Developing effective behaviour change interventions requires selecting appropriate behaviour change techniques (BCTs), the smallest active intervention components. The BCT Taxonomy v1 has been widely used to specify and define BCTs in interventions. This workshop introduces the Behaviour Change Techniques Ontology (BCTO), an updated method of specifying and describing (BCTs). Building on the widely used BCT Taxonomy v1, this ontology provides a more comprehensive and precise tool for selecting, specifying and synthesising BCTs. The workshop will provide guidance to apply the BCTO and its online tools to research and practice, transitioning from taxonomy to ontology. This guidance will include how to use the ontology to select, precisely describe and synthesise information about BCTs. The workshop also explores the potential of ontologies for interdisciplinary communication and advanced data analysis.   

Date: 22^nd and 23^rd October 2025 (half day) 
Time: On Zoom from 12:30-4:30pm (UK time), with 20-minute break each afternoon 

 Places are limited with the course capped at 25 participants and a minimum number of 10 participants is required. 

This conference will present contributions on Francoise Dolto’s concept of The Castrations, Jean Berges’s model of Transitivism, Charles Melman’s New Psychic Economy and Marcel Czermack on the psychoanalytic treatment of psychoses.

Speakers Include Lionel Bailly, Sham Bailly, Marika Bergès-Bounes, Nicolas Dissez, and Helen Sheehan.

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Booking for the conference will close 16.00 (GMT) on Friday 19 September 2025.

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Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) Training with Dr Banika Ahuja

Online Course

Thursday 8th January 2026, 8:00– 15:00 GMT Online via Zoom

What is Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST)?

CST is an evidence-based group treatment for people with mild to moderate dementia. It involves 14 or more sessions of stimulating, themed activities, based around more complex principles including learning theory and person-centred care. CST can be extended into a longer-term treatment and can be offered to a range of clients including outpatients and people in residential or day care.

What does the training involve?

Training is interactive, involving group exercises, role-play and video observation as well as some ‘teaching’. It is aimed to equip people with the knowledge required to deliver group CST in their work setting.

You will receive a booking confirmation upon registration. We will contact you closer to the time of the event with updates and instructions. If you have any other queries, please contact cst-international@ucl.ac.uk.

We are delighted to launch this new course, providing an essential introduction for any psychological therapist working with women in midlife, in any context. While menopause affects half the population, most professional psychology training courses to date have not covered it within their curriculum. This course will provide a background to menopause transition, including biopsychosocial-cultural perspectives; an update of the UK NICE guidance and evidence-based treatments for menopause, an understanding of how to consider menopause within the assessment, formulation and treatment process (using CBT as an example); and discussion on bringing ‘menopause into the room’ more broadly.

Who is this course suitable for?

People with professional psychological training including Clinical Psychologists, Counselling Psychologists, Counsellors, CBT therapists, specialist nurses and other NHS Talking Therapies staff. We welcome international delegates, aiming to bring global perspectives into the discussion. We encourage men and anyone who feels less informed about menopause and less confident talking about it.

What will course involve?

This online course will run from 9.15-12.30 BST and involve a combination of teaching and interactive, small group experiential exercises.

By the end of the course, learners should have increased knowledge and awareness to apply when assessing and treating women going through menopause transition.

Book the course: 21^st October 2025

This UCL Hybrid Conference explores the role of memory in psychoanalysis today. 

Tickets for the clinical seminars taking place on the evening of Friday 28 November will need to be added to your booking when purchasing a main conference ticket. The clinical seminars are closed groups, and available to only those attending the main conference.

The evening clinical seminars will take place in various locations: Please look carefully at the seminar leader names to check which seminars will take place in person.

Booking for the main conference and clinical seminars will close 16.00pm (GMT) on Friday 28 November 2025. Psychoanalysis Unit staff on substantive contracts to email events.psychoanalysis@ucl.ac.uk to enquire about free places.

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