Dementia Training
Dementia education for health and social care professionals, families and care partners, that is clear, compassionate and evidence-based.
My mission is that every person living with memory problems or who has a diagnosis, and their families, are informed and supported throughout their journey of dementia.
Material Citizenship Training
Transforming Dementia Care Through Identity, Belonging and Environment
Material Citizenship is a powerful, evidence-informed approach transforming how dementia care is understood and delivered.
Taking a trauma-informed approach, this training equips your team with a practical framework to embed Material Citizenship immediately and sustainably.
What You Will Gain
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Use environments and personal belongings to actively support identity and reduce distress
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Strengthen residents’ sense of agency, belonging and continuity during transition
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Improve relational care through deeper understanding of what matters to each person
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Embed changes that enhance CQC-relevant outcomes around dignity, person-centred care and wellbeing
Why This Matters
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More settled residents
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Greater family confidence and satisfaction
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Increased staff confidence and reflective practice
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A distinctive, psychologically trauma-informed model of care
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Pricing
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Individual booking: £250 per person
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Organisational group booking: £2,495 per day (maximum of 12 delegates)
Insights into Dementia Training
Understanding the Psychology Behind the Diagnosis
Insights into Dementia offers a clear foundation in how dementia affects the brain, behaviour, identity and relationships. It moves beyond surface-level awareness to provide a psychologically informed understanding of why changes occur.
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Where other training focuses on what to do, this course explains why it matters, giving people insight to make better decisions in real time.
What You Will Gain
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Recognise how cognitive changes affect perception, reasoning and emotional regulation
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Interpret distress and behavioural changes through a psychological lens
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Use communication strategies that reduce confusion and anxiety
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Support families as roles and relationships evolve
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Apply evidence-informed thinking to everyday care practice
Why This Matters
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Reduce avoidable distress reactions
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Respond more effectively to behavioural changes
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Improve communication and relational safety
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Strengthen confidence and decision-making
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Demonstrate informed, high-quality dementia care grounded in psychological understanding
Cost: £35
Time: 1.5 hours
Venue: Online
We Care Dementia Care: A Four-Week Dementia Support Programme
Building Psychological Flexibility Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Caring for someone living with dementia can be emotionally complex, exhausting and, overwhelming. Many carers find themselves navigating grief, uncertainty, guilt and changing relationships, often without space to process their own experience.
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We Care Dementia Care is a structured four-week programme designed by Dr Kellyn Lee, grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It provides practical psychological tools to help participants manage difficult thoughts and emotions, reconnect with their values and build resilience in the face of ongoing change.
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This is not about “coping better” by pushing feelings away. It is about learning how to respond to challenges with flexibility, self-compassion and clarity.
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What You Will Gain
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Understand how dementia caregiving impacts thoughts, emotions and behaviour
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Learn practical ACT-based tools to manage stress, guilt and loss
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Develop skills to respond to difficult emotions
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Reconnect with personal values and identify what matters
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Build psychological flexibility to navigate ongoing uncertainty
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Strengthen self-compassion and reduce self-criticism
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Why This Matters
Family carers are at increased risk of stress, burnout and emotional exhaustion. Without psychological support, distress can accumulate and impact both wellbeing and the quality of care provided.
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This programme enables people to:
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Reduce emotional overwhelm
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Increase resilience and adaptive coping
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Improve relational responses during challenging moments
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Feel less alone in their experience
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Sustain their caring role without losing their own identity
For families, this means greater confidence, emotional steadiness and clarity during a time of profound change.
Programme Format
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Four weekly sessions (1.5 hours each)
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Delivered in a supportive, reflective group environment
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Facilitated by a Chartered Psychologist
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Cost
£75.00 per participant
Anticipatory Grief Training
A Four-Week Psychological Support Programme
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Dementia brings a unique kind of grief, one that begins long before a physical goodbye. Families often describe a gradual sense of loss: changes in personality, memory, roles and shared future plans. This experience, known as anticipatory grief, can feel confusing, isolating and difficult to talk about.
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This four-week programme provides a safe, psychologically informed space to understand and process the layered grief that accompanies dementia. Grounded in contemporary grief theory and therapeutic practice, it supports participants to make sense of their experience while strengthening resilience and connection.
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This is not about “letting go.” It is about learning how to live alongside ongoing change with compassion and clarity.
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What You Will Gain
By the end of the programme, participants will:
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Understand anticipatory grief and how it differs from bereavement
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Recognise the emotional impact of gradual loss and relational change
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Explore feelings of sadness, anger, guilt and ambiguity in a safe space
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Develop tools to manage emotional overwhelm
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Learn ways to maintain meaningful connection despite change
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Build self-compassion and reduce isolation
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Feel validated, understood and supported
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Why This Matters
Anticipatory grief is often unrecognised and unsupported, yet it significantly impacts emotional wellbeing and relationships.
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This programme enables participants to:
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Reduce emotional isolation
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Increase understanding of complex grief responses
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Strengthen coping and emotional regulation
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Protect their own wellbeing while continuing to care
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Navigate ongoing loss with greater psychological safety
For families, this means feeling less alone, more emotionally prepared and more supported throughout the dementia journey.
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Programme Format
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Four weekly sessions
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Delivered in a small, supportive online group setting
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Facilitated by a Chartered Psychologist
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Cost
£75.00 per person