ACT in groups: helping people get “On Track”, London networking event – 8 Feb 2013

BABCP ACT Special Interest Group & University College London

London ACT Networking event
Friday 8th February 2013, 2 – 5pm

An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group to get “On Track” – Josephine Carlisle & Erin Thompson

As part of a placement in an IAPT service, two trainee clinical psychologists designed and implemented a nine-week ACT group (the On Track group) for people suffering from complex mood disorders. The facilitators will describe the rationale for the group, how it was carried out and the attendees’ experiences, including a first-hand account from a service-user who will be speaking as part of the presentation.

The Speakers
Josephine Carlisle, Second-Year Trainee Clinical Psychologist, UCL
Erin Thompson, Second-Year Trainee Clinical Psychologist, UCL

The event is free. We welcome all those with an interest in ACT to attend
(BABCP members and non-members are welcome).

Please register by emailing:  morriseric@gmail.com

Location: Central London

Pearson (North East Entrance) Lecture Theatre,
Pearson Building, Gower Street,
UCL, WC1E 6BT

Directions: The nearest tube stations are Euston Square and Warren Street.

A map of the campus is here: http://tinyurl.com/actldn1

Values and Direction of the ACT SIG committee for 2013 and beyond.

Towards the end of 2012, the BABCP ACT SIG committee members discussed the values of the group, and how these might help guide our activity over the coming year.  Although individual values varied from member to member, a clear emerging theme was the belief in the helpfulness of ACT for everyone, including ourselves, our clients, organisations, communities and others. Everyone expressed a desire to bring ACT further into the public domain in order to make best use of the principles we feel so passionate about.

 

With this in mind our plans for the near future will reflect our endeavour to increase the accessibility of ACT in the UK in several ways:

 

• To increase and support the range of ACT training workshops offered, both geographically and in terms of target audience.
• To increase the accessibility of ACT peer supervision groups by finding out about and publicising existing groups, supporting the development of new ones and providing guidance on effective processes within supervision groups.
• To initiate and encourage ACT related research projects.
• To establish a regular UK ACT conference.
• To develop our electronic resources.
• To find other ways to communicate about ACT to the public

 

These are our aims, and we probably won’t achieve them all, at least not straight away. Please keep visiting our blog for news on developments and events, and to generally see how we’re getting on!