22 Jun 2025 ● UK Council for Psychotherapy
UKCP Researching Network Event
Date: Saturday 20 September 2025
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Marlin Waterloo, 111 Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7HR
Who should attend?
This event is for UKCP Members only. If you would like to find out more about becoming a UKCP Memberplease visit our join us page.
UKCP would like to welcome you to our first in-person research networking event in collaboration with the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR).
Interested in hearing about what the future of psychotherapy research might look like, and how you can develop your own research skills in practice? This networking event will hold a panel discussion with psychotherapy researchers with a broad range of experience and interests.
Hear our panel discuss the landscape of international psychotherapy research, the current main challenges of navigating research in psychotherapy in the UK, and how they navigate the gap between practice and academic research. Following the panel discussion, a guided networking session will allow attendees to meet other UKCP members interested in research.
Learning objectives
During this event, we will:
- inform delegates about current topics within psychotherapy research
- give delegates the opportunity to network and make connections with other members interested in research
- stimulate discussion of the key opportunities and barriers for conducting research.
Full programme coming soon.
Who should attend?
This event is for UKCP Members only. If you would like to find out more about becoming a UKCP Member please visit our join us page.
CPD
After this event you will receive a certificate of attendance which you can submit for consideration towards your CPD hours.
Registration
| Registration type | Price |
| Student/Trainee | £25.00 |
| UKCP Member | £35.00 |
Speakers
Dr Eva Fragkiadaki
Dr Eva Fragkiadaki is a Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at the University of the West of England and Programme Leader of the Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. Her research interests include the development and the evaluation of personalised psychological interventions for people with Multiple Sclerosis and other chronic conditions. She is committed to the active involvement of the community in the designs, conduct and dissemination of research.
Dr Kevin Wright
Dr Kevin Wright is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and Fellow of the BPS. He previously worked as a High Intensity integrative psychotherapy in the IAPT (Improved Access to Psychological Treatment) service in south London and is still now also an EAP affiliate for various provider companies (Employment Assistance Programmes) offering free brief therapy to employees and their family members via their employer including treating many accident victims suffering from PTSD. He is an Expert witness carrying out psychological and cognitive assessments for the family (custody & care proceedings), immigration & criminal courts. He also runs numerous resilience workshops for senior legal professionals working for the CPS, and he runs a private integrative psychotherapy practice. He is a Committee member of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (UK Chapter) and for the Male Psychology section in the BPS. His PhD research focused on stress in the workplace and the changes in coping strategies as a result of brief therapy treatment via an EAP programme; through this, he became interested in the gender differences in responses. He is at present focusing on how to offer a brief, effective protocol for the treatment of PTSD, also looking at gender differences in responses, the role/importance of fathers in the prevention of crime in young men.
