The BRiC Centre

The NCIO GRiT (Growth and Resilience in Trauma) Centre is proud to launch our first postgraduate-level training programme: a 10-week CPD course ‘Foundations of Integrative Psycho-Oncology and Trauma Competent Care’, designed for healthcare professionals and integrative practitioners working with people affected by cancer. This course is for: Medical doctors (primary and secondary care) and surgeons at any stage of training Nurses and nursing students Allied health professionals (physiotherapy, radiography, nutrition, dietetics, psychology, etc.) Allied health trainees and students Patient navigators and support workers in the charity sector Integrative medicine professionals across the multidisciplinary team Course Structure 🔵 10 weeks | January - March 2026 🔵 3 hours per week of taught online content 🔵 Pre-recorded lectures available on the LMS (learning management system) and weekly drop-in live Q&A (Wednesday evenings 7-8pm) 🔵 3 optional on-site training days (Saturdays near Reading, Berkshire): 24 January, 28 February, 21 March Please learn more about the course and apply on our website. Applications close 15th December 2025 with notifications to successful applications due before Christmas 2025. Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. #cancercare #cancercaresupport #oncologynursing #Oncology #psychosocial #psychooncology

Timely online course for health care professionals interested in the mental health of oncology patients. 👇book your place! #nurses #cancercaresupport @RoyalCollegeOf3 @BreastCancerNow @SU2CUK @AmericanCancer @TheChristie @PennyBrohnUK @NuffieldTrust @NuffieldFound

According to The Lancet Oncology commission report, there is “a growing imbalance between technological innovation and the human dimensions of cancer care....the human crisis of cancer is not defined by pathology, mortality, or cause, but by the erosion of meaning, connection, and compassion in the experience of cancer. This crisis is shaped by....the presence of fragmented, costly, and impersonal systems and the absence of human connection, psychological safety, and relational care.” This is why The National Centre for Integrative Oncology (NCIO) is offering a 10-week CPD postgraduate level course in Psycho-Oncology and Trauma Competent Care to address this gap in cancer care. See story on how to register #psychooncology #oncology #nursing #nurse #psychology #trauma #traumarecovery #cancercare #healthcare #cancertreatment @ncio_uk @briccentre @the_lancet_ @thelancetgroup @cr_uk @cancersupportuk @macmillancancer ncio.org.uk/education

The National Centre for Integrative Oncology is offering a 10 week CPD online course in Psycho-oncology and trauma competent care. For anyone with an interest in oncology and the mental health of individuals with a lived experience of cancer. 👇👇👇#oncology #MentalHealthMatters #psychology #healthcare #psycho-oncology #Education #nurses #Nursing ncio.org.uk/education

The National Centre for Integrative Oncology is offering a 10 week CPD online course in Psycho-oncology and trauma competent care. Secure your place👇👇👇#oncology #MentalHealthMatters #psychology #healthcare #psycho-oncology #Education #nurses #Nursing ncio.org.uk/education

Run by our founder @ProfNDerakshan this course will help you empower your patients/clients with the emotional resilience they need in cancer survivorship: ncio.org.uk/education #cancer #emotionalhealth #psychooncology #Psychology #resilience #nurses #breastcancer #Oncology

Would you close your eyes for the blind? No. Neither would we. BRiC @bcresilience collective voice speaks about the controversial message in ‘Braving the Shave’ 👇👇👇 bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com #bravetheshave #chemotherapy #cancer #hairloss

One year on…Remembering the one and only Tassia Haines. Taken too soon. Metastatic breast cancer kills 31 women a day in the UK. #metastaticbreastcancer #breastcancer @METUPUKorg @abcdiagnosis

Psychology’s Professor Nazanin Derakhshan, founder of The Centre for Building Resilience in Breast Cancer (BRiC) and METUPUK are hosting a poignant exhibition in the library foyer from Feb 14 to March 3, 2025. This exhibition, which has travelled across the country and even appeared at the Houses of Parliament, is now here to raise awareness about Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). Watch this short video of the exhibition in Northallerton: youtu.be/5Rbi5n4Un7s 'The Darker Side of Pink' is an interactive mobile experience featuring 31 transparent figures, each representing a woman who dies every day from metastatic breast cancer in the UK. Each figure has a QR code that plays a video from patients living with this disease. MBC is often invisible, yet it is the biggest killer of women under 50 in the UK. METUPUK and BRiC are dedicated to improving outcomes for those living with MBC and addressing the backlog of care for patients. Join us in raising awareness and supporting the fight against metastatic breast cancer. Learn more about Professor Nazanin Derakhshan’s work at BRiC briccentre.co.uk Learn more about METUPUK metupuk.org.uk #BreastCancerAwareness #MetastaticBreastCancer #TheDarkerSideOfPink #BRiC @METUPUKorg @BC_Resilience

Today is #WorldCancerDay and BRiC is delighted to share its unique resource, a timely contribution from its 2200 members who have collectively provided advice lived experience and coping tips for anyone affected by breast cancer: bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com/p/weekly-discu…. #breastcancer #support

Paving the future to empower women treated for breast cancer: our recent paper published in July 2024 ranks in the 93rd percentile of papers with the same age and source with 1,767 reads and downloads!!! 🙌 👇👏 @GM_Cancer @METUPUKorg @abcdiagnosis @BC_Resilience #psychology @psychotherapy #cancer #breastcancer #research #oncology #infographics #iamthe31 #darkerpink frontiersin.org/journals/psych…

@METUPUKorg link to paper is: frontiersin.org/journals/psych…

ABCDiagnosis and METUPUK have been banging the drum for embedding the infographics into clinical pathways across the UK for some time. But did you know that there is now published research backing up the use of the infographics by women with breast cancer? Published by Frontiers in Psychology, the research by Professor Nazanin Derakhshan, Joanne Taylor and Bethany Chapman found that educating women about the symptoms of metastatic breast cancer upon completing active treatment for primary breast cancer can increase sense of control and psychological well-being. The participants in the study also felt empowered in the face of fears and anxieties regarding recurrence and progression of disease. A tremendous achievement for supporting the use of the infographics even further. The research paper can be read here in Frontiers in Psychology. Huge congratulations to the team for the research produced. Frontiers | Infographics on signs and symptoms of metastatic (secondary) breast cancer can empower women with a breast cancer diagnosis (frontiersin.org)

BRiC's @BC_Resilience needs participants for a short online study that looks at the processes underpinning pain in #metastaticbreastcancer. Please take part, if you can see below 👇👇👇. You will need a PC or a laptop to do the study. 🙏#secondarybreastcancer @METUPUKorg @abcdiagnosis #oncology #psychooncology #pain @painmanagement

Every day 31 women die of metastatic breast cancer in the UK. Read Alison’s full blog here: bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com/2024/10/alison… #metastaticbreastcancer #CancerAwareness #support #anxiety #fear #psychology #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #resilience #mentalhealth

BRiC @BC_Resilience member Lavinia describes how difficult it is to talk to your family about your fears of cancer return. She turns to BRiC for support coping and resilience. Read her full blog here: bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com/2024/10/lavini… #fear #support #BreastCancerAwareness #oncology #resilience #coping #anxiety #psychology

Jackie describes the coping strategies she’s used to manage fear of cancer return. Read her blog in full here: bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com/2024/10/jackie… #cancercare #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #support #oncology #resilience #anxiety #psychology #treatment #coping

A privilege to speak at the @METUPUKorg 2nd metastatic breast cancer conference in Manchester yesterday. @GM_Cancer @abcdiagnosis #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #metastasis #oncology #stage4needsmore #cancercare #support

For Claire the fear of cancer progression is very real. You are either stable or the drugs stop working which means your cancer can progress. You are never cured. Read Claire’s blog here 👇 bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com #MentalHealthAwareness #cancer #fear #breastcancer #psychology #cancercare #oncology

Anita’s story. @BC_Resilience BCAM PROJECT 24 read full story in link below 👇 bcresiliencecentre.blogspot.com/2024/10/anitas… #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #cancercare #cancersupport #resilience #fearofcancerrecurrence #oncology