Workshops
We have a huge selection of range of workshops to choose from (see below...). There will be four workshop sessions during the conference, two on Thursday and two on Friday. Each session will feature a selection of six to seven workshops for you to choose from. You will be able to choose one workshop per session.
Pre-Booking Workshops: All in-person attendees will be asked to pre-book their workshops. Pre-booking is not open yet but ticket holders will be sent an email early September with instructions on how to pre-book.
Online Attendees: Online Attendees do not need to pre-book workshops, as there are four set workshops that are broadcast on the live stream from the main plenary room. Additionally, a new feature this year, is that we will be recording the vast majority of workshops, and these will be available as replays for both online and in-person attendees. This means that you will be able to catch up on any of the workshops that are not streamed or you didnt manage to see in person.
Interactive Workshop: there is also a fantastic interative walk-up workshop in the conference hub area called 'Walking Identity: The Labyrinth as a living systemic practice'. It is not available for pre-booking, as it is a 'walk up' workshop but you can view more details here.
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Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Glasgow Irreverence and Resistance: Place, Positioning and Therapeutic Identity
Susan MacGregor
Family and Systemic psychotherapist
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Specialist Children's Services, CAMHS
David Jenkinson
Family and systemic Psychotherapist
NHS GGC, Specialist Children's Service, CAMHS Inpatient
Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Me, Myself and AI
Marianne Le Coyte Grinney
Family and Systemic Psychotherapist & Clinical Team Lead
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Therapist Brief
Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Using Systemic Polarities and Context-Reflexivity for Work with Gender Diverse and Transgender Young People
Sarah Favier
Systemic Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer
Dr Claudia Zitz
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Systemic Psychotherapist
Gender Plus
Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Billowing Boundaries - negotiating meaningful relationships with clients beyond the therapy room
Shaheen Syedain
Megan Charles
Freedom from Torture
Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Staying in relationship when patriarchal ideas emerge in therapy
Kat Smithson
Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Alex Millham
Family and Systemic Psychotherapist
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Power and you
Dr Mark Huhnen
Systemic psychotherapist, coach, consultant and trainer
Systemark
Workshop Session A (Day 1 - 11:30)
Made a mistake? Fret not… Exploring ideas for turning missteps into opportunities for student and trainer learning
Dr Kate Hall
Interim Director of Training in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice
Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre, University of Leeds
Dr Helena Rose
Lecturer
University of Leeds
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
Messing with words: collaborations, responses, translations, & betrayals
Pàdraig MacAoidh (Peter Mackay)
Scottish poet, academic, and broadcaster who was appointed as Scotland’s Makar (National Poet)
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
Processing a Supervisor's emotional response to issues of Power, Privilege and Race in Supervision of supervision using PPRR
Parveen Kaur
Head of Systemic Training
Birmingham Systemic Training Programme
John Burnham
Academic Lead MSc and Co-Lead of Systemic Supervision Course
Birmingham Systemic Training Programme
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
Single Session Thinking in a Scottish CAMHS Context
Gillian Petrie
Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
NHS Grampian
Dr Clair Gilbert
Registrar in Adult Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy
NHS Grampian
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
The Football Families Project: Learning from Practice
Sezer Fahri
Systemic Psychotherapist, Clinical Lead and Senior Lecturer
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
Holding onto hope, talking and being with heart: Towards building home: Centring narratives of gain and moving away from narratives of loss
Anees Hakim
Systemic Psychotherapist
London Borough of Croydon
Shakila Emmanuel
Systemic Psychotherapist
London Borough of Croydon
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
The Domino Effect: Stories, Systems, and the Power of Being Witnessed
Hazel Kent
Systemic and Family Psychotherapist
Jon Mungate
Systemic and Family Psychotherapist
Workshop Session B (Day 1 - 16:15)
Becoming‑With at the Margins of Inquiry
Jennifer McKinney
Lecturer in Systemic Psychotherapy
Queen's University Belfast
Carol Jolliffe
Independent trainer and supervisor
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
Family Therapy and Euthanasia for Psychiatric Suffering: Reflections on the Person of the Therapist
Prof Peter Rober
Clinical Psychology at the Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
Within and beyond the journal: publishing your systemic ideas
Prof Liz Forbat
Manager and Psychotherapist
Marie Curie
Dr Sarah Helps
Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Psychotherapist
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Prof Andreas Vossler
Professor of Psychology and Psychotherapy
Open University
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
From Stuckness to Loving Connection: How Ketamine-Assisted Couples Therapy Creates New Possibilities for Therapeutic Change
Agnieszka Religa
Systemic Family and Couple Therapist
Connect
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
Developing Emotional Reflexivity and Psychological Safety in Clinical Practice, Supervision and Teams
Hendrix Hammond
Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist
Melissa Roberts
Systemic Psychotherpist
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
Our Wee Minds Matter – in life, therapeutic practice and supervision
Sally Fraser
Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and Systemic Supervisor
Wee Minds Matter, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Infant Mental Health Team
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
Setting the BEARS free
Paul Hackett
Programme Lead
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
Heidi Karamat Ali
Programme Lead for the Masters in Systemic Family and Couple Psychotherapy
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS
Workshop Session C (Day 2 - 11:45)
Class, Capitalism and the Clinical Encounter: Working with Contradiction in Systemic Practice
Daniel McGowan
Family & Systemic Psychotherapist
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
Person of the Therapist: Lived Experience as a Clinical Resource in Supervision, Psychosexual Practice, and Clinician Development
Dr Anthony Pennant
Founder
Colibri Center for Systemic Training
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
Embodied Engagement with Systemic Ideas (No PowerPoint or sitting still!)
Dr Matt Selman
Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist
Great North Children's Hospital
Dr Linzi Smeaton
Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist
Great North Children's Hospital
Dr Sara Heary
Clinical Psychologist and Systemic practitioner
Great North Children's Hospital
Dr Kate Gething
Clinical Psychologist
Great North Children's Hospital
Dr Lauren Mawn
Clinical Psychologist / Systemic Practitioner
Great North Children's Hospital
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
The Quiet Voices That Shape Us. Listening to our own grief in the work we do
Samantha Petrie
Family Therapist
Maggie's
David Glass
Counselling Psychologist
Maggie's
Third Presenter - TBC
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
Who's afraid of the Theory Wolf? An exploration of where you are and how you might be in relation to theory
Dr Sarah Helps
Thinker about theory and practice and theory and practice
Dr Glenn Larner
EiC ANZJFT
Dr David Pocock
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
Externalising and Internalised Other Interviewing: A Relational Approach to Understanding the Experience of Voice-Hearing
Heleni-Georgia Andreadi
Head of Service/Courses Director
Prudence Skynner Family & Couple Therapy Clinic, South West London & St George's NHS Trust
Dominic Lyne
Author, Consultant by experience
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
Deconstructing ‘domestic abuse’ as an Embodied Lived Experience for families and therapists
Sian Kilcommons
Systemic Psychotherapist and Activist
New Beginnings - Stockport
Workshop Session D (Day 2 - 16:00)
Use of bodily self of the therapist – embodied reflexivity
Dawn Thibert
Systemic Psychotherapist
South London and Maudsley NHS Trust