National Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference 2019
- Central London
- 21 March 2019
£199.99 + VAT
Overview
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Learning Objectives
- New approaches for responding to understanding mental health problems – social and psychological formulation and addressing and preventing the cause of distress.
- How Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) elicits new responses and understanding its benefits – learn how to effectively support your clients’ via CFT and understand the benefits of introducing a new approach to therapy.
- How to know what works for your client? – how to select the right modality for your client and understand how to effectively evaluate and assess progress.
- Comply with the latest ethical guidelines, achieve best practice and ensure therapist well-being and prevent burn out – understand what makes a safe environment for all types of clients and how to provide consistent support without burning out.
Agenda
- Registration and refreshments
- Chairperson's introduction
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A manifesto for mental health and psychological wellbeing
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Professor Peter Kinderman
- Changing the way that society views and responds to mental health problems
- Moving from a ‘disease model’ based on the idea of mental illness, to a fundamentally psychological and social ethos
- Moving from diagnosis and medication to psychosocial formulation and an emphasis on primary prevention
- Refreshments and networking
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Promoting mindfulness and compassion in therapy
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Dr Chris Irons
- How this approach takes an evolutionary informed, bio-psychosocial understanding of mental distress and wellbeing
- Outline of what mindfulness and compassion are – how they can help people to turn towards and wisely work with distress
- How a compassionate mind can be cultivated in therapy and how this is associated with a variety of positive outcomes
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How to know what works for your client
- Selecting the right modality for your client
- Being impactful and influencing positive change
- Reflecting, assessing and evaluating progress
- Lunch and networking
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Complying with ethical guidelines and achieving best practice
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Professor Sarah Niblock
- How to apply professional ethics in clinical practice
- Creating a safe therapeutic environment for all clients
- How to set the right boundaries and develop resilience as a therapist
- Diversity in practice – working with clients from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds
- Self-care and preventing burnout
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Video conference with Professor Philip Zimbardo
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Professor Philip Zimbardo
A unique opportunity to learn about human nature, from a true pioneer of modern psychology.
Q&A opportunity included.
- Close of conference
Speakers
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Dr Chris Irons
Clinical Psychologist & Director & Author, Balanced Minds
Dr Chris Irons is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Balanced Minds, a counselling and psychotherapy provider in London and Edinburgh. He gained his Clinical Psychology doctorate at the University of Sheffield and his Ph.D from the University of Derby.
He is an accredited trainer and supervisor of Compassion Focused Therapy, and regularly presents to academic, professional and lay audiences on CFT and more broadly, the science of compassion. Chris’ main interests explore the relationship between attachment and social rank mechanisms in anxiety and depression symptomology.
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Professor Peter Kinderman
Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool
Professor Peter Kinderman is the Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, and former President of the British Psychological Society.
Peter is also an honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Mersey Care NHS Trust, so possesses a wealth of experience and advocates a keen passion for supporting clients via psychological social solutions rather than prescribing medication.
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Professor Philip Zimbardo
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University
Professor Philip Zimbardo is a true pioneer of psychology. Alongside his world famous ‘Stanford Prison Experiment’ in 1971, he was previously president of the American Psychological Association and a Professor at Stanford University.
After 50 years lecturing, Zimbardo retired from lecturing in 2008 – this will be one of his last ever lectures.
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Professor Sarah Niblock
Chief Executive, UKCP
Professor Sarah Niblock joined the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) from the University Of Westminster’s School of Media, Arts and Design where she was Associate Dean.
Sarah has a PhD is in psychoanalytic theory/female identity and is an author, journalist and broadcaster who has trained a number of award-winning journalists. Sarah has recently written a book chapter on ethics and is fundamental to updating the ethical guidelines at UKCP.
Venue
ILEC Conference Centre
47 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1UD
Read Directions
- By Rail/Tube
- By Car
