From the Practical to the Profound: Brief Psychotherapy with Life-threatening and Advanced Disease by Professor Gary Rodin MD, FRCPC

9:00-9:15 Arrival

9:15-10:15 Talk by Professor Gary Rodin MD, FRCPC (Pearson Lecture Theatre, UCL)

10:15-11:00 Refreshments (Wilkins South Cloisters, UCL)

Professor Gary Rodin joins us from Toronto, Canada to give his talk 'From the Practical to the Profound: Brief Psychotherapy with Life-threatening and Advanced Disease'.

Professor Peter Fonagy will be introducing Professor Rodin as he gives an insight into a uniquely designed therapy for people with advanced cancer who are often distressed and carry a heavy physical symptom burden. He will emphasise the self-understanding and creating of meaning which supports psychological growth in this circumstance of traumatic change.

The talk will begin at 9:15am and will be followed by refreshments from 10:15am in the nearby Wilkins South Cloisters with the opportunity to chat to Professor Rodin and ask him any questions.

Professor Gary Rodin biography:

Gary Rodin is Director of the Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC) at the University of Toronto and Head of the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto. He is engaged in research, education and global outreach to promote timely access to comprehensive palliative care for individuals and their families facing life-threatening and advanced disease. Dr. Rodin leads an interdisciplinary research team that has developed tailored outcome measures and psychological interventions for this population that have been implemented internationally. This team has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Cancer Society to conduct randomized controlled trials evaluating novel psychological interventions for patients and their caregivers facing metastatic cancer and acute leukemia. Dr. Rodin has published two books and more than 200 peer-reviewed publications focused on the psychological and social dimensions of advanced and terminal disease.