Psychotherapies
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Meet the expert on Family-Based Treatment (FBT)
Discover what made family involvement the right foundation for treating adolescent anorexia nervosa and how Family-Based Treatment (FBT) works. Join Professor Daniel Le Grange at the event on 29 October 2026.
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Understanding and Responding to Self-Harm: Latest Evidence and Clinical Practice. Judy Dunn International Online Conference 2026
Explore the latest evidence on self-harm in children and adolescents. Learn about neurobiology, emotion regulation, assessment, family support, and clinical practice from leading international experts. Don’t miss the EARLY BIRD OFFER save nearly 20%!
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- Judy Dunn International Conference
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- LIVE STREAM
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Mentalising and Emotion Regulation in Children and Families
Midgley et al. (2023) describe the Emotion Regulation in Children (ERiC trial), the first large randomised clinical trial designed to evaluate a brief form of Mentalization-Based Treatment for children aged 6–12 with co-occurring internalising and externalising difficulties. The intervention aims to strengthen children’s and parents’ ability to understand behaviour in relation to thoughts, feelings and intentions, seeking to improve emotion regulation within the child and across the parent–child relationship.
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Single-Session Interventions for Children and Young People: Evidence, Clinical Skills, and Best Practice
Learn how Single-Session Interventions (SSIs) can improve outcomes for children and young people. Explore evidence, implementation and clinical skills. With Assoc. Prof. Jessica Schleider (pic), Prof. Maria Loades, and Dr Erica Szkody.
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- Workshop
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Helping Anxious Parents Raise Confident Children: Preventing the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety
Internationally renowned expert Professor Sam Cartwright-Hatton will lead the programme sharing extensive clinical and research expertise. Through in-depth presentation and interactive Q&A session, participants will learn how to support parents in reducing accommodating behaviours, fostering resilience, and promoting long-term emotional wellbeing in anxious children.
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- Intermediate level
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- LIVE STREAM
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Irritability and Later Depression and Self-Harm in Adolescence
Irritability is common in early childhood and for many children, it reduces over time as they develop better frustration tolerance, language, emotional regulation, and social understanding. However, when irritability remains high across early childhood, it may signal increased vulnerability to later mental health difficulties.
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Meet the expert on mentalising – Dr. Emma Morris
Discover how mentalising therapy supports children and families facing complex trauma. Join Emma Morris at the ACAMH workshop on 14 October 2026.
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Safeguarding & Suicide Risk in CAMHS: Assessing and Managing Risk in Children and Young People
This set of talks explores updated best practice in suicide prevention within CAMHS, highlighting a shift toward personalised, collaborative safety assessment, formulation, and management following new 2025 national guidance. It also examines suicidality in autism, multiagency learning from recent cases, and broader safeguarding approaches including child exploitation and forensic CAMHS perspectives.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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Why Trauma-Focused CBT Isn’t Reaching Children
Trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) is one of the best-supported psychological treatments for children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms. Yet the existence of an evidence-based treatment does not mean that children and families can access it in routine care. Blog by Professor Francisco Musich.
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ADHD and Depression
Join this ACAMH Expert Half-Day exploring the increasingly recognised link between ADHD and depression in children and young people. As demand on services grows and presentations become more complex, understanding how these conditions interact is becoming ever more important. Includes talks from Professor Sinead Rhodes, Dr. Olga Eyre, and Dr. Ramya Srinivasan.
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- Expert knowledge session