Working Systemically with Families and Communities
- Children, young people and families
- Counselling and psychotherapy

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The British Psychological Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists hold two peer reviewer training days for Accreditation Programme for Psychological Therapies Services (APPTS) members per year.
The APPTS began hosting themed special interest days in 2022, with the first event covering barriers to accessing psychological therapies services.
Due to the success of the first special interest day, APPTS will be hosting another special interest day in 2023.
This year's special interest day will be looking at working systemically with families and communities.
Programme
Time | Activity |
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10:00 | Welcome and Introduction Co-Chairs: Dr Megan Bean, APPTS Project Board Member and Amanda Smith, Clinical Director at The Employee Resilience Company and APPTS Project Board Member |
10:10 | IAPT ethnic inequalities policy review Laura-Louise Arundell, Lead Researcher and Developer, Abiola Johnson and Satwinder Kaur S Kaur, Lived Experience Advisors, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health |
10:40 | Key stages to ensure coproduction in addressing mental health inequalities Neil Walbran, Chief Officer, Healthwatch Manchester |
11:10 | Break |
11:20 | A whistlestop tour of a culturally specific mental health provision for the Orthodox Jewish community Dr Lisa Kagan, Clinical Psychologist and Malka Sonnenberg, Community Connector and Support Worker |
11:50 | Implementing the triangle of care within non-NHS psychological services Tracey Paxton, Managing Director, The Employee Resilience Company |
12:20 | Lunch Break |
13:00 | A family intercultural systemic approach Wajiha Ali, Deputy Clinical Lead, Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Center |
13:30 | Working systemically with partners in therapy TBC |
14:00 | Break |
14:10 | Good practice examples and lessons learned from APPTS peer reviews Jemini Jethwa, Programme Manager and Camila Pulliza, Project Officer, The Royal College of Psychiatrists |
14:25 | Interactive discussion on how services can work systemically |
15:55 | Final plenary and close of conference |
15:00 | End |
Cost
The event is free for anyone working in a Royal College of Psychiatrists member service, including service users and carers.
If you're not a member but would like to attend, this will cost £70 for the full day. APPTS be in touch with you if you're not from a member service about taking payment.
Location
This event will be held on Zoom.
Contact
If you have any questions, email [email protected]