>Therapy hurts? - One-day conference organised by the Camden Trust with the
>Association of Independent Psychotherapists
>
>Time: Saturday, Oct. 30, 1999, 11 to 5 pm
>Place: University of London Union, Malet St. London WC1
>Cost: £10 (ten pounds stirling)
>
>Theme:
>"Therapy hurts?" is the unifying theme covering a range of issues, such as:
>- Is psychotherapy or counselling harmful? In what way?
>- What is the borderline between healing and harm in psychotherapy and
>counselling?
>- Professional harm: how extensive is it, what factors matter?
>- Does registration prevent harm? If not, what does?
>- Is psychotherapy a suitable case for statutory registration?
>
>The emphasis in on dialogue and debate rather than formal presentations.
>The latter are to be short, leaving time for discussion in small groups and
>in a final plenary.
>
>Speakers include:
>- Jo Nash, POPAN action group against abuse
>- Petruska Clarkson, psychotherapist
>- David Millar, psychotherapist
>- Vincent Kete, lawyer
>- Dan Hogan, ex-Harvard, author of 'The regulation of psychotherapists'
>- Christina Wieland, psychotherapist
>- Peter Burley, Council of professions Supplementary to Medicine
>- NickTotton, Independent Practitioners Network
>- Robert Maxwell Young, psychotherapist
>- a representative of the UKCP
>
>Chair: David Henderson AIP
>
>Cheques payable to "The Camden Trust" can be sent to Therapy Conference,
>The Camden Trust, 46 Colebrook Row, London N1 8AF