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National Research Success for LC&CTA Students 2009

For the fourth consecutive year our students won approval to present their Research Projects at the National Research Conference held annually by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).



From left to right: Lyla Smith-Abass, Cemaliye Deran, Soraya Bedja-Johnson, Charlotte Poole, Thomas Joseph, Serena Mullings, Michelle Denny-Browne

Research Paper:
‘Is the diagnosis of s-chizophrenia as valid in the African-Caribbean male population as it is in the general White population in the UK, and if not, why not?’

 



From left to right: Suzi Mackenzie, Lisa Bent, Jacqui Neil, Tony Donohue, Pepe Jansz, Paul Badham

Ian Holt was also an author of this paper (but he is not seen in this photograph)

Research Paper:
‘Is the Person-Centred Approach overlooked in the treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BBD) and Self-Harm (SH), if so, why?’

 


LC&CTA sponsored nine of the successful students, seen above, to exhibit at the BACP Research Conference, which was held in Portsmouth this year during May. Their accompanying tutors; Tony Taylor (Tutor & Facilitator), Juanita Harriot (Co Director) and Chris Brown (Co Director) supported the students as they delivered unique and innovative presentations to the entire conference assembly, to great acclaim.

MIND, the leading Mental Health Charity in England and Wales, expressed interest in our students’ paper on the validity of the diagnosis of schizophrenia in Black males living in the UK. And a copy of this research paper was dispatched to MIND via the BACP’s Press Office.

The leading contemporary UK expert in the treatment of BBD requested that our students forward a copy of their findings on completion of their project. These findings will no doubt add to the UK knowledge base held on these self-destructive disorders, which in turn, it is hoped, will better facilitate the recovery of sufferers.

It is unusual for students to achieve such research excellence in training; but LC&CTA’s students have an established reputation for producing effective and valid research which adds to the knowledge base the psychotherapeutic profession holds in general. This research work also sets our students up to take their place in the profession as practitioners who can validate their work with empirical evidence; a skill which is increasingly demanded of counsellors today.

Ending on a High Note:
After working so hard to win their places to present at Conference, both students and tutors were glad to kick back and enjoy the Conference Dinner and Dance.

 

 

Students’ National Research Success 2008



British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy National Research Conference, May 2008

During the 2 years of study on the HPD in Counselling our students engage in a Sub-Group Research Project which spans an eighteen month period.

LC&CTA encourages its students to share their research at national level. This year 2008, three groups of our students were awarded hard won places at the BACP Research Conference to present their Research Projects at this national assembly.

LC&CTA sponsored 8 students to present their projects. These were well received and generated considerable interest at the conference held in Cardiff Bay during May.

Chris Brown, LC&CTA’s Training Development Director was awarded the BACP Research Department’s Prize at this year’s Conference for her work in encouraging students to participate in Counselling Research, in line with the Counselling Profession’s drive toward becoming a ‘Knowledge Based Profession’.

 

Going to the Conference


  

Presentations


 

A prize for Chris


 

  

Dinner and dance


  

Research posters




Leaving the Conference