Professional Activities

PCE Europe Symposium (Glasgow 2025)

Organiser

20/11/2025

ACT Counselling, Glasgow

Visiting researcher

12/12/2023

Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies (Journal)

Peer reviewer

2022

How a Person Centred Experiential Approach can inform the practice of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (two day workshop)

Participant

2021

A workshop in 'Spirituality in Counselling' led by Rachel Mcilree

Participant

27/6/2020

A Certificate in Clinical Supervision for Experienced Counsellors and Psychotherapists, co-led by Rachel Mcilree

Participant

2019

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Projects

An investigation of Mechanisms of Action in oPtimal Psychological therapies for Episodes of more severe Depression in adults

Stephen, Susan (Principal Investigator) MacIntosh, Hannah (Co-investigator) Flowers, Paul (Co-investigator) Elliott, Robert (Co-investigator) Murphy, David (Co-investigator) Barkham, Michael (Co-investigator) Hardy, Gillian (Co-investigator) Saxon, David (Co-investigator) McIlree, Rachel (Co-investigator)

This is a standalone mechanistic study investigating the mechanisms of action in the effective treatment of severe depression using Person-Centred Experiential Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, the two psychological therapies most frequently delivered by NHS England's Talking Therapies program. We will be conducting a secondary analysis of quantitative and qualitative data (including recordings of therapy sessions) collected in the PRaCTICED trial (ISRCTN06461651) using a mixed methods comparative case study design. We expect to find evidence that the mechanisms of action in good outcome cases in both therapies are consistent with the rationale for the specific treatment enhanced by elements common to both treatments. 

01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027

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