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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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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