For anyone whos interested: We are holding a number of Psychologist in the Pub events this academic term across the region. Psychologist in the Pub talks are completely free, and open to everyone (BPS members and non-members) so please feel free to join us! To keep update with the Branch follow us on Twitter, @BPSWestMids. Stoke Psychologist in the Pub with Heather Semper Venue: The Glebe, 35 Glebe Street, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire ST4 1HG Date: Wednesday 5 November 2014 Time: 6-7pm “How do people cope with severe food allergy?” Heather Semper has two main areas of interest both of which focus on food; psychological factors in weight management, and psychological factors in food allergy. In this talk, she looks at how people cope with a severe food allergy. She will draw from her extensive research exploring the impact of food allergy on the family, and will focus on the parent’s experiences of caring for a child with severe food allergy. Wolverhampton Psychologist in the Pub with Dr. Martin Turner Venue: Grain Store, 2-3 King Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1ST Date: Thursday 13 November 2014 Time: 6.30pm It’s Not a Tragedy, it’s Sport: Using Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy to Help Athletes to Think Smart Athletes are required to deal with competitive pressure, painful injury, unexpected setbacks, rejection and unfair treatment by others, and failure when it matters most. In the face of such adversity, athletes often irrationally demand success, and consider failure to be terrible, awful, the end of the world! But in reality, success is preferable, and failure is inconvenient, but certainly not the end of the world! Sport is an ideal context in which to explore irrational beliefs, and this talk explores the growing use of rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) in sport. REBT helps individuals abandon their irrational beliefs in favour of rational beliefs. The athletic context is rife with irrational philosophies, fostered by win at all costs mantras and “winning is all that matters” values. Therefore this talk argues that REBT can offer huge potential gains to athletes by helping them to control their reactions to adversity. Stoke Psychologist in the Pub with Dr Sue Sherman Venue: The Glebe, 35 Glebe Street, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire ST4 1HG Date: Wednesday 3 December 2014 Time: 6-7pm “False memory and eyewitness testimony” Dr Sue Sherman has a multidisciplinary background; she has an undergraduate degree in Computational Linguistics, a masters degree in Psycholinguistics and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology. Her research is concerned with aspects of memory, particularly false memory. She studies the nature and quality of false memories to understand how we can distinguish false memories from ‘true’ memories. In her talk, she will share what she has learned from her research and will also consider some real world implications for memory mistakes. Coventry Psychologist in the Pub with Carl Harris Venue: Drapers Bar & Grill, Earl Street Coventry CV1 5RU Date: Thursday 11 December 2014 Time: 6.30pm What is happening in the world and how is it affecting people? What is happening in the world and how is it affecting people? Austerity is a term now familiar to most people in the UK but what does it mean for citizens, for those who work in public services, for communities, for families and for children? This talk will use models and arguments from community and critical psychology to help us think about this question. For instance, Bronfenbrenner’s model of the ecology of human development will be used to describe the impact of austerity in a specific community setting – a council estate in Birmingham. Critical psychology models will help us to think about what the relevance of austerity is for psychologists and their profession. The talk is an opportunity to consider how both we and those with whom we work are affected by these processes.
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