22 April 2009 Dr Jayne Henry, Forensics in Learning Disabilities [Powerpoint slides]
18 March 2009 Paul Tibbles, Surrey University - Systemic thinking: What is it and how can it be relevant to a Trainee Clinical Psychologist? [Powerpoint slides]
23 February 2009 Chris Frith, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London - Hallucinations and delusions: the price we pay for our creative brain [Abstract] [Link to presentation and related book]
January 2009 Cancelled
17 December 2008 Christmas party
25 November 2008 Admissions tutors from UEL and Royal Holloway
29 October 2008 Admissions tutors from IoP and UCL
September 2008 Cancelled
27 August 2008 Dr Eileen McNamara - Mental Health Issues in People with Learning Disabilities [Powerpoint slides] [Notes]
30 July 2008 Louise Arseneault, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Kings College, University of London
25 June 2008 DVD: Dr Christine Padesky, 'CBT for Social Anxiety' [Click here for a link to Dr Padesky's DVD]
27 May 2008 Committee elections for 2008/9
30 April 2008 Gianna Cocchini Ph.D, from the Goldsmiths' College, University of London gave a presentation about clincial and academic neuropsychology in UK. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
25 March 2008 Dr. John Hanna, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Co-Chair, Inpatient Psychological Practitioner Network, Acute Inpatient Clinical Psychology Service, Highgate Mental Health Centre talked to us about: "Psychology on Acute Wards: Future Directions". Click here for Meeting Minutes.
26 February 2008 Barry Milne from King's College London, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry department gave a presentation about the mental health history of families and the contribution of genetics and environment to mental illness. Click here for the PPT presentation.
27 November 2007 Kristina Soon, Clinical and Admissions Tutor from University College London told us about the Doctorate Course in Clinical Psychology as well as how to prepare for the interview process. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
30 October 2007 Sue Rutter from the Institute of Psychiatry, Professor Andy MacLeod, Course Director of Royal Holloway and Dr. Neil Rees, Clinical Director of University of Ease London talked to us about the Doctorate Courses in Clinical Psychology and gave us information about their courses and the application process. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
18 September 2007 We had an informal meeting discussing how to get relevant experience to apply for the doctorate training and what we learned from out post in research, as support worker or assistant psychologists.
28 August 2007 Dr Abigael San, a Clinical Psychologist from the Enfield Learning Disability Psychology Service, gave a talk about Learning Disabilities as well as about the UCL course where she finished her doctorate last September. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
31st July 2007 - Chloe Volz and Georgina Krebs from the Institute of Psychiatry talked to us about their work with children and young people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Click here for Meeting Minutes. Click here for a reading list about OCD.
Chloe Volz and Georgina Krebs informed us that a full-time assistant psychologist post is coming up in the OCD team in the next few months. It will be advertised on the nhs (www.jobs.nhs.uk) and SLaM websites (www.slam.nhs.uk).
26 June 2007 The new committee of the group was elected.
29 May 2007 We watched and then discussed an American Psychological Association video on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
27 March 2007 Professor Glenn Waller gave a presentation on his work with people with eating disorders.
27 February 2007 Jan Burns spoke to us about the interview process at the Salomons Course. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
30 January 2007 Julie Steel came to talk to us about her experience of being in the first year on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at the University of East London (UEL). Click here for Meeting Minutes.
28 November 2006 This meeting gave us another opportunity to learn from each other. We discussed a collection of research and clinical vignettes which have been used as case studies in some of the interviews for clinical courses. Click here for the Vignettes we discussed.
31 October 2006 Katrina Scior, Lecturer & Admissions tutor, University College London, Ms Sue Rutter, Course Clinical Director, Institute of Psychiatry, Prof. Jan Burns, Joint Course Director, Salomons and Prof. Mary Boyle (Ex Programme Director) from the University of East London spoke to us about their respective courses and the application porcess.
26 September 2006 Dr. Sophie Gosling, Admissions Tutor for Royal Holloway spoke to us about the Holloway course and the application process. Click here for the Meeting Minutes.
29 August 2006 We broke into small groups and discussed (1.) Where we work (2.) What the clinical psychologists at our workplaces do (3.) What we do. (4.) What we have learnt. The intention was to gain a wider view of the psychology/health services, the roles people in our position can have and an idea of the different things a Clinical Psychologist. We thought that this would be useful whether we ’re preparing for the application process or deciding which job or experience you need to get on the course. Click here for the Meeting Minutes.
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30 May 2006 A talk was presented by Dr Kevin Beardsworth, a Clinical Psychologist working within the CAMHS Tier 3 Service in Essex who has also been on the interview panel for Herts and Essex Clinical Courses. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
25th July 2006 Our speaker was Dr Rachel Handley. She works at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma and will be talking about PTSD in adults.
27th June 2006 Annual AGM
28th March 2006 Admissions tutors from UCL, UEL and Royal Holloway were in attendance for a question and answer session.
28 February 2006 Dr Kate Mahony, a Clinical Neuropsychologist in an Older Adult Unit, the King's Wood Centre, North Essex came to speak with us. Click here for Meeting Minutes.
31st January 2006 Kevin Healy of Cassel Services will be coming to talk about personality disorders
25th October 2005 Martyn Baker, admissions tutor from UEL 3-3:50, Professor Jan Burns, admissions tutor from Salomons 3:50-4:40, Sue Rutter admissions tutor from IOP 4:40-5:30
27th September 2005 Oliver Mason, admissions tutor from UCL will speak from 3-4, Dr Michael Evangeli, admissions tutor from Royal Holloway will speak from 4-5
30th August 2005 MJ Maher is speaking at the meeting about Cultural awareness in the NHS and about her work as an Adult Group Psychotherapist for the
Therapeutic Intervention Service in Croydon.
26th July 2005 Stephanie Bryant, Assistant Psychologist, Guildford and Waverley Community Mental Health Team for the Elderly will be coming to talk about Anorexia in Older Adults
26th April 2005 Steve Pilling will be coming to speak about NICE guidelines that he is involved in compiling.
March 2005 - There was no meeting in March due to the conference.
22nd February 2005 - Some first year trainee psychologists will be coming for a question and answer session about the interview process for clinical psychology training courses.
25th January 2005 - Dr Julian Morris, Clinical Psychologist with Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust came to speak about working as a newly qualified psychologist within the NHS.
23rd November 2004 - The speaker was Melinda Edwards, Consultant Paediatric Psychologist at Guys Hospital.
26th October 2004 - 2 sets of speakers came to talk about the clinical psychology application process. 3-4pm Sophie Gosling, Admissions tutor from Royal Holloway. 4-5pm Martyn Baker and Jay Watts from UEL
28th September 2004 - 2 sets of speakers came to talk about the clinical psychology application process. 3-4pm Oliver Mason from UCL, 4-5pm James Murray from the University of Surrey (Unfortunately James Murray had to cancel).
31st August 2004 - Judy Leibowitz will be coming to talk about psychology in primary care.
29th June 2004 - The groups AGM.
25th May 2004 - Catherine Evans, a 3rd year trainee at UCL, will coming to speak about CBT and Psychosis.
20th April 2004 - Admissions tutor from IOP is coming to speak about their admissions process (to be confirmed - watch this space) - CANCELLED - Informal discussion about assistant psychologist posts took place instead
23rd March 2004 - 3 first year trainee psychologists (two from UCL, one from Surrey) came to discuss their experiences of the admission process and their impressions of their course so far.
27th January 2004 - There will be a discussion about the clinical psychology interview process and experiences.
24th November 2003 - The speaker will be Dr Martyn Baker, the Deputy Director of the Clinical Psychology course at UEL. He will be speaking about the course at UEL and he will be going through the application form showing what it is that they look for.
28th October 2003 - Attended by: 15:00 - 16:00 Garfield Harmon, the Co-ordinator for Continuing Professional Development/Clinical Co-ordinator on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Training Programme at Salomons. 16:00 - 17:00 Dr James Murray, who works half time on the University of Surrey PsychD Clinical Psychology course as a Research Tutor and half time at the North Hampshire Hospital in paediatrics. Dr Louise Deacon, Clinical Tutor from Surrey. She will be talking about what the training course at Surrey is like. Dr Louise Deacon and Dr James Murray will be doing a mock interview during their talk to show what questions are asked and a realistic idea of what is wanted from trainee clinical psychologists.
26th August 2003 - August's speaker was Jacqui Dillon from the Hearing Voices Network. HVN is one of a growing number of organisations that (amongst other things) are trying to increase the role of service users in the provision of mental health services. This goal also lies at the heart of the recent National Service Framework for Mental Health.
29th July 2003 - Anne-Marie Mendham, who is Head of Adult Psychology at the Northwick Park Hospital, spoke about the role of Counselling Psychology in the NHS.
17th June 2003 - This month's talk on Forensic Psychology was given by a member of HM Prison and Probation Service's Applied Psychology Group.