UKCP Conference 2024: Psychotherapy in a Changing World

Date/time: Friday 22 November, 13:00 – 17:00 and Saturday 23 November, 9:00 – 17:00

Location: America Square Conference Centre, London – in-person event

UKCP is excited to announce its first in-person conference since 2019. This conference will explore the evolving landscape of psychotherapy.

The conference will span 1.5 days, with the first day featuring a half-day afternoon session, dedicated to a General Meeting and the new UKCP strategy. On the second day, attendees will enjoy a full day of clinical content, delving deeper into the theme of Psychotherapy in a Changing World and what this means for psychotherapy practice. With two streams of content available, members can select sessions from either the main room or a breakout room, ensuring a tailored experience.

A few of the topics to be covered:

• Social change

• Neuroscience

• Climate change

• Psychotherapy and the digital world

• Ethics

Expect a dynamic blend of exploration, learning, and connection as we gather the brightest minds, both internally and externally, within the field of psychotherapy to share new insights and innovations in psychotherapeutic practice grounded within the context of a rapidly changing society. The conference will also host some engaging paper presentations, for more information on how to submit a paper please click here.

Day 1: Friday 22 November - (ticketed free event, Members only)

• General meeting
• Launch of new UKCP strategy
• Meeting the CEO and Board

Day 2: Saturday 23 November (open to non-members)

• Explore the theme of Psychotherapy in a Changing World through two streams of content
• Networking opportunities
• CPD event

View the programme for day 2.

Featured Speakers:

We are building an exciting programme of speakers and excited to announce, Dr Aaron Balick, Tree Staunton, Professor Divine Charura, Julie Stone, Alison O'Connor and Mick Cooper to the speaker line up.

More speakers to be announced.

Reasons to attend:

• New UKCP strategy – learn about all about the new three-year strategy for UKCP (Day 1, members only).
• CPD programme – the conference programme is being curated by a working group of psychotherapists (Day 2).
• Network - collaborate and share experiences with peers and with colleagues across all psychotherapy career stages.
• Embrace new ideas - keep at the forefront of psychotherapeutic knowledge and take away skills that will contribute to changing practice in psychotherapy.

Who should attend?

This event is open to UKCP Members, psychotherapists, psychotherapeutic counsellors, counsellors, and other psychotherapeutic professionals from other professional bodies. Those working in mental health, social change, climate change and ethics. Please note that day one (Friday, 22 November) is for UKCP Members only; if you would like to find out more about becoming a UKCP member, please visit our join us page.

CPD

After this event you will receive a certificate of attendance which you can submit for consideration towards your CPD hours.

Full programme coming soon.

Refund Policy

Refund requests will be approved up to 30 days before the first day of the event minus a 10% admin fee.

29 - 15 days - on case by case bases

14 days and less - no refunds

Host or Publisher United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)