Dr Mackereth will focus on this important and challenging area of practice. Key topics will include integrative and collaborative working, the psychological aspects of bodywork, therapists as teachers, professionalism, the control of symptoms, working with vulnerability, potency inpractice, and the skilful combination of voice and touch. Dr Peter Mackereth MA, RGN, is the Clinical Lead for Complementary Therapies at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester.