UKPTS Conference: Innovations in Trauma Treatment & Research

April 11-12, 2016
APEX Grassmarket Hotel
31-35 Grassmarket
Edinburgh, EH1 2HS, United Kingdom

In Edinburgh, the 8th annual UK Psychological Trauma Society conference will provide a forum for multidisciplinary professionals working in the field of psychotrauma to share ideas and knowledge relevant to their work in the field.

Keynotes:

Dr Jane Herlihy - Memory, Trauma and the Legal Protection of Refugees
David Trickey - Evidence-based and evidence-informed early responses for children and young people exposed to potentially traumatic events
Prof Emily Holmes - Mental imagery and intrusive memory of trauma: experimental psychopathology and treatment development
Dr Claire Fyvie - Learning to navigate the river: a new public health model of trauma care
Dr Rosyln Law - Responding to trauma: how to use the people in your life to open the door to recovery 


Workshops:

David Trickey - Trauma-focussed CBT for traumatised children and adolescents
Dr Roslyn Law - Interpersonal Psychotherapy and Post Traumatic Disorders: Using the network as a mechanism of change
Dr Sandra Ferguson - An introduction to safety and stabilisation for people with complex trauma presentations
Dr Alastair Hull - An introduction to Traumatic Stress Symptoms (full day workshop)
Dr Lisa Reynolds and Dr Anne McKechnie - Raising the profile of complex PTSD; the development of a Trauma pathway and an integrated and innovative service in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Prof Neil Greenberg - Veteran's Mental Health - Facts, myths and the future
Dr Claire Fyvie - Creating lightbulb moments for your patients:Running Psychoeducation groups for people with PTSD
Dr Marianna Odysseos & Dr Wendy Frappell-Cooke - Working with Military Families
Dr Brock Chisholm & Dr Rachel Morley - Working Therapeutically with Adult and Child Refugees and Asylum Seekers Following Multiple Traumas

To download the full programme, click here.