‘Synergy in counselling & psychotherapy research'

Co hosted by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Held at The Forest of Arden Hotel, 10/11 May 2013

Meriden, Birmingham, England CV7 7HR United Kingdom

Conference brochure

To download the Conference booking form please click here (note: early bird fee closed on 22 March 2013)

The final Conference programmes can be viewed below and the abstract booklet can be viewed by clicking here:

Friday 10th May

Saturday 11th May

Pre-conference workshop

There will be a pre-conference workshop on Thursday 9 May 2013 by Professor Michael Lambert entitled, 'How to use clinical support tools to enhance counseling outcomes'. This pre-conference workshop will be free for delegates to attend. For more information on this workshop, please click here.

Who will be there?

Built on a reputation for excellence, this two-day conference has much to offer those working in the counselling and psychotherapy world, including researchers, students, trainers, providers and practitioners. Anybody interested in the development of the profession, including non-researchers, should consider attending this conference.

Keynotes and Co-hosts

The conference will be co-hosted by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and will feature keynotes by Professor Michael Lambert and Professor Roz Shafran.

Please click here for more information

Tips for presenters

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Conference Fees

All presenters must pay for their place at the conference. This fee covers the conference attendance only, it does not include accommodation. Accommodation must be booked separately. There is one discounted presenter fee per paper (maximum of one discounted presenter fee per presentation, additional presenters pay normal price). This must be paid as soon as you have been invited to present (or before), in order to be part of the programme.  Presenters who have not paid their fee prior to the programme going to print will not be included in the programme after the given ‘cut off' date; this will happen automatically.

Submissions which include an element of participatory research during the session, (eg, using conference delegates in your session as part of your research) will not be accepted.

Conference Structure

It is anticipated that four to six strands will run simultaneously on each day with papers, workshops, brief communications and symposia running throughout the day. Posters will be presented separately with a dedicated ‘viewing period'. The final programme is compiled as part of the review and selection process and successful submissions are compiled to form coherent themes.

Copyright issues

If you are invited to present your work at the BACP Research Conference, your abstract will appear in the conference abstract booklet and it will also go on to the BACP website, post conference. It is the author / presenter's responsibility to ensure that no copyright laws are breached in terms of intellectual property and authors, and that the work is their own. BACP bears no responsibility for any breach of copyright.

Disclaimer

The BACP Research Conference provides a forum for the exchange of research information between members and non members who are both welcome to attend. The conference is open to anybody to present their research if they fulfil the reviewing criteria. This conference is a not for profit event. Views expressed in any presentation are the views of the presenter and / or their organisation and are not necessarily those of BACP. Inclusion in the programme does not imply endorsement of the research or of the presenter's views and BACP take no responsibility in guaranteeing its quality. Any queries in relation to the official approval / appropriateness of any research presented at this conference should be directed to the authors / presenters; BACP bears no responsibility in this regard.