Leadership Development Programme, Talking Therapies Leadership Development Programme, University of Exeter, Clinical Programme Manager, Psychological Professions Network South West
Maximising client engagement
10:10
Adapting your practice to improve engagement and recovery across the therapeutic pathway
  • Addressing points of disengagement or dropout across pathways
  • Considering alternative methods of client engagement to optimise outcomes
  • Adopting techniques that promote reliable recovery
Sophie Strange, PWP Service Lead and PWP, NHS Berkshire Talking Therapies
10:40
Questions and answers with your speakers
Industry partner showcase
10:50
Sponsored presentation delivered by SilverCloud by Amwell
11:00
Sponsored presentation delivered by Limbic
11:10
Questions and answers with your industry partners
11:20
Opportunity to meet your industry partners in breakout rooms
11:30
Screen break
How to navigate therapist guilt: boundaries, signposting and difficult conversations
11:40
Building confidence in managing challenging clinical decisions whilst maintaining compassionate care
  • Recognising the emotional impact of therapist guilt when signposting, discharging or managing client engagement
  • Developing confidence in having compassionate conversations about service suitability, boundaries and endings
  • Exploring reflective strategies and peer support to manage difficult emotions and maintain professional wellbeing
Heather Nurse, Deputy Director for PWP Programmes and Clinical Lead and Service Manager (Step 2), University of Southampton and NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire
Managing complex presentations
12:10
Practical skills for navigating challenging interactions whilst maintaining therapeutic effectiveness
  • Understanding the impact of vicarious trauma and difficult client interactions on practitioner wellbeing
  • Investigating strategies for responding professionally to challenging behaviours, including microaggressions, while maintaining therapeutic relationships
  • Upskilling your practice to confidently set boundaries and contain talkative clients effectively
Layla Mofrad, Principal Psychological Therapist, Sunderland West Community Treatment Team, CNTW NHS Foundation Trust
12:40
Questions and answers with your speaker
12:50
Lunch break
1:20
Interactive discussion: How are other services supporting PWP wellbeing and managing therapist guilt?
  • Share a challenging boundary conversation you have had. What made it particularly difficult?
  • What is the difference between therapist guilt and genuine clinical concern in your decision making?
  • What is one strategy you have implemented to leave difficult clinical decisions at work and protect your wellbeing?
1:35
Feedback from interactive discussion: How are other services supporting PWP wellbeing and managing therapist guilt?
Adapting interventions to support neurodivergent clients
1:45
Building your confidence in delivering inclusive, neuro-affirming care for neurodivergent clients
  • Developing practical adaptations to interventions and homework to better support neurodivergent clients
  • How to tailor low-intensity interventions to improve engagement, accessibility and therapeutic outcomes
Jenny Cox, Chair of the BOB-ICB Community of Practice for the National Autism Training Programme, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
2:15
Questions and answers with your speaker
2:25
Interactive discussion: Supporting and improving outcomes for your neurodivergent clients: what works well?
  • What is one adaptation you have made in your practice that has had a positive impact for a neurodivergent client?
  • How do you balance adapting an intervention while staying true to evidence-based practice?
  • If you could change one aspect of your service to make it more neuro-affirming, what would it be?
2:40
Feedback from interactive discussion: Supporting and improving outcomes for your neurodivergent clients: what works well?
2:50
Screen break
Introspective approaches
3:00
Using self-practice and self-reflection to improve client outcomes
  • Understanding the evidence and theory behind self-practice and self-reflection
  • Developing awareness for where self-practice and self-reflection would be most impactful
  • Practical exercise: experience using self-practice and self-reflection and how best to take this forward
Lizzie Gray, PWP and Trainee CBT Therapist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
3:30
Questions and answers with your speaker
3:40
Closing remarks and close of day

Speaker introduction

Sophie Strange

PWP Service Lead
PWP NHS Berkshire Talking Therapies

Lizzie Gray-Smith

PWP and Trainee CBT Therapist
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Heather Nurse

Deputy Director for PWP Programmes and Clinical Lead and Service Manager (Step 2)
University of Southampton and NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire
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Jenny Cox

Work-based Tutor and Chair
Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, BOB-ICB Community of Practice for the National Autism Training Programme, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Eve Bampton-Wilton

Clinical Programme Lead & Senior Lecturer (Fellow HEA), Enhanced Psychological Practice (Low-Intensity CBT), Low Intensity PWP Supervisor Training, CYP Leadership Development Programme, Talking Therapies Leadership Development Programme, Clinical Programme Manager, Psychological Professions Network South West
University of Exeter
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Layla Mofrad

Principal Psychological Therapist
Sunderland West Community Treatment Team, CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

FREE to attend for NHS, Public Sector and Charity Attendees

Please only book a place if you are able to attend on the day as this forum will not be recorded. If you book a place and your circumstances change, meaning you are unable to attend, please inform us in writing to bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk at least 48 hours prior to the course taking place.

Failure to attend without prior written correspondence will result in a £100 charge.

Commercial companies are invited to sponsor this day please email Vanessa Jarman for further details.

What happens once you have booked your place?

Once you have registered your place on Zoom, the bookings team here at SBK Healthcare will approve your registration within 5 working days. You will receive a formal confirmation via email once your registration is approved. 

If you do not receive an email from SBK Healthcare please email us at bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.

Within one week of the online conference taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the conference.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

How this online forum will work

If you are unsure of Zoom or how to access the conference on the day, practice sessions are available. These are optional but great if you are unsure of whether your camera and microphone will work on Zoom. We hold several one hour practice sessions across the week when a member of SBK Healthcare staff will be waiting in Zoom to assist you, sure you are all set for the day. If you would like to request one of these practice sessions please email the bookings team.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the conference by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. In groups of between 6-10 people, you will be admitted into the main conference room to be greeted by a member of SBK staff. In the same group you will be taken into a breakout room and asked to turn on your video and microphone. A member of the SBK team will get your group started with some orientation tasks and ‘ice breaker’ topics, before leaving you to network.

When you are automatically brought back into the conference room for the start of the conference, you will be asked to turn off your camera and microphone so that the chair can start the forum. During each presentation you will be able to ask questions in the chat box function. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Terms and conditions

Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk.
 
Cancellations and substitutions
This online forum is free to attend to all NHS and Public Sector attendees. Please note that you can cancel your place up to 48 hours prior to the conference taking place, failure to attend without prior written cancellation will result in £100 charge. You can email the bookings team to cancel or amend an existing booking. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.
 
Conference changes
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes. Should the event be postponed for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

 
Certificate of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every attendee, as a record of continuing professional training and development.
 
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Who should attend?

Designed specifically with the needs of PWPs in mind 

This interactive forum has been created to address the challenges faced by those working at Step 2 across NHS Talking Therapies services. Join this course to network and learn from your PWP colleagues, including: 

  • Lead PWPs, Senior PWPs and PWPs 
  • Service Managers
  • Team Leads 
  • Clinical Leads 

Past attendee feedback

We have been facilitating unmissable PWP events for over 10 years, with attendees benefitting from networking, peer-led discussions and indispensable contributions from expert speakers. Hear from just a small selection of our previous attendees: 

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“This forum gave us a space to explore commonly experienced PWP challenges and guidance on approaching our practice in a way to optimise wellbeing”
- CWPT NHS Talking Therapies, PWP Professional Development and Wellbeing National Networking Forum, March 2026
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“Very useful forum, lots of information and tips to share with our service and to prevent burnout for PWPs"
- Blackpool Talking Therapies, PWP Professional Development and Wellbeing National Networking Forum, March 2026
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“Really good to hear stories and experience from other services. Great suggestions to take forward into managing our everyday roles”
- Steps 2 Wellbeing – Dorset Healthcare, PWP Solutions: Effective Caseload Management, March 2025
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“A great opportunity to identify what I am doing well and also gathering ideas as to what I can change for the better”
- Steps 2 Wellbeing – Dorset Healthcare, PWP Solutions: Effective Caseload Management, March 2025
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“It’s been incredibly interesting to gain insight into how other services work and what they can offer to diversify the PWP role”
- Everyturn NHS Nottinghamshire Talking Therapies, PWP National Networking Forum 2024
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“I found attending this online conference thought provoking, with loads of good practice sharing and tips, and insights on how I as a practitioner as well as a locum, can contribute and continue to making the PWP role interesting, meaningful and progressive.”
- Locum PWP, PWP Professional Development Forum 2024

With thanks to our sponsors



Limbic is the first UKCA-marked clinical assessment support tool for IAPT. Across 21 services, Limbic consistently frees up staff time, reduces costs, and improves patient experience and accessibility. Find out more from our founder, Dr Ross Harper on ross@limbic.ai.




SilverCloud by Amwell a leading provider of evidence-based digital mental and behavioural healthcare solutions. Supporting 80% of NHS Talking Therapies Services, with up to 70% clinical recovery rates.


Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing talking therapies forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully  immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Your event, managed by us

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Vanessa Jarman
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: vanessa.jarman@sbk-healthcare.co.uk