Reading and Windsor Section - Nourish your practice: A nervous system approach to success

What to expect

Aditi Bhalla will introduce the effects of your unique nervous system on your clinical practice, rooted in the science of Compassion Focused Dentistry. A science-backed approach that helps dental professionals manage pressure, prevent burnout, and bring more compassion into patient care, team interactions, and their relationship with themselves. 

Timings

18:30 Registration, networking and hot food 

19:15 Lecture - Aditi Bhalla 

21:00 Ends

Learning objectives

• Understand what is compassion and what it isn’t

• Understand our “tricky brains” and how it influences our decision making as a dental professional

• How to prepare your mind to be more compassionate and how it can prevent burnout

• Understand the 3 motive systems in our brain and how they affect us as a dental professional

• Explore the relationship between threat-based drive and the risk of burnout.

Development outcome

B

Meet the speakers

Aditi Bhalla is a Prosthodontist and Integrative Psychotherapist, with over 15 years in dentistry and extensive training in mental health, mindfulness, and movement, she helps dental professionals prevent burnout through practical, compassionate tools. She is the founder of Compassion Focused Dentistry– a structured, science-backed program designed to support practitioner wellbeing and prevent burnout. After personally experiencing burnout, anxiety, and De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, Aditi set out to create spaces where prevention is the focus and wellbeing is key. This led to the birth of the Dental Wellbeing Hub– a platform offering practical, preventative tools to help dental professionals manage stress, reduce anxiety, and avoid burnout. Aditi offers wellbeing workshops, team training, and one-to-one therapeutic support. And when she’s not doing this work, you’ll find her immersed in motherhood and the messy magic of everyday life.