Conference – Restoring Hope

Booking is now open for this conference on psychotherapy after Acquired Brain Injury.

November 28th Ashling Hotel, Dublin

Price: €70 including light lunch

To book, please contact us on 0863845815 or email us at dublinpsychology@headway.ie

If you have already registered, you will be contacted directly regarding booking.

This conference includes 4 CPD points.

Speakers

• Dr Fergus Gracey – Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia
• Dr Will Curvis – Clinical Neuropsychologist, NHS, Lancaster University
• Dr Giles Yeates – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Author
• Dr Fiona Ashworth – Clinical Neuropsychologist, Cambridge NeuroRehab
• Dr Priyanka Pradhan – Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
• Dr Elaine Kelly –  Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist, Headway

Conference Programme

09:00-09:30 – Registration and Welcome

09:30-10:20 – “Giving with One Hand and Taking Away from Another” A Cautionary Overview of Neuropsychotherapy in Brain Injury Services. – Dr Giles Yeates

10:20-11:10 – Reflections on Integrating a Compassion Focused Therapy Approach with People with Acquired Brain Injury. – Dr Fiona Ashworth

11:10-11:30 – Break

11:30-12:20 – Emotion Focused Couples Therapy After Acquired Brain Injury – Dr Elaine Kelly

12:20-13:10 – Applying The Y-Shaped Model to Support Psychosocial Adaptation to Life Post- Brain Injury– Dr Fergus Gracey

13:10-14:00 – Lunch

14:00-14:50 – An In-Depth Exploration of Body-Based Approaches for Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury and Acquired Brain Injury – Dr Priyanka Pradhan

14:50-15:10 – Break

15:10-16:00 – Using ACT-Informed Approaches Within Neuropsychological Rehabilitation – Dr Will Curvis

16:00-16:30 – Panel Discussion

16:30 – Closing

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