In November 2024, the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) held its first in-person conference since 2019. Psychotherapy in a Changing World brought together a remarkable lineup of speakers who addressed some of the most pressing social, political and environmental challenges of our time and the role psychotherapy can play in navigating them.
Attended by over 200 delegates, it was a day of expert insight and powerful discussions.
This recording features speakers including Mick Cooper, Professor Divine Charura, Tree Staunton and Dr Aaron Balick and explores:
Expect a dynamic blend of exploration, learning, and connection as you watch some of the brightest minds within the field of psychotherapy share new insights and innovations in psychotherapeutic practice grounded within the context of a rapidly changing society.
About UKCP:
UKCP is the leading organisation for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors in the UK. Alongside offering professional support for our members we are the leading research, innovation and educational body working to advance psychotherapies for the benefit of all. We regulate the profession and speak up for the importance of psychotherapy.
*Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and belonging, intersectionality, inclusivity, diversity and equity (BIIDE)
This online program is worth 5.0 hours CPD.
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Dr Aaron Balick is a UKCP registered integrative psychotherapist and supervisor working in London. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex and a founding member and Chair of The Relational School UK. Aaron has a special interest in the applications of relational theory to culture, which has resulted in his most recent book The Psychodynamics of Social Networking: connected-up instantaneous culture and the self. He is also author of a self help children’s book entitled Keep Your Cool: how to deal with life’s worries and stress.
Mick Cooper is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of humanistic, existential, and pluralistic therapies. He is a chartered psychologist, and professor of counselling psychology at the University of Roehampton. Mick has facilitated workshops and lectures around the world, including New Zealand, Lithuania, and Florida. Mick’s books include Existential Therapies (Sage, 2017), Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2018) and The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (Palgrave, 2013). His latest work is Integrating Counselling and Psychotherapy: Directionality, Synergy, and Social Change (Sage, 2019).
Mick’s principal areas of research have been in shared decision-making/personalizing therapy, and counselling for young people in schools. In 2014, Mick received the Carmi Harari Mid-Career Award from Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. He is a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Academy of Social Sciences.
Dr Divine Charura is a Chartered Psychologist, and Counselling Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. He is registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council in England. He is also registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy as an Adult Psychotherapist. He has worked and presented key note lectures at numerous international conferences including in USA, South East Asia, Africa, and Europe. Divine’s psychotherapeutic interests are in exploring the therapeutic relationship when working with complex psychological distress and trauma, as well as the place of love and attachment in human relationships and on mental wellbeing. Divine has co-authored and edited numerous books in counselling and psychotherapy. His two latest co-edited books are Love and Therapy: In relationship and The Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy Handbook: Origins, Developments and Current Applications. Divine is a lover of photography, art, music and outdoor pursuits.
Tree Staunton is a UKCP Honorary Fellow and emeritus member of Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC). She has been a registered body psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer for 35 years.
Tree was director of BCPC between 2014 and 2023 and represented BCPC in UKCP in addition to serving as chair of the Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC) between 2010 and 2015. She is a published author of various academic papers, contributing articles and editorships including Body Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2002) and co-editing Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown (Routledge 2024).
The effects of climate change, global conflict, social media, artificial intelligence, discrimination, oppression and ideological division impact us all. These are the complex issues we encounter daily as psychotherapists. We do not practise in a vacuum, nor should we, but how equipped are we to address these challenges both inside and outside of the therapy room.
The learning objectives for this conference were to enable attendees to:
*Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and belonging, intersectionality, inclusivity, diversity and equity (BIIDE)
Session 1: A world on fire: can psychotherapy help douse the flames? - Mick Cooper
What contribution can psychotherapy make to addressing the major social, political, and environmental threats of our time?
Learn how:
Session 2: Being a therapist in a time of climate breakdown - Tree Staunton
The work of therapy is to turn crisis into meaning. There is no question that we are living within various overlapping and unfolding crises – social, cultural and environmental.
How do we as therapists meet the challenges these bring to our own lives and to the lives of our clients?
How do we find meaning?
Learn about the clinical research and writing from within the growing field of climate psychology, a discipline which seeks to explore and understand the nonrational dimensions of our collective paralysis in the face of worsening environmental breakdown.
Session 3: Navigating a paradigm shift: engaging with tensions of opposites through authentic encounter, love, and intersectionality in exploring social change - Professor Divine Charura
In this changing world we are faced with many challenges both in the therapy consultation room and in the diverse communities we work in.
Session 4: A panel discussion on the future of EDI-BIIDE within UKCP and the psychotherapy profession
A dynamic panel discussion on the future of EDI-BIIDE* within UKCP and the psychotherapy profession that invited delegates to explore and share views on core EDI priorities for UKCP.
Panellists discussed strategic priorities from UKCP 2024-2027 strategy, which included:
* Equity, diversity and inclusion – belonging, inclusivity, intersectionality, diversity and equity.
Session 5: Becoming a techno psychologist: making sense of AI, Hyper-Connectivity, and the Digitally Mediated Human - Dr Aaron Balick
From AI and machine learning to social media and dating apps, today’s technological forces are reshaping human behaviour, relationships, mental health and even social cohesion.
Psychotherapists can no longer look the other way. As a profession at the vanguard of preserving personal insight and relational complexity, it has never been more of an imperative to engage with these advancing technologies.
This discussion explored the profound impact of technology on the human psyche and showed how we must all become psycho-technologists.
Session 6: A panel discussion on Psychotherapy in a Changing World
Chaired by Professor Divine Charura, panellists Mick Cooper, Tree Staunton and Dr Aaron Balick discussed themes from the conference with input from attendees.
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