Brian Broom Workshop
The meaning of illness: the potential of patient personal ‘story’ in pain management. A skills workshop.
Professor Brian Broom is a ‘philosopher physician,’ with a passion for ‘whole person’ approaches to illness. He leads the unique post-graduate MindBody Healthcare Diploma and Masters Program at AUT University, Auckland. On the ‘body’ side of his work he is a Consultant Physician in Clinical Immunology (in the Department of Immunology at Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand), but is consulted for many types of physical illness by people wanting a clinician who will look at both physical and non-physical factors that may be playing a part in their illnesses. On the ‘mind’ side he is a New Zealand-registered psychotherapist and has long experience training and supervising psychotherapists working with patients with a wide range of physical conditions. His psychotherapy style is eclectic and strongly interpersonal. He has written two books for clinicians emphasising how the person’s personal life story relates to the emergence and progression of illness and disease.
Modern illness and disease management, for the most part, rests on dualistic assumptions concerning the body (physicality) and the mind (subjectivity). Within the health ‘system’ framework that emerges from this dualism the bodily mechanisms of illness are rigorously pursued and rendered very visible, but the contributions of subjectivity (the patient’s story) are neither focussed upon nor valued.
Come and explore the concept of ‘personal story’ with Prof Brian Broom. The workshop will be interactive and there will be the opportunity to discuss your own cases of interest and develop your practical skills.
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Date |
Thursday, 07 OCtober 2010 |
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Time |
08:30 - 16:00 (Registration & Refreshments from 8am) |
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Venue |
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Level 2 (behind the Baratza coffee bar) John Hunter Hospital Campus |
Recommended Pre-reading from Prof. Broom’s book “Meaning-full Disease”, Karnac Books 2007
Chapter 1: The phenomena
Chapter 2: Colliding mind-sets
Chapter 3: Somatic metaph
How to Register
Please click here to view and download a copy of the Registration Form.
Limited places available.
Closing Date for Registrations: 24 September 2010
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