Whether you're attending in person or online, your booking includes access to additional on-demand only content.

The three month on-demand service includes access to the recordings from the livestreamed presentations (Strand one and two on Saturday 20 May 2023), plus a range of on-demand only content.

Research Papers

Co-designing training for frontline workers to use the PHQ4 and basic embedded counselling skills to open conversations about mental health with blind and partially sighted people, presented by Mhairi Thurston

Strategy of scaling up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A research-informed strategy using the Arts for the Blues as an example, presented by Joanna Omylinska-Thurston, Scott Thurston and Rebecca Clark

Culturally adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) for African-Caribbean people diagnosed with schizophrenia and their families:a mixed-methods feasibility study of development, implementation and acceptability, presented by Dawn Edge and Shenitta Anderson

Optimisation of school and community-based counselling services: a whole-education system model, presented by Gillian Hewitt.

Reducing Stigma: Using Avatars in Therapy with Autistic Adults from Black and Ethnic Minority Backgrounds, presented by Ariana Jordan, Nicki Patyal and Tatiana Silvestre

Exploring Gestalt therapists’ experiences of moving from face to face to online work during Covid-19 - a qualitative study, presented by Kate Egawa.

Exploring Counsellors’ and Psychotherapists’ Experiences of Working One-to-one with Men with Eating Difficulties: An IPA approach, presented by Jessica Sharman.

In the experience of self-identified cis-male clients with prior suicidal-ideation, what role did their concept of masculinity play in their experiences and their understanding of self, and how might this inform psychotherapeutic practice?, presented by James Yates, Tania Gessi and Gabriel Muller-Ebeid

Experience of Young People with High Levels of Self-criticism in Short-term Psychotherapy for Depression, presented by Yushi Bai.

Exploring the therapeutic experience of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy clients who have self-identified as experiencing coercive control: a qualitative study, presented by Jennifer French Tomasic, Linda Dubrow-Marshall & Rod Dubrow-Marshall

Self-Criticism, Dependency, and the Therapeutic Alliance in Short-Term Psychotherapies for Adolescent Depression, presented by Yushi Bai

Gay men's experiences of self-compassion and its challenges: an exploratory study in an Asian community, presented by Chuanfei Chin.

Lightning talks

A qualitative investigation on the experiences of Kenyan counsellors using the CBT 5 aspects model for clients presenting with depression, presented by Georgina Green.

Women returning to work: what can we learn from mothers’ stories about 'keeping in touch days' during maternity leave? A narrative inquiry to aid the development of relevant psychotherapeutic approaches, presented by Cathy Sansom.

Symposium

Working with experiences of domestic abuse: practice considerations, presented by Jeannette Roddy, Kevin F. Hogan, Tanya Frances, Lynne Gabriel, Helen Blake and Laura Viliardos