Posts tagged with 'conferences'
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: arriving, opening speeches & reception (first post)
23rd June 2010
I flew into Copenhagen yesterday afternoon. I have a low key good feeling about the place. Nice. Clean. Small enough not to feel overwhelmed. Friendly. How appropriate that Denmark, the hosts of this "5th European conference on positive psychology", have so often been ranked top in the world on life …
BABCP spring meeting: the conference - a highlight (fifth post)
12th April 2010
In yesterday's post I talked generally about the presentations at the BABCP spring conference. Today I'd like to look more closely at what for me was the day's highlight - Willem Kuyken's talk on "Compassion in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: therapist embodiment and client change". One reason I liked the talk …
BABCP spring meeting: the conference - an overview (fourth post)
11th April 2010
Friday was the "conference" day. A real old fruit salad of presentations. Nearly always I find it hard to stay awake and focused during this kind of "educational event". It does however allow a lot of speakers to throw a lot of information at the audience! The 2007 Marinopoulos et …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - including positive psychology (third post)
10th April 2010
Yesterday - in "BABCP spring meeting, second post" - I described my reactions to the "Collaborative case conceptualization" key principle on levels of conceptualization. In today's post I talk about the other two key principles we were presented with - collaborative empiricism and incorporation of client strengths. Collaborative empiricism fits …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - cross-sectional & longitudinal (second post)
9th April 2010
Yesterday, in "BABCP spring meeting, first post", I described my initial thoughts arriving at the "Collaborative case conceptualization" workshop. Well, now it's Friday morning. A very social time yesterday evening after the workshop. Slept on a friend's couch. It's fairly bright and early now and their kids haven't yet emerged. …
BABCP spring meeting: collaborative case conceptualization - introduction (first post)
8th April 2010
So here I am sitting in a cafe at Euston station. I came in on the sleeper half an hour or so ago. I slept well, which was a blessing. I love it. A full day's work yesterday, travel while asleep, well set up for a full day today. Sleepers …
Exeter conference day 3: positive psychology, imagery symposium, compassion lecture, & closing remarks
18th July 2009
Third and last day of the full conference. In fact we finish at lunch time today. Up, then an interesting conversation about bipolar disorder at breakfast. It's fun how I can chat with almost any of the well over 1,000 conference participants and almost certainly we'll have a whole lot …
Exeter conference day 2: mindfulness & health anxiety, body dysmorphic disorder, therapeutic alliance, and politics
17th July 2009
Second day of the full conference. Again good conversation at breakfast ... great. Then off along small tracks through the university grounds to end up at a symposium on research using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) to help people suffering from severe Health Anxiety Disorder. Four papers were presented. Although the …
Exeter conference day 1: resistant depression, thought suppression, self-help, & rumination from the horse's mouth
16th July 2009
So we're past yesterday's workshops and into the first day of the conference proper. Two and a half days now involving about 51 symposia, 5 panel debates, 8 open paper sessions, 2 poster sessions, and 17 keynote addresses. I really like this Exeter campus with it's trees and little paths. …
Exeter pre-conference workshop: Ed Watkins on CBT treatment for anxious & depressive rumination
15th July 2009
Exeter. I really like the way that the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) conferences rotate around a whole series of UK university towns. This is the 37th BABCP Annual Conference, and I guess I've been to a dozen or more of them over the years. They tend …