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Psychologists Protection Society Trust Annual General Meeting & CPD Events

Psychologists Protection Society Annual General Meeting

The Psychologists Protection Society Trust is pleased to invite members to our 14th Annual General Meeting on the evening of Friday 26th April 2024. In addition to the AGM, two CPD events which will be held before and after our meeting. The first event will hosted by our special guest speakers – Martin Smith and the second event by Barry McInnes.

PPS Members can find out more about the AGM on the PPS Members page.

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Schedule

17.00 – 17.15
Registration (Tea and Coffee)

17.15 – 18.15 CPD Event
Understanding issues when working with Borderline Personalities
Martin Smith

18.15 – 19.45 Psychologists Protection Society Trust
2024 Annual General Meeting

19.45 – 20.15 Informal Breakout Space
Networking opportunity and Buffet.

20.15 – 21.15 CPD Event
How will I know when I’m a good enough therapist?
Barry McInnes

 

PPS Members are invited to join us in person at the venue or watch the AGM & CPD events online (Free of Charge). Non Members can sign up to watch CPD events online only.

Continuing Professional Development Events

Understanding issues when working with Borderline Personalities

Martin Smith

Borderline Personality Disorder is both complex, challenging and on the increase for a range of reasons. Therapists are often not only dealing with a person directly diagnosed with BPD but also family members and partners struggling to cope with the individual suffering the disorder. Due to the disorders complex nature and the very unstable mood and characteristic behaviours of the BPD client there is often scope for issues to occur and actions taken which can result in a more likely possibility of complaints against the practitioner. A greater understanding of BPD and steps practitioners can take to minimise complaints and maximise effective treatment can only be of benefit for all involved.

Martin Smith has been studying and teaching aspects of personality disorders for over the past 15 years and has helped numerous practitioners to better understand the complex and challenging world of the personality disordered client. This presentation will aim to help practitioners better understand and work as effectively and ethically as they can with this group.

Key Subject Areas

  • Defining Borderline Personality Disorder and other names and terms linked to BPD.
  • Understanding the main characteristics, traits, and diagnostic criteria of borderline personality disorders.
  • Understanding functional and dysfunctional personality (the difference between a personality type and disorder).
  • Understanding some key issues around treatment of BPD and the challenges it presents to clinicians.

The session will consist of direct presentation of material using a PowerPoint programme together with the group being involved with plenary discussion and a Q&A session; this will all be led by the course tutor and allow participants to reflect and discuss the material presented.

 

 

 

How will I know when I’m a good enough therapist?

Barry McInnes

How do we define good therapy? What criteria should apply? How can we measure impact, and what separates the most from the least impactful among us? Who is a ‘supershrink’, and who gets to decide? What does the evidence say about the effect on outcomes of adopting routine outcome measurement, and is there a way of integrating it into our practice model that we can not only live with, but embrace?

These are questions that Barry has been asking himself on a journey spanning some 25 years to date. During this presentation, he’ll share his thoughts on the above questions, and some of what he’s learned so far, drawing on research, reflection and a good deal of personal experience, not all of it entirely comfortable.

Along the way, Barry will outline how he’s reframed his use of outcome measures, and how what started out as a tool for assessing service performance has evolved into an invaluable means of eliciting client progress feedback. Feedback which now helps keep him on his therapeutic toes and therapy on track. He’ll also share how, over time, this has helped him build an evidence base for reflecting on his own impact, and how you (should you wish) might go about doing the same.

 

 

 

Nominations and Elections

Timetable

 

The election of new Trustees to the Board of the Psychologists Protection Society Trust will take place according to the following timetable:

  • Thursday 1st February 2024 – Nominations Open
  • Wednesday 6th March 2024 – Nominations Close
  • Nominations scrutinised by the Secretary
  • Monday 11th March 2024 – Voting Opens
  • Monday 22nd April 2024 – Close of Voting
  • Friday 26th April 2024 – AGM – Results announced

Information regarding each stage will be added at the relevant time. Please check this page periodically for updates.

 

Nominations

PPS is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for election to the 2024 Psychologists Protection Society Trust Board.

The role of Trustees is to oversee any claims made to the Members Professional Protection Plan and to the Discretionary Trust Fund. Trustees work in a voluntary unpaid capacity, however approved expenses whilst carrying out the duties of the Trust will be reimbursed.

We are looking for Trustees who have a knowledge of the talking and listening therapies, who are committed to the purpose, objects and values of The Psychologists Protection Society Trust and have a desire to assist fellow professionals and students.

Would you like to help the Psychologists Protection Society Trust by becoming a Trustee or know someone who might?  For more information please visit our website at www.ppstrust.org/nominations

The closing date for nominations is 6th March 2024. Successful candidates will join the Board of Trustees at our AGM on 26th April 2024 in London.

Questions

 

If you have any questions about these nominations or the election please contact the Secretary by email: ppssecretary@ppstrust.org or post – The Secretary, PPS Trust, Line Tree House, North Castle Street, Alloa, FK10 1EX, United Kingdom. Please include your full name, postal address and PPS membership number in all correspondence.

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