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Keynote
Speakers
Friday 19 October 09:15 10:15
Dr Sarah Davidson - Consultant
Clinical Psychologist,Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, Deputy
Clinical Director, University of East London and Psycho-social
Advisor & Vice Chairman, British Red Cross
Emergency response in psycho-social support - Tales
from the British Red Cross
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 The British Red Cross has a reputation for delivering first
aid in emergencies, but what of the psycho-social elements
of the work? Increasingly volunteers,
staff and delegates are asked to provide psychological assessment and intervention
to a variety of groups of people who have been through a crisis. Some examples
of these will be given, together with ideas about the opportunities and risks
associated with this type of work.
Does “psychological first aid” have a place,
and what are the implications for delivering this nationally and internationally?
Can one size ever fit all and who is in the best position to decide what should
be offered?
In the UK the British Red Cross provides services to people following small scale
domestic crises, such as house fires and after larger scale incidents involving
entire communities, such as following floods and explosions. Internationally,
as part of a global movement, the Red Cross works following disasters and incidents
of all varieties. Using case study illustrations, consideration will be given
as to how best to avoid pathologising people and populations, and how best to
support resilience and coping.
Biography
Dr Sarah Davidson RGN, BSc (Hons), Clin Psy D, CPSYCOL.
Sarah is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic and Deputy
Clinical Director on the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at the University
of East London. She has over 17 years experience in the health
service having
initially
qualified as a nurse, and has since been involved in all aspects of clinical
practice, management, education and research.
As the Psycho-social advisor
to the British Red Cross, she is involved with a variety of
services delivered locally, nationally and internationally;
including
emergency response and refugee services. She was in the first pair to go
out to Thailand following the tsunami in December 2004, and
subsequently has supported
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Qatar, Bahrain and Ethiopia. She has
over twenty eight years experience with the charity and is currently Vice
Chairman, and in her final year on the Board of Trustees
Sarah
is also a Patron of Beatbullying, a charity established in
1999 to change the lives of young people who are being/have
been bullied through facilitation
and empowerment. Her interest in working with voluntary agencies has led
her to work with such charities as Bliss, Childline, Saneline
and the Samaritans.
Friday 19 October 16:20 17:20
Gabrielle Rifkind - Human Security
Consultant, Oxford Research Group
Why western diplomacy is failing.
What can politics learn from psychology?
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 For many years I had
been troubled by the escalating conflicts in the world
and that we were passing a on a very dangerous world to our children. I
felt restless
and frustrated, not knowing how to influence my environment. I became easily
distressed and appalled by the news. Yet, the distress was short-lived,
quickly becoming the property of short-term memory, unable
to propel me into action.
I knew I did not want to be a politician; I had neither the skills, desire
nor patience to find my way up the political ladder. But, I knew there
was a particular
form of political expression I was seeking and I wanted to find a way to
become involved.
I come from a psychological background and am a group analyst
and have for many years run group for men and women who presented
symptoms of depression, eating disorders, panic attacks and
sometimes addiction problems but one of the underlying themes
was the inability to mange conflict either because it was avoided
or if expressed would become dangerous and go out of control.
I was hungry to transpose some of these skills to the political
world of global conflict. Over time, I surprised myself, I’ve
created new forums, enabling others to express themselves and
listen to one another in a different kind of environment that
doesn’t involve rhetoric and platitudes and rigid thinking.
I was to bring together groups of journalists to discuss global
security issues, Palestinians and Israelis to look at obstacles
to the peace process and be part of conversations with Hamas
and Hezbolleh.
A psychological understanding has much to contribute
in this area, whether it is addressing unequal power relationships,
the need to build sustained and trusting relationships, the
importance of respect or the need to enter into the mindset
of the other. Such ideas are equally relevant to the political
stage as they are to the counselling relationship. Whether
we are dealing with political insurgency, Iran having nuclear
weapons or the Palestine- Israel conflict, in the end all conflict
is about people and the current models of intervention are
failing.
Biography
Gabrielle Rifkind is Human Security Consultant to Oxford Research
Group.
She is a group analyst and specialist in conflict resolution
and is convener and founder of the Middle East Policy Initiative
Forum (MEPIF). For the last decade, she has been applying her
psychological understanding of human behaviour to conflict
with particular focus on the Palestine-Israel conflict and
Iran. She is also working on developing dialogue between Iran
and the West, and travels to the region frequently. She makes
regular contributions to press and media and is author, with
Scilla Elworthy, of ‘Making Terrorism History’ (Random
House, 2005).
Saturday 20 October 09:00 – 09:30
Professor Cary L.
Cooper CBE
Improving mental capital and well being
in the global workplace.
 This
address will highlight some of the major changes that are
taking place in the workplace and what they mean for individuals
at work. It will draw on the Quality of Working Life survey
of a cohort of 10,000 UK managers carried out by Professor
L Worrall and Professor C Cooper in conjunction with the Chartered
Management Institute. A strategy for improving mental well
being at work, and case study examples of how effective this
can
be, will be highlighted.
Biography
Cary L. Cooper is Professor of Organizational
Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School
and Pro Vice
Chancellor (External Relations) at Lancaster University. He
is the author of over 100 books (on occupational stress, women
at work and industrial and organizational psychology), has
written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals,
and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and
radio. He is currently Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational
Behavior and Co-Editor of the medical journal Stress & Health
(formerly Stress Medicine). He is a Fellow of the British Psychological
Society, The Royal Society of Arts, The Royal Society of Medicine,
The Royal Society of Health, British Academy of Management
and an Academician of the Academy for the Social Sciences.
Professor Cooper is the immediate past President of the British
Academy of Management, is a Companion of the Chartered Management
Institute and one of the first UK based Fellows of the (American)
Academy of Management (having also won the 1998 Distinguished
Service Award for his contribution to management science from
the Academy of Management). In 2001, Cary was awarded a CBE
in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his contribution
to organizational health. He holds Honorary Doctorates from
Aston University (DSc), Heriot-Watt University (DLitt), Middlesex
University (Doc. Univ) and Wolverhampton University (DBA);
an Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine
of the Royal College of Physicians; and in 2006 was awarded
an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (Hon
FRCP).
Professor Cooper is the Editor-in-Chief of the international
scholarly Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (13 Volume set);
and the Editor of Who’s Who in the Management Sciences.
He has been an adviser to two UN agencies; the World Health
Organisation and ILO; published a major report for the EU’s
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Work
Conditions on `Stress Prevention in the Workplace’, produced
a scientific review for the WHO/ILO on workplace violence in
the health sector internationally, and was a special adviser
to the Defense Committee of the House of Commons on their Duty
of Care enquiry (2004-05).
Professor Cooper is Chair of the
Sunningdale Institute, a think tank on management and organizational
issues, in the National School of Government in the Cabinet
Office. He is also a scientific advisor to the Office of Science
and Innovation on their Foresight programme on Mental Capital
and Mental Well Being.
Professor Cooper is also the President of the Institute of
Welfare Officers, President of ISMA, President of the British
Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, a national Ambassador
of The Samaritans, Patron of the National Phobic Society and
Patron of the National Bullying Helpline.
Saturday 20 October 09:30 – 10:15
Nenita La Rose - Executive Director, Child Helpline International
Listening to calls for help: the role of
child helplines in the psychological well being of children
Given the high proportion of children and adolescents who
do not receive any care for their mental health problems, child
helplines around the world can be an effective means of providing
assistance to children and young people with mental health
issues. Clinical and research literature suggests that phone
counselling can be used to provide support, information and
protection for children, wherever they live, in whatever circumstances.
This is particularly important for children whose access to
services is limited by geographical, physical and emotional
barriers. It is especially effective in countries without extended
mental health services’ networks.
Child helplines provide an immediate, direct and anonymous
assistance to children without judgment. The work carried out
by child helplines is particularly important in the field of
mental health prevention because the early recognition of developmental
and adjustment difficulties can be a determining factor for
the emotional well being of a child. Listening to children,
which means backing up their voices and problems, is a way
of promoting their well being and mental health. Caring for
children and adolescents in emergency situations and preventing
psychopathological outcomes is possible. A multidisciplinary
and multi-agency approach is necessary and often requires the
collaboration of various government agencies, non-profit organisations
and child helplines.
The need for children around the world to realise their rights
as set down in the United Nations Convention on the Rights
of the Child (UN CRC) is evident. Children have the right to
voice their concerns and participate in the building of their
future. A child helpline is a resource that can bring dignity
into the lives of children with pysychological issues and provides
them with the means to realise their rights.
Child Helpline International maintains that it is imperative
to facilitate access to helplines by children and young people
across the globe. In 2005, child helplines worldwide received
over 9 million calls from children. These children contacted
child helplines for several reasons, including: information
on basic resources; someone to talk to; or as victims of abuse.
Their calls often lead to crisis intervention, rehabilitation,
counselling or just someone to talk to.
Child Helpline International aims to promote the establishment
of child helplines, especially in economically developing countries,
so that by December 2007 there will be an active network of
100 countries with child helplines. All CHI activities are
directed at reaching out, increasing and improving facilities
and services to children who need them most, especially the
marginalised child.
Biography:
Nenita La Rose (1956) was born in Suriname and has been living
in the Netherlands since 1974. She studied Dutch Law and graduated
in 1986 with a major in Child Law.
Ms La Rose has acted as a legal advisor for refugees. She also
had broad experience in local government serving as personal
advisor to the Mayor of Amsterdam, Head of the International
Desk of the City of Amsterdam and acting as Ambassador for
the city in the European Network for European Union Capitals.
From 2001-2006 she was Manager General Affairs and Public Services
in Amsterdam. In January this year she became Executive Director
at Child Helpline International.Saturday 20 October
Time 16:20 – 17:20
Professor Susie Orbach - Psychoanalyst and writer.
Costing the invisible: the unintended consequences of globalism
and the development agenda on the female body.
 An epidemic
of eating difficulties and body image problems is infecting
girls and women throughout the world. It is one
of the West’s more insidious and hidden exports. Recent
global studies show that 70% of girls and women are considerably
troubled by their body image and consequently are dangerously
manipulating their eating both in psychological and physical
terms. Costing obesity is now underway by many governments
but the more concealed, psychological, physical and economic
costs of low self esteem which relate to eating and body disorders
represents a public health emergency. Engaging with the issues
and finding ways to prevent the growth of body hatred and eating
difficulties needs to move up the agenda and be addressed seriously.
Biography
Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist and writer. She co-founded
The Women’s Therapy Centre in 1976 and
The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, a training institute
in New York, in 1981.
Her books include Fat is a Feminist Issue, Hunger Strike, On
Eating, What’s Really Going on Here, Towards Emotional
Literacy, and with Luise Eichenbaum Understanding Women, Between
Women and What do Women Want. The Impossibility of Sex is a
series of imagined tales from therapy told from the psychotherapist’s
point of view.
She is a founder member of ANTIDOTE (working for emotional
literacy) and Psychotherapists for Social Responsibility.
She
is also convenor of ANYBODY working on body diversity (www.any-body.org)
and a board member of The International Association for Relational
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.
Susie is currently a Visiting Professor at the LSE and has
been a consultant to the World Bank, the NHS and Unilever.
She has a clinical practise seeing individuals and couples.
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