# Event Details - **Event Name**: Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 09:30 am – Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: 'Learning from families about what matters and thinking about practice'.About this EventThis year we are joined by Isabelle Ekdawi, an experienced systemic psychotherapist and consultant psychologist who is experienced in working with psychosis.She will be facilitating conversations with experts by experience, service users and families and exploring the question of what matters and what works.For the first part of the day we would like to encourage managers and practitioners to listen and connect with their stories. Following this we will consider how to support practice both strategically and for practitioners in sessions.Isabelle is a Systemic Psychotherapist and Clinical Psychologist. She worked in the NHS for over 30 years and positions included joint Head of Psychology for Older People’s services in Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Head of Complex Needs Psychology, Lambeth and Trust Advisor for Family Therapy, in South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). In addition to providing individual, family and couple therapy in these setting, she has also provided systemic network meetings; individual and group supervision; consultation; and training. She trained in Systemic Family Therapy at KCC, and has been a co-trainer with Glenda Fredman on the Camden and Islington AFT accredited Systemic training course, and organized the systemic sub-unit for the doctoral clinical psychology training course at University College London, where she is currently an external examiner. During her time in SLaM, she was involved in systemic training of junior doctors, and provided sessions to the Systemic Family Therapy course and the doctoral Clinical Psychology training course at the IoPPN.She is co-author of Whose Reality Is It Anyway: Putting Social Constructionist Philosophy Into Everyday Clinical Practice; and is co-author of two chapters in Being with Older People: A Systemic Approach, Edited by Glenda Fredman, Eleanor Anderson and Joshua Stott.Her recent publications include co-authorship of: Interprofessional Simulation Training to Promote Working with Families and Networks in Mental Health Services in Academic Psychiatry (2017) and Holding onto the ‘mystery’ within online family and systemic therapy in Journal of family therapy, 2021Having retired from the NHS, Isabelle now works independently as a Systemic Therapist, Consultant and Supervisor.Agenda?: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AMRegistration and Refreshments?: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AMIsabelle Ekdawi facilitating a conversation with experts by experience?: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBREAK?: 11:45 AM - 01:00 PMMoving to Practice Based Explorations?: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PMLUNCH?: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PMWorkshops?: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PMBREAK?: 03:25 PM - 04:00 PMFlp Developments and Community Planning?: 04:00 PMEND - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brighton-and-hove/annual-family-interventions-for-psychosis-and-bipolar-conference/100001764195057909 - **Event Categories**: workshops, business, art, literary-art, conferences, health-wellness, meetups, mental-health - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brighton and Hove - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Friends Meeting House - **lat**: 50.82178889999999 - **long**: -0.1412169 - **full address**: Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/507ff469e0ff79b9d3b7e639b49f83488d937d9c3c387528f32ea8d79b785429-rimg-w1200-h800-dcf6f6f0-gmir.jpg?v=1760612235 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference being held? - **A:** Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference takes place on Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 09:30 am to Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm at Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference? - **A:** Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference is organized by Psychological Professions. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Annual Family Interventions for Psychosis & Bipolar Conference is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brighton and Hove, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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