Dear Delegate
This email contains important information regarding the conference so please
make sure you read the entire email.
Attendance
The conference is now almost fully booked with 500+ delegates each day. If you
are no longer able to attend, or if you are changing your registration days,
please let us know immediately by emailing h.gijbels@ucc.ie so we can offer
your place to someone else. Please do not re-confirm your registration if you
are attending.
Registration
Please bring your email booking confirmation slip to the registration desk on
the morning of your attendance. If you are attending both days, you only need
to register on Wednesday.
Registration starts at 8.00 am on Wednesday, with the conference starting at
9.30 am sharp.
For those who are attending on Thursday only, registration starts at 8.30 am
with the conference starting at 9.30 am sharp.
WiFi Availability
If you are a university student or work at a university, you should be able to pick
up eduroam on your WiFi setting (access by using the username and password
assigned by your home institution). For those who do not that availability, a
guest WiFi has been set (this will work during the two conference days only):
Username: soc11nov15
Password: 9gb3Ykfc
Getting to Brookfield
Check http://www.ucc.ie/en/visitors/getting-here/ See attached
Brookfield Health Sciences Complex map reference is No13 Grid C7.
map.
Live streaming of keynote presentations
To accommodate all the registered delegates, the keynote presentations will
be streamed from the main lecture theatre to other rooms in Brookfield Health
Sciences Complex (BHSC). Seating operates on a ‘first come first serve’ basis,
so if the main lecture theatre, where the key note is held, is full you will be
directed to the other rooms.
Concurrent presentations/workshops
There are 42 concurrent presentations/workshops scheduled across the two
days. Venue name, room number e.g. BHSC G04 are followed by a figure e.g.
(120). The latter refers to the maximum number of people the workshop can
accommodate. There is no pre-registration for the workshops, so if a workshop
is full, please go to another one. Most concurrent presentations/workshops are
held in BHSC, with two concurrent presentations/workshops scheduled for WGB
(Western Gateway Building), a 2 minute walk across the footbridge between
BHSC and WGB (building No81 Grid C6 on the map).
Lunch Venues
As the conference takes place during the academic year, the local restaurants,
Brookfield Restaurant and WGB restaurant will be extremely busy. Please use
other nearby facilities (see Book of Abstracts for details) or bring a packed lunch.
Book of Abstracts
The Book of Abstracts will be emailed to you within the next few days. The
programme schedule and the Book of Abstracts will also be available
on www.cvni.ie, http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/news/ and on
www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc in advance of the conference. Due to the conference’s
limited budget (see below) we would ask you to bring a printed copy of the
programme schedule and the Book of Abstracts with you to the conference.
There will only be a limited number of printed copies of the conference
programme and the Book of Abstracts at the registration desk.
Donations
As you may know, one of the unique features of this annual conference is that
it is a free event, supported by a very small budget. Since 2013, following
delegates’ enquiries about making donations, there has been a donation box at
the registration desk. Please feel free to contribute if you wish (either cash or
cheque made payable to CVNI to be lodged into the CVNI conference account).
We do not accept donations which compromise the ethos and values of the
conference.
Parking
Please see attached visitor parking PDF. Parking is difficult. The best and
cheapest place to park is next to the Kingsley Hotel on the Carrigrohane Road.
From there it is a 10 minute walk to Brookfield via the footbridge at the back of
the Western Gate Way Building No81 Grid C6 on the map.
Accommodation
Check http://www.uccconferencing.ie/walking-distance/ Accommodation
around Western Road is within 15 minute walk of Brookfield.
If you have any queries, please contact either Lydia Sapouna at
l.sapouna@ucc.ie or at 021 4903495, or Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie or at
021 4901551.
Programme Schedule
Please find below the programme schedule for your information.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
Regards
Lydia and Harry
Conference Organisers
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND THE THERAPY INDUSTRY: PROGRAMME FOR WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2015
08.00–09.30 Registration (in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex foyer/atrium)
09.30-09.45 BHSC G01 Welcome. Lydia Sapouna and Harry Gijbels
Chairperson for the day: Lydia Sapouna
9.45-10.30 Keynote Presentation 1
BHSC G01 (250) The Woes of Recovery: Are Personal Journeys and Therapeutic Optimism Defensible? David Pilgrim, Honorary Professor of
Health & Social Policy at the University of Liverpool, England.
09.30-10.30 Live Streaming of BHSC G01 (250) events to BHSC G02 (250), BHSC G04 (120) and BHSC G06 (120)
10.45-11.30 Concurrent Sessions A
1. BHSC G01 (250) Deeper than Talk – it’s a Co-Creation. Tony Humphreys, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Ireland.
2. BHSC G04 (120) Walking, Talking and Listening. Solas, Donegal, Ireland.
3. BHSC G05 (120) Integrating Mainstream Employment and Mental Health Supports:
A Means of Facilitating Recovery. Shari McDaid, Director Mental Health Reform, Ireland.
4. BHSC G06 (120) A Case Series of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for Psychosis. Paul W. Miller,
Psychiatrist / EMDR Consultant, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
5. BHSC 1.01 (70) The Benefits and Pitfalls with Talking Therapies. Tommy Roddy, teacher, aspiring politician, mental health activist, Galway,
Ireland.
6. BHSC 1.21 (70) Using Art Therapy to Reconstruct one’s Sense of Safety. Lucia Simoncicova, Art Therapist, Cork, Ireland.
This workshop is limited to 20 delegates.
7. BHSC 1.22 (70) Making Impossibilities Possible. Fionnuala Manning, Grace Slattery, experts by experience, and Gerardine Boyle, Art
Therapist in South Lee Mental Health Services, Cork, Ireland.
11.30-12.00 Break.
12.00-12.45 Keynote Presentation 2
BHSC G01 (250) Talking Therapies: The Inevitability of Ambivalence. Dina Poursanidou, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry,
King’s College, London, England.
12.45-13.00 ‘Illuminate’ at the Cork Film Festival
BHSC G01 (250) Presenting ‘Illuminate': Films and Discussion Exploring Mental Health. James Mullighan, Creative Director, 60th Cork
Film Festival, Ireland.
12.00-13.00 Live Streaming of BHSC G01 (250) events to BHSC G02 (250), BHSC G04 (120) and BHSC G06 (120)
13.00-13.45 Lunch. Cafes and restaurants are in close proximity to the conference venue
13.45-14.00 Welcome Back. BHSC G01 Lydia Sapouna.
14.00-14.45 Keynote Presentation 3
BHSC G01 (250) Rip it up and Start Again? What must be done with our Mental Health Services. Malcolm Garland, Consultant Psychiatrist
Dublin, Ireland.
13.45-14.45 Live Streaming of BHSC G01 (250) presentation to BHSC G02 (250), BHSC 1.21 (70) and BHSC 1.22 (70)
15.00-15.45 Concurrent Sessions B
1. BHSC G01 (250) Beyond Psychiatry: Beyond Experts - Beyond Therapy - Back to Ourselves. Mary Maddock, Co-founder MindFreedom
Ireland, human rights activist, psychiatric survivor, Cork Ireland.
2. BHSC G06 (120) The Happiness Ensemble. Peter Fitzpatrick, West Cork, Ireland.
3. BHSC 1.21 (70) Therapy versus Education: The Role of the Recovery College in the Shift of Power. Alison Hoble, Manager, Local Services
Recovery College, West London Mental Health Trust (NHS), England.
4. BHSC 1.22 (70) An Alternative History of Psychological Therapy. Richard Hallam, Psychotherapist and Researcher, London, England.
5. BHSC 3.01 (40) Remarks from Personal Experience. Angie Lindenau, Laughter Yoga Teacher/Therapist with Experience of Self-directed
Recovery, Limerick, Ireland.
6. WGB G03 (117) Talking Therapies as Another Expert System. Claire Hawkes and Damien Lillis, psychotherapists, Shine, Ireland.
7. WGB G04 (60) From Talk to Drugs: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back? Margaret Curran, Artist, Art Therapist and new paradigm activist,
Clare, Ireland.
16.00-16.45 Concurrent Sessions C
1. BHSC G01 (250) Open(ing) Dialogues in West Cork – 3 Years on. Adrienne Adams, Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Kathleen O’Mahony,
Principal Social Worker; Iseult Twamley, Senior Clinical Psychologist, West Cork Mental Health Service, Ireland.
2. BHSC G06 (120) The Empty Chair… Actors Steve Bond, Alan Flynn, Richie McGuire, Owen Griffin, artist Philip Cullen and Helen Rafferty
Waterford & Wexford Education and Training Board, Ireland.
3. BHSC 1.01 (70) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: a Good Therapy with a Bad Name. Fionnula MacLiam, Advanced Nurse Practitioner/
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, Dublin, Ireland.
4. BHSC 1.02 (70) From Surviving to Thriving. Niki Williams, Family Relationships Educator, Trauma Therapist, Cork, Ireland.
5. BHSC 1.21 (70) The Gifts we Bring: It's All Within. Ann Walsh, Psychologist, Human Givens Practitioner, Wexford, Ireland.
6. BHSC 1.22 (70) Transcending ‘Therapies’ towards a Dialogue of Love and Movements of the Soul with Systemic Family Constellations.
Liam MacGabhann, Lecturer, School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland.
7. BHSC 3.01 (40) Drop in Session. CVNI Development Group representatives, Ireland.
Key note presentations, with the respective presenters’ consent, will be available a few weeks after the conference at www.cvni.ie,
http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/conferences/ and www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc
Conference Donations
One of the unique features of this annual conference is that it is a free event, supported by a very small budget. Since 2013, following
delegates’ enquiries about making donations, there has been a donation box at the registration desk. Please feel free to contribute if you wish
(preferably cash or cheque made payable to CVNI to be lodged into the CVNI conference account). We do not accept donations which
compromise the ethos and values of the conference. If you have any queries, please contact either Lydia Sapouna at l.sapouna@ucc.ie or at
021 4903495, or Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie or at 021 4901551.
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow
Lydia Sapouna and Harry Gijbels
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON AND BEYOND THE THERAPY INDUSTRY: PROGRAMME FOR THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2015
8.30-9.30 Registration (in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex)
9.30-9.45. BHSC G01 Welcome and Welcome Back. Harry Gijbels and Lydia Sapouna.
Chairperson for the day: Harry Gijbels
9.45-10.30 Keynote Presentation 4
BHSC G01 (250) Beyond Them and Us. Jacqui Dillon, writer and activist, National Chair of the Hearing Voices Network, Honorary Lecturer in
Clinical Psychology, University of East London, England.
10.45-11.30 Keynote Presentation 5
BHSC G01 (250) My Body Remembers; I Refused. From Being a Disorder to Dealing with Life. Wilma Boevink, Expert by Experience, Social
Scientist, Netherlands.
9.30-11.30 Live Streaming of BHSC G01 events to BHSC G02 (250), BHSC G04 (120) and BHSC G06 (120)
11.30-12.00 Break.
12.00-12.45 Concurrent Sessions D
1. BHSC G01 (250) ‘I used to be a CBT enthusiast’: a Personal Journey from Professional Expert to Human Collaborator. Gary Sidley, freelance
writer, trainer and clinical psychologist, Lancashire, England.
2. BHSC G04 (120) Family Constellations: Transgenerational Difficulties in the Family System. Brendan O’Brien, accredited psychotherapist,
Cork, Ireland.
3. BHSC G06 (120) Unravelling the Past with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).My Journey from Sick and Stuck to Healing. Neasa de
Baróid, Professional singer & Advanced EFT Therapist, Ireland.
4. BHSC G10 (150) All Relationships Begin with Self. Trish Ryan and Patricia Barrett, Parent and Relationship Mentors, Solace Well-being, Cork,
Ireland.
5. BHSC 1.02 (70) Dialogic Practice: Doing Open Dialogue ‘in the room’. Adrienne Adams, Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Kathleen O’Mahony,
Principal Social Worker; Iseult Twamley, Senior Clinical Psychologist, West Cork Mental Health Service, Ireland.
6. BHSC 1.21 (70) Mad Studies: An Alternative Learning and Reflective Space. Liz Brosnan, Research Associate, Centre for Disability Law and
Policy, NUIG, Galway, Ireland.
7. BHSC 1.22 (70) Carl Jung's Red Book: Confronting Images and Voices of the Unconscious. Lyn Mather, Art Therapist, Trainer/Lecturer
Jungian Psychology with Art Therapy, Limerick, Ireland.
12.45-13.45 Lunch. Cafes and restaurants are in close proximity to the conference venue
13.45-14.00 Welcome Back. BHSC G01 Harry Gijbels
14.00-14.45 Keynote Presentation 6
BHSC G01 (250) Title to be confirmed. Rory Doody, Recovery Development Advocate, West Cork, Ireland.
13.45-14.45 Live Streaming of BHSC G01 events to BHSC G04 (120), BHSC G06 (120) BHSC 1.21 (70) and BHSC 1.22 (70).
15.00-15.45 Concurrent Sessions E
1. BHSC G04 (120) ‘We can speak in the Basin Club’. Malachi McCoy, co-ordinator Basin Club, John McPartlan, member of The Basin Club and
experienced facilitator, Patrick Guerin, member Basin Club, Sunday opening facilitator, Shine, Dublin, Ireland.
2. BHSC G05 (120) Talking through Music: a Collaboration between the Brindley Theatre and Halton General Hospital. Ian Collinson (guitar
teacher and entertainer) and Christopher Findlay (psychiatrist and singer), England.
3. BHSC G06 (120) ‘Beyond words’: Grassroots Supports and Therapeutic Trends in the Psychedelic Renaissance. Stephen Galvin, graduate
medical student, complementary therapist, Cork, Ireland.
4. BHSC G10 (150) Power and Play: Positioning of Psychodynamic Psychodrama Group. Sarah Robinson, Angela Veale and Elizabeth Quinlan,
Lecturers, School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland.
5. BHSC 1.02 (70) ‘Doing it for Ourselves’: Peer Support for Mental Health and Wellbeing. Ali Rochford, Gateway Project Worker & WRAP
Trainer; Fionn Fitzpatrick, Co-ordinator, Gateway Mental Health Association, Dublin, Ireland.
6. BHSC 1.21 (70) Advance Directives: Supporting People through Communication and Reflection. Fiona Morrissey, mental health researcher,
Galway.
7. BHSC 1.22 (70) Sli Eile Farm: Another way - therapeutic but not therapy Sli Eile tenants and staff, Churchtown, Cork, Ireland.
16.00-16.45 Concurrent Sessions F
1. BHSC G02 (120) From Emergence to Emergency: The Soul Journey. Declan Hammond, Homeopath and Transpersonal Therapist, Dublin,
Ireland.
2. BHSC G04 (120) Therapy vs Understanding: ‘Grounded’ Ideas from Irish Men’s Groups. Darach Murphy, Psychology PhD Student, University
College Cork and men's group member, Dublin, Ireland.
3. BHSC G05 (120) Beyond the DSM V: toward a Personal Diagnosis. Wilma Boevink, Expert by Experience, Social Scientist, Netherlands.
4. BHSC G06 (120) Another Way Home (film) Michael Twomey, Director, Complete Control Films, Ireland.
5. BHSC 1.02 (70) A Doing Therapy: Exploring Occupational Therapy as Another Way to Support People in Distress. Karen McCarthy, Lecturer,
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University College Cork, Ireland.
6. BHSC 1.21 (70) Playback Theatre-when your Stories can Come to Life. Speakout Theatre for Transformation, Cork, Ireland.
7. BHSC 1.22 (70) Exploring causation of suicide and relevant clinical responses from a psychotherapeutic prospective. Stephen Flynn,
Analytical Psychodrama Psychotherapist, Founder of Diadhuit Suicide Prevention Ltd, Mallow, Ireland.
8. BHSC 3.03 (30) Drop in session. CVNI Development Group representatives, Ireland.
17.00-17.30 Plenary Session
BHSC G01 (250) Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI)
The plenary session provides opportunities to integrate the insights and initiatives of the conference and to discuss the on-going work of the
CVNI.
Key note presentations, with the respective presenters’ consent, will be available a few weeks after the conference at www.cvni.ie,
http://www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/conferences/ and www.ucc.ie/en/appsoc
Conference Donations
One of the unique features of this annual conference is that it is a free event, supported by a very small budget. Since 2013, following
delegates’ enquiries about making donations, there has been a donation box at the registration desk. Please feel free to contribute if you wish
(preferably cash or cheque made payable to CVNI to be lodged into the CVNI conference account). We do not accept donations which
compromise the ethos and values of the conference. If you have any queries, please contact either Lydia Sapouna at l.sapouna@ucc.ie or at
021 4903495, or Harry Gijbels at h.gijbels@ucc.ie or at 021 4901551.
We wish you all a safe journey home and look forward to see you again next year.
Lydia Sapouna and Harry Gijbels