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Join us now in the auditorium of Virtual Congress to see one of our last talks of the day: "How to work with homeless people" #RCPsychIC

The agenda on today's talk is "Making services work for homeless people" with Dr Philip Timms @philip_timms a Consultant psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Service #RCPsychIC

After that, we have "Trauma-focussed practice with homeless people" with Dr Peter Cockersell @petercockersell the Chief Executive at Community Housing and Therapy #RCPsychIC

Lastly, we will be listening to "Enabling homeless people to access psychological help" from Mr John Conolly the Lead Counsellor at Westminster Homeless Health Counselling Service #RCPsychIC

"A disgrace to a civilised country." @jeremycorbyn labelled the homelessness crisis in the UK, quoted by @philip_timms in his presentation on working with homeless people in a mental health capacity #RCPsychIC

Talking about the difficulties of providing efficient mental health services for homeless people with Dr Philip Timms @philip_timms a Consultant psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Service #RCPsychIC

There is an issue with stereotyping even in a professional category, being homeless is not a lifestyle choice, or due to lifestyle choices, as some mental health professionals may unfortunately think #RCPsychIC

The incredible Dr Philip Timms @philip_timms ends his talk on how mental health professionals can help homelessness. His work mainly covers psychosis but stretches far beyond #RCPsychIC

Dr Peter Cockersell @petercockersell the Chief Executive at Community Housing and Therapy, takes over the discussion to talk about trauma, personality disorder and anxiety disorder #RCPsychIC

'Many people call it "complex" trauma, I prefer the term "compound" trauma,' says Dr Peter Cockersell @petercockersell. Who gives examples of how trauma can be piled on top of trauma, see below: #RCPsychIC

@petercockersell shares a very helpful chart of the different types of mental health needs homeless people may experience #RCPsychIC

People who have experienced repeated abuse in their childhood can often spend teen and adult life in flight or fight mode. This can come across as volatile and challenging behaviour @petercockersell #RCPsychIC

Being punctual, providing a nourishing environment and taking genuine interest helps to create a strong mental health service for people struggling with homelessness @petercockersell #RCPsychIC

Mr John Conolly, the Lead Counsellor at Westminster Homeless Health Counselling Service takes over the discussion to discuss "Enabling homeless people to access psychological help" #RCPsychIC

Explaining the 4 pillars of pre-treatment therapy with John Conolly, this is the template for how he trains his staff to work with homeless people #RCPsychIC

Going over a case study on "How to work with homeless people" at today's talk at Virtual Congress. Mr. X was a young man who found it very triggering to be in a waiting room with other people #RCPsychIC

A psycho-social approach to trauma-based care in working with homeless people. We round off this exceptional talk with a Q & A, happening in the auditorium now #RCPsychIC