Conferences & Workshops
Conferences & Workshops

IFT runs a programme of day workshops and conferences as detailed below. If you know which you would like to attend and wish to make a booking, please click the book now button next to the appropriate event. Unless otherwise stated, events start at 10.00am and run until 4.30pm, please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure a prompt start. These will usually take place at the Institute of Family Therapy, unless an alternative venue is specified. If you wish to read a more detailed description of the conference or workshop click the MORE link.
February 2008
Coaching For Results
25th February 2008
Susan Burnell: Founder of 'This is Business Coaching' in 2001; Business Coach inspiring individual, team and organisational change.
Cost: £110
March 2008
Mindfulness Practice
3rd March 2008
Cost: £110
Chris Hannah: Systemic Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor
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Systemic Thinking: Navigating Through Complexity
10th and 11th March 2008
Marilyn Herasymowych: Master of Continuing Education, specializing in learning in the workplace.
Henry Senko: MBA, core focus on emergent strategy in organisations.
Both Marilyn and Henry are authors and applied research consultants, both are founders and managing partners of the MHA Institute Inc.
April 2008
Tales and Transformations: our stories and theirs in family therapy
22nd April 2008
Janine Roberts: Past President, American Family Therapy Academy; Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts; Fulbright Scholar in Latin American; Author of "Tales and Transformations" and co-author of "Rituals for Our Times."
Cost: £110
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Connecting Across Culture and Faith in Schools and Communities
28th and 29th April 2008
Organised by the Centre of Cross Cultural Studies and the Centre for Mediation Studies and Conflict Resolution
Michelle LeBaron: Professor of LAw and Director of Dispute Resolution at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Author of "Conflict Across Cultures", "Bridging Troubled Waters".
May 2008
Attachment and Adaptation
21st, 22nd and 23rd May 2008
26th and 27th June 2008
Organised by the Centre for Child Studies at the Institute of Family Therapy
Pat Crittenden: Ph.D. in Psychology; Author of nearly 100 publications; Currently teaching internationally on attachment, assessment of attachment across the lifespan, and applications of attachment theory for psychotherapists.
Cost: £550
June 2008
Last Chance Couple Therapy
2nd and 3rd June 2008
Dr Peter Fraenkel: Associate Professor of Psychology, the City College of the City University of New York and Director of Ackerman Institute's Centre for Time, Work and The Family, New York.
Cost: £170
Gender and Power Issues in Mediation
6th June 2008
Lorraine Schaffer: Director of the Centre for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Institute of Family Therapy.
Susan Tilley: Family law solicitor; MSc in Conflict Resolution and Mediation Studies; part-time visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster in Family Law.
Cost: £110
Narrative Mediation: Loosening the Grip of a Conflict
24th June 2008
Dr John Winslade: Professor of Counselling at California State University San Bernardino and part-time Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. John is the co-author of Narrative Mediation: A New Approach To Conflict Resolution” (2000) & Practicing Narrative Mediation: Loosening The Grip Of Conflict (2008, in press). John Winslade has taught narrative mediation in workshops in many places in North America, Australasia, Europe & the
Cost: £110
July 2008
Co-Creating Compelling Future Realities with Challenging Children, Youth, and Their Families
3rd and 4th July 2008
Organised by the Centre for Child Studies at the
Jim Wilson: Consultant Family Therapist, Gwent Health Care Trust,
Matthew Selekman, MSW: Family Therapist and Addictions Counsellor; Co-director of Partners for Collaborative Solutions,
Cost: £170
Solution Focused Anger Management
11th July 2008
Barry Wimbolt, Head of Training and Clinical Development at PPC Worldwide; Psychotherapist in private practice; trainer in the management of anger and conflict, solution focused brief therapy and therpeutic communication.
Cost: £110
September 2008
Using CMM’s (Coordinated Management of Meaning) Heuristics in Making Better Social Worlds
11th and 12th September 2008
Barnett Pearce: Professor, School of Human and Organisation Development, Fielding Graduate University; major developers of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) and his most recent book is “Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective”.
Cost: £170
Appreciative Inquiry and The Shadow
23rd September 2008
Christine Oliver: Consultant Family Therapist, St Bartholomew’s Hospital; Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London; MSc in Systemic Management and Consultation; MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy.
A Communication Perspective”.
Cost: £110
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Working with Trauma: Systemic Approaches
29th September 2008
Gerrilyn Smith: Consultant Clinical Psychologist; Systemic Psychotherapist; Head of Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service for Looked After Children,
Cost: £110
October 2008
Who’s The Expert? Solution Focused Family Therapy
3rd October 2008
Chris Iveson: Co-founder of BRIEF, the
Cost: £110
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Systemic Interviewing, The Therapeutic Relationship and The Development of Therapeutic Style
17th October 2008
John Burnham: Consultant Family and Systemic Psychotherapist; Director of Systemic Training, Parkview Clinic,
Dr Barry Mason: Chair of the Supervision Programme; Co-Chair of the Doctoral Programme, The Institute of Family Therapy.
Cost: £110
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Attachment Narrative Therapy
20th and 21st October 2008
20th and 21st November 2008
Dr Rudi Dallos: Course Director, Clinical Psychology Doctorate,
Dr Arlene Vetere: Deputy Course Director, Clinical Psychology Doctorate,
Cost: £340
November 2008
The Question of God in The Mind of Children
14th November 2008
Organised by the Centre for Child Studies at the
Archie Smith: Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Counselling, Pacific School of Religion; Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California; Ordained American Baptist Minister; California Lic. MFT; Diplomat in the American Association of Pastoral Counsellors.
Cost: £110
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Clinical Work with White Families
28th November 2008
Organised by the Centre of Cross-Cultural Studies at the
Reenee Singh: Director of the Centre of Cross Cultural Studies,
Cost: £110
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December 2008
Working Across Difference and Making Connections
1st December
Gail Simon: Founding Member of the Pink Practice; Systemic Therapist specializing in the Lesbian, Gay and Queer communities.
Cost: £110
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Exploring the Creative Practices in Supervision through a Systemic Lens
12th December 2008
Barbara McKay: Director of the
Chris Hannah: Systemic Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor; Social Worker, commissioned and private.
Cost: £110
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