Monthly Archives: August 2008
Mindfulness and psychosis
At the 2008 BABCP National Conference held in Edinburgh, Amy McArthur, Gordon Mitchell and I led a half-way workshop on “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis”. The workshop represented a distillation of our understanding of the field currently, and some … Continue reading
The great divisions in modern Britain
This week I have been reading the extracts (published in the Guardian) from Polly Toynbee & David Walker’s new book, Unjust Rewards. The book is a contemporary look at class divisions in British society. The first extract “Meet the Rich” … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, United Kingdom
ACT in the UK symposium, BABCP National Conference Edinburgh 2008
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy had more of a presence at the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies National Conference this year, with pre-conference and half-day workshops, and several symposia on ACT and ACT-related research. Also, for those interested in … Continue reading