Continuing Professional Development Events

The Psychologists Protection Society Trust is pleased to announce two CPD events which will be held before and after our AGM on Saturday 23rd May 2026. These will be hosted by our special guest speakers – Satinder Panesar and Alex-Sanderson-Shortt / Niki D.

For information about our first CPD event of the day – When Therapy Goes Wrong: Ownership, Accountability & the Essential Role of Supervision, please see the information Below.

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The Second CPD event on Rethinking Relationships: An Open & Polyamorous Lens with Alex-Sanderson-Shortt & Niki D starts at 15.30 and finishes at 16.45. For information about this, please click here.

12.15 – 13.30

Therapy is often viewed as a place of healing, insight, and transformation, and is a deeply relational process. Yet, even with the best intentions, things can and do go wrong. This presentation invites therapists to explore the less-discussed and often uncomfortable territory of when things go wrong, including ruptures and moments where outcomes fall short of what we hope to provide.

Drawing on themes and real-life reflections from my collaborative book When Therapy Goes Wrong: Learning from Challenges, Improving Practice, this session will examine the factors that contribute to therapeutic difficulties, including interpersonal dynamics, systemic pressures, ethical blind spots, and therapist overwhelm.

This exploration will consider the concepts of ownership, accountability, and professional transparency, not from a perspective of blame, but as pathways to strengthened practice, confidence, and client trust. Attendees will be encouraged to reflect on indicators of potential complaints, how to prevent them through early recognition, and how relationship-based approaches can support repair when things feel “off track”.

We will emphasise the critical role of clinical supervision as a reflective, supportive, protective, and developmental space, one that encourages therapists to bring forward the work they feel most reluctant to share. Through reflection and exploration of the chapters, attendees will leave with enhanced awareness, deeper relational insight, and a renewed commitment to safe, ethical, and accountable therapeutic practice.

This session aims to create openness, reduce therapist defensiveness and fear, and promote a culture of continuous learning. When therapy goes wrong, it can also become the greatest source of professional growth.

Satindar Panesar

Satinder Panesar is an Integrative Psychotherapist with over 25 years’ experience across the third sector, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, education, and private practice, working both nationally and internationally. She holds an MA in Integrative Counselling from University of Derby and is an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).

She is an Individual and Group Clinical Supervisor (University of Strathclyde), Clinical Consultant, and Executive Coach. Her work spans face-to-face and remote practice with young people and adults across the UK and internationally.

Satinder’s areas of interest include trauma-informed practice, culture and tradition, and intersectionality. She has extensive experience supporting professionals and organisations through supervision, reflective practice, coaching, and consultancy, including within NHS services, education, emergency services, SARCs, homelessness, addiction, and migrant support settings. She also works with senior leaders, supporting leadership wellbeing and organisational resilience.

She provides organisational consultancy to develop psychologically informed, reflective, and safe working cultures. She is the author of When Therapy Goes Wrong: Learning from Challenges and Improving Practice, and contributes to wider professional dialogue through writing and speaking engagements. Satinder currently sits on the BACP Healthcare Executive Division (Four Nations), supporting strategic discussions on excellence in counselling, psychotherapy, and supervision.

Born in East Africa and shaped by Indian and African cultural traditions, she brings a deeply relational and culturally informed perspective to her work.

PPS Members are invited to watch the AGM and CPD events online (Free of Charge). Please follow the PPS Members link below on how to secure your ticket.  Non-PPS Members can also join in the CPD events online (Free of Charge).  Please follow the Non PPS Members link to secure your ticket. 

For Non PPS Members who wish to watch the CPD Events Online.

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