CALENDAR OF EVENTS

A curated listing of international critical psychology conferences and events. Email us at [email protected] if you’d like to suggest an event.

The week's events

  • The Cognitive Liberty Project: A Psychedelic Dialogue

    The Cognitive Liberty Project: A Psychedelic Dialogue


    October 12, 2021

    The Cognitive Liberty Project is hosting a panel on "A Psychedelic Dialogue." The project is sponsored by LET(s) LEAD, a Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health.

    The Cognitive Liberty Project: A Psychedelic Dialogue

  • British Psychological Society webinar: What psychological therapists should know about prescribed psychiatric drugs

    British Psychological Society webinar: What psychological therapists should know about prescribed psychiatric drugs

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    October 15, 2021

    This online event is looking at working with clients who are taking or withdrawing from prescribed drugs.

    In this event we aim to discuss the issue of increasing numbers of prescriptions of psychiatric drugs, including benzodiazepines, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and stimulants. While these drugs may help some people in the short term, there is growing evidence that many patients report persistent withdrawal and other negative effects. The event will particularly focus on antidepressants and implications for therapeutic practice.

    The event is based on the “Guidance for Psychological Therapists - Enabling conversations with clients taking or withdrawing from prescribed psychiatric drugs”. The guidance was funded and steered by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), in conjunction with the APPG for Prescribed Drug Dependence Secretariat (all members of the Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry (CEP)), and the National Survivor User Network (NSUN). It is endorsed by the main non-modality specific professional bodies, including the National Counselling Society (NCS), for use by their members and relevant training organisations.

    British Psychological Society webinar: What psychological therapists should know about prescribed psychiatric drugs

  • Nutrition, Diet and Mental Health - Evidence-Based Approaches for the 21st Century

    Nutrition, Diet and Mental Health - Evidence-Based Approaches for the 21st Century


    October 16, 2021

    As we know in today’s climate with Covid 19 and other health issues, there are many more suffering from psychological/mental problems. Chy-Sawel a mental health charity is holding a morning online event (PDF) to bring the latest Evidence-Based Approaches for the 21st Century of Nutrition, Diet, and Mental Health which Chy-Sawel proposes to use as the main treatments alongside therapies like ‘Open Dialogue’ and other various therapies at their Therapeutic Centre once up and running. See the event description (PDF) for more info.

     

    Nutrition, Diet and Mental Health - Evidence-Based Approaches for the 21st Century

  • The International Peer Respite / Soteria Summit: Creating Compassionate Alternatives to Systemic Interventions for People in Crisis and Distress

    The International Peer Respite / Soteria Summit: Creating Compassionate Alternatives to Systemic Interventions for People in Crisis and Distress

    12 pm - 3 pm ET
    October 17, 2021

    Please join a growing group of people from around the world who are interested in compassionate approaches for people in crisis and distress. This event, The International Peer Respite/Soteria Summit: Creating Compassionate Alternatives to Systemic Interventions for People in Crisis and Distress, will be held Sundays in October: October 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st. Its goal is to give people the tools, resources and supports to bring Peer Respite or Soteria Houses to their communities. Register for FREE (donations accepted).