Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology (CDT) Section: 10-Year Anniversary Conference: Future Directions in Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology

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Programme

 

Speakers

Professor Thanos Karatzias 

(Professor of Mental Health and Director of Research, Edinburgh Napier University & Research Consultant for Developmental and Complex Trauma)

Professor Karatzias has spent his entire clinical and academic career working in the field of psychological trauma. In collaboration with national and international research partners, he has developed a special interest in the effects and treatment of psychological trauma on physical and mental health; on prison populations and on people with learning disabilities. He has published extensively in these areas.

Dr. Hannah Murray

(Research Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, University of Oxford) and Sharif El-Leithy (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead of the Traumatic Stress Service, London)

Dr Hannah Murray is a Research Clinical Psychologist at the Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma where she is involved in developing, evaluating and disseminating treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. She has a particular interest in severe and complex presentations, and writes, supervises and teaches widely on working clinically with trauma survivors. She recently co-authored the book 'Working with complexity: A cognitive therapy approach' with Sharif El-Leithy.

Dr. Sharif El-Leithy 

Dr Sharif El-Leithy is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and clinical lead of the Traumatic Stress Service, London.  He specialises in psychological reactions to life-threatening traumas and was a member of the NICE (2018) PTSD guideline update committee.  He has over 20 years of experience in using cognitive-behavioural therapy to treat PTSD arising from complex traumatic experiences, including victims of war, torture, domestic and childhood abuse. He is co-author of the clinical handbook, "Working with complexity in PTSD: a cognitive therapy approach", Routledge (2022).

Dr. Deborah Morris

(Director, Centre for Developmental and Complex Trauma and Course Director, MSc Practitioner in Psychological Trauma, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Buckingham)

Deborah is a consultant clinical psychologist who has worked clinically with adults with complex trauma, personality disorder, neurodevelopmental, forensic and mental health needs in community, assertive outreach, crisis, residential, inpatient and prison settings. Deborah has previously worked in professional and clinical lead positions.

Deborah is currently the Director for the Centre of Developmental and Complex Trauma (CDCT), which focuses on promoting the voice and needs or marginalised populations who have experienced repeated exposure to trauma. Her research interests and publications include; developmental trauma disorder, intersectionality and inclusion in trauma, adverse childhood experiences, complex trauma, personality disorder, intellectual disability and CAMHs populations, moral injury, occupational distress and trauma and the physical health impact of exposure to trauma.

Dr. Kate Lucre

(Consultant Psychotherapist)

Dr. Kate Lucre is a Birmingham based Compassion Focused Therapist and Supervisor specialising in the use of CFT for complex attachment and relational trauma for groups and individual. She is the supervision coordinator for the Compassionate Mind Foundation and also runs workshops for the Foundation and across the UK on CFT for Groups and Compassion Focused Staff Support and Supervision. Kate offers CFT supervision in groups and individually, including a monthly international  Supervision Group for therapists involved in the provision of CFT groups. She has published the only data on Compassion Focused Group Psychotherapy for people who would attract a diagnosis of personality disorder and has recently completely a 7-year research program evaluating a 12 month CFGP program. Kate is also involved in a number of UK wide research projects developing and evaluating Compassion Focused Staff Support Initiatives. 

Professor Lucy Easthope

Professor Lucy Easthope is the country's leading authority on recovering from disaster. For over two decades she has challenged others to think differently about what comes next, after tragic events. She is a passionate and thought-provoking voice in an area that few know about: emergency planning. However, in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, her work has become decidedly more mainstream. Alongside advising both the Prime Minister's Office and many other government departments and charities during the pandemic, she has found time to reflect on a life in disaster. She is known globally for her work and holds research positions in the UK and New Zealand. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham and Fellow in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath. Her book When The Dust Settles: Stories of Love, Loss and Hope from an Expert in Disaster was released in March 2022 and was a Sunday Times bestseller.

Location

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30 Tabernacle Street

London

EC2A 4UE

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