RELATIONAL FORMULATION: UNDERSTANDING COMPLEXITY

This two-day workshop will introduce a relational model to help reflect on, formulate and promote more helpful responses when working with young people with a range of mental health difficulties. It will be helpful for a broad range of mental health practitioners and lived experience workforces. It is most helpful when used in team based workplace settings.

Working with young people who are experiencing severe and complex mental health challenges (including personality disorder and eating disorders) can be challenging for clinicians and multidisciplinary teams. These challenges can result in clinicians or teams feeling stuck, and to inadvertently engaging with existing unhelpful patterns. A relational model can help teams and care systems reflect on, formulate and promote more helpful responses.

At the completion of this two day workshop, you will be able to:

- outline and describe a relational model for use in team discussions.

- describe core relational concepts and reflect on their impact on clinician responses.

- articulate helpful and unhelpful ways to respond in challenging situations.

- apply a template for mapping relational patterns.

Day 1 - Wednesday 23 July 2025

Day 2 - Thursday 24 July 2025