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Training events 2012
Monday 27th February: Intimate Strangers? Working Across Intercultural and Interfaith Differences in Couple Relationships
Presenters: Sumita Dutta & Dr Reenee Singh
Thursday 29th & Friday 30th March: Working with Systemic and CBT Approaches
Presenter: Adriana Penalosa-Clarke
Friday 13th April: Working with Men in Therapy
Presenter: Ged Smith
Thursday 26th & Friday 27th April: The work of Humberto Maturana and Alternative Ethical Postures that Therapists Adopt in Clinical Decision Making
Presenter: Karl Tomm
Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th May: A Short Introduction to Systemic Thinking and Practice
Presenters: Chip Chimera and Barbara McKay
Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th June: The Performance of Supervisory Practice: Extending our Repertoire of Skills and Developing Supervisory Style
Presenters: A range of systemic supervisors
Thursday 12th & Friday 13th July: Trusting the Family: Decreasing Reliance on Court Decision Making
Keynote address: Edward Kruk. Presenters: Chip Chimera, Emilia Dowling and others
Monday 17th & Tuesday 18th September: Working Systemically with Sex and Sexual Relationships
Presenter: Desa Markovic
Thursday 25th & Friday 26th October: Social Constructionist Practice for Clinicians and other Social Service Providers
Presenters: Ken Gergen and Sheila McNamee
Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th November: Non Violent Resistance and Child Focused Practice: Practical Approaches to Overcoming Abuse and Violence
Presenters: Peter Jakob and Jim Wilson
Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th December: Child Protection Decision Making: Assessing and Analysing the Risks of Future Harm and the Likelihood of Change – an Evidence-Based Approach
Presenters: Dr Arnon Bentovim and Liza Bingley Miller

The Institute of Family Therapy
Counselling and Therapy Services
Family Mediation Service
Low cost therapy and counselling service
Training at the Institute of Family Therapy
Graduate Certificate in Systemic Practice
Postgraduate Certificate in Systemic Practice
MSc in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Post Qualifying Training
Advanced Diploma in the Supervision of Family & Systemic Psychotherapy
Doctorate in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy
Postgraduate Consultation Groups
Agency Based Training
Introductory and Intermediate Level Courses
Short Courses and Workshops
Consultation and Supervision

The Family & Couple Therapy Service
Integrative Behavioural Couple Therapy (IBCT):
Including Couple Therapy for Depression
Dates: 17th, 18th, 19th, 25th and 26th April 2012 (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Prudence Skynner Family & Couple Therapy Clinic, Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London, SW17 7DJ
Numbers of training places: 14
Cost: £600
Integrative Behavioural Couple Therapy (IBCT) integrates the evidence base of three models of Couple Therapy – systemic, emotionally focused couple therapy and behavioural skills and theories. It is a model that is relevant to working with all couples.
This five day course has been developed by the Working Group for Couple Therapy for Depression, established by the Department of Health. This was in order to offer an IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) intervention to couples with depression.

Postgraduate courses
We are now accepting applications for 2012-13. Interviews for most courses will take place in Spring 2012 with candidates to be offered a place on a course immediately thereafter.
Venue for all courses listed below: The Tavistock Clinic, North London
Family Therapy and Systemic Supervision Course
Start date: September, 2012
Closing date for applications: Friday 29 June, 2012
Diploma in Applied Systemic Theory
Start date: Friday 5 October, 2012
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 31 July, 2012
Professional Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy
Start date: Thursday 4 October, 2012
Closing date for applications: Friday 29 June, 2012
Continuing Professional Development short courses
Engaging BME and Refugee Communities: Achieving effective cross-cultural community liaison and collaboration
Start Date: April - July 2012
Short Course on Developing Skills in Collaborative Work with Parental Mental Illness
Start Date: May - June 2012
Working with Families with Physical Illness. A Systemic Approach
Start date: September, 2012
Families and Beyond: An Introduction to Systemic Ideas
Start Date: September-December, 2012
Systemic Work: Moving on with Theory and Practice
Start Date: October, 2012 – June, 2013
Conferences
Systemic Research: Making it count in the face of cut: The 2nd David Campbell Memorial Conference, held jointly by The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and the Family Therapy and Systemic Research Centre.
Start Date: Friday 3 February 2012

Invite you to:
The Martin Seligman Positive Psychology Symposium
16th July 2012, London
Prof. Martin Seligman, Lord Richard Layard, Prof. Felicia Huppert, Dr. Peter Jakob, Dr. Anthony Seldon, Simon Pitts
For psychologists, mental health professionals, educators, leaders in politics, business and the public sector and everyone who is interested in psychological and emotional wellbeing.
An opportunity to attend a unique event which will reflect the state of development of Positive Psychology in Britain and Europe.

University of Derby
Helping you progress to a rewarding career
If you’re looking to take your first step into systemic practice or you’re already on the path to a rewarding career in family therapy, we have a course to help you achieve your goal.
University Advanced Diploma in Systemic Thinking and Practice
PG Cert Systemic Thinking and Practice
MSc Systemic Psychotherapy
Why choose Derby?
Professional teaching
Ten years experience
Clinical Skills Suite

The Association for Family Therapy & Systemic Practice in the UK
National Conference 2012, Bristol, UK
Thursday 13th – Saturday ‘teatime’ 15th September 2012
New Frontiers, New Challenges:
Harnessing family therapy’s capacity to be flexible, to renew its ideas creatively and always be a source of innovation and integration.
As we go “boldly” into the world of cyber relationships, virtual therapy, integrative approaches, changing family forms, new communities, social enterprises, belt-tightening, and the search for evidence – how does family and systemic psychotherapy retain its core values whilst being inspired by new ideas, theories and ways of working?
Keynote presentations/discussions/workshops on what to take forward and what to leave behind.

Part time study in Supervision and Consulation
Postgraduate Certificate
Systemic/Family Psychotherapists are eligible to follow the systemic supervision and consultation pathway coordinated by Professor Arlene Vetere and Dr Paul Tibbles.
Attendance is for two block weeks and then one day fortnightly over an academic year.
MSc/Postgraduate Diploma
Attendance at the University is for one block week and then one day fortnightly during the autumn term.
The MSc in Supervision and Consultation: Psychotherapeutic & Organisational Approaches also requires an additional six months in private study to complete a dissertation. Systemic Psychotherapists with considerable experience in supervision are eligible to complete the MSc within one year and the PGDip within six months. This is done through the APL (Approved Prior Learning) process, which includes providing a portfolio of supervisory practice prior to starting.

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