Towards the Nurturing City : a conference

Sandra Strathie has written to us about a conference - Towards the Nurturing City which is to be held on November 14th, 2013 at the City Chambers, Glasgow. It is a Video Interaction/Practitioners conference and is supported by the Glasgow City Council, the Glasgow Psychological Service, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, The Association for Video Interaction Guidance UK and the Glen Strathie Partnership.

This is Glasgow City Council's first VIG Practitioners Conference and it will be of interest to those who are involved in relationship-based interventions, strengthening attachment and using Video Interaction to develop reflective parenting and reflective practitioners. The day will have a strong emphasis on theory in practice through the work of VIG practitioners. The conference will bring to Glasgow leading authorities in the areas of attachment and trauma and it will facilitate, through a series of workshops, how VIG, in day to day working can support positive relationships through strengths-based practice.

The keynote speakers are :

• Hilary Kennedy is an Educational Psychologist and a leading developer of Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) in the UK.
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Dr Felicity de Zulueta is an Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Traumatic Studies, Kings College, London.
• Dr Deborah James is Reader in Child and Family Communication, University of Northumbria. Dr James is a practitioner and supervisor in VIG. She has published findings of her work in the context of organisational change, student learning and family intervention.
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Dr Maria V Doria is a Chartered Psychologist who works both in clinical practice and in research in the areas of interpersonal relationships, family psychotherapy and children’s mental health, including Video Interaction Guidance (VIG).

The cost of the conference is £95 but for those booking before August 16th there is an 'early bird' daily rate of £75.

For booking details email Fiona Williams of the Glasgow Psychological Service.

This news item first appeared on the home page of the goodenoughcaring website on June 21st, 2013