ACT will had a good presence at the BABCP National Conference held in Edinburgh this year. There were several training opportunities, the Annual General Meeting of the ACT Special Interest Branch, as well as a symposium on ACT research in the UK.
Pre-Conference workshop, "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with PTSD" - 16th July - led by Sonja Batten
Half-Day Conference workshop, "ACT for psychosis" - 17th July - led by Eric Morris, Gordon Mitchell & Amy McArthur
Symposium: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in the UK
Convenor: Simon Houghton, Sheffield Care Trust, UK
Chair: Joe Curran, Sheffield Care Trust, UK
Speakers:
Tom Ricketts, Sheffield Care Trust, UK
Frank Bond, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
David Gillanders, University of Edinburgh, UK
Eric Morris, Institute of Psychiatry, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Presentations and audio from this symposium are here.