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The Historical, Philosophical and Theoretical Psychology Section provides an opportunity for those interested in the history of psychology or in the philosophical aspects of the subject to exchange ideas and promote the discussion of these interests.
Division of Education and Child Psychology - Northern Ireland
All the major spiritual and mystical traditions of the world include teachings about the nature of mind and promote practices and lifestyles intended to bring about psychological transformation. To this end the Transpersonal Psychology deals with the spiritual nature of human beings.
The Community Psychology Section provides a forum to exchange ideas and promote research into community psychology.
The BPS Cyberpsychology Section brings together practitioners, researchers and students to discuss the psychological impacts of digital technology on individuals and society.
Psychobiologists research how psychological factors like cognition, mood and appraisal combine with biological events like stress physiology, changes in brain function, and pharmacological effects, to shape the human experience.
The Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology Section provides its members with a central hub where issues of psychological trauma can be explored, research and evidence-based treatments can be examined, and ongoing standards of best practice can be shared.
The South East of England Branch covers the South of England from Dorset in the west to East Sussex in the east and up to Berkshire in the north, and includes the Isle of Wight.
The term ‘independent practice’ (rather than ‘private practice) is used by the SGIP to reflect the broad and diverse contexts in which our members work.
The West Midlands Branch of the BPS has around 6,500 members and cover an area from Stoke on Trent in the North to Swindon and Oxford in the South, from Hereford in the West to Coventry in the East.
The Psychology of Women and Equalities Section (POWES) works within the BPS to highlight issues of gender and inequality in academic and applied psychology in order to positively influence policy and practice.
The Consciousness and Experiential Psychology Section was formed in 1997 as the first network of a nationally representative body of professional psychologists devoted to the study of Consciousness in the modern era.