‼️10 days left to our 2026 BABCP Spring Workshops & Conference‼️

We're counting down the days to our Spring Workshops & Conference held at King's College London Waterloo campus. If you haven't registered, here's your last chance to secure your seat.

🔗 https://ow.ly/sj3Z50YI5ae
#Conference #CBT #CPD

🌟 We're delighted to announce Professor Roz Shafran as a BABCP Spring Conference workshop host 🌟 

On 23 April, Professor Roz Shafran will speak on Optimising Outcomes in CBT: Turning Principles Into Practice.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/qRYy50YwQ82

#BABCP #MentalHealth #CBT

Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Important and v clinically useful paper out today in tCBT.

Thanks @drmonnica.bsky.social and colleagues.

Open access so please share widely.

Looking forward to running this again after a successful go at Grogmeet, I am not usually one for random tables in rpgs but there are a couple for this that are great fun

Psilocybin in Treatment-Resistant Major Depression This randomized clinical trial investigates the efficacy and safety of psilocybin, 25 mg, with adjunct psychotherapy in treatment-resistance major depression.

SPIN GRAND CHELEM 🏆
Psilocybin JAMA Psychiatry trial 🍄
a) Positive framing despite negative primary outcome,
b) Inconclusive results presented as supportive evidence,
c) Safety concerns downplayed with reassuring wording.
See the rest of the 🧵 for the verbatim...

CPD opportunity: developing skills in working with culture, ethnicity in #CBT

CBT therapists & clinical psychologists wanted 👇

We’re recruiting for a University of Oxford #DClinPsy research programme

🌱 Counts towards #BABCP CPD
📩 yuhan.murros@hmc.ox.ac.uk

See poster for details

Did you know that sleep consumes one-third of our total lifespan?

On #WorldSleepDay, we are debunking sleep myths and see how CBT-I helps with #insomnia.

🎧 Listen to our podcast: https://ow.ly/vPJ850YthNl
🔗Official World Sleep Day website: https://ow.ly/tG1w50YthNn

#BABCP #CBT #MentalHealth

Instructed increase in fear activation during exposure exercises does not enhance treatment effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia The efficacy of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for panic disorder and agoraphobia (PD/AG) is well established, but the mechanisms …

Another EXCELLENT paper about exposure. But this supports my claim that we have to study recommendations that come from basic science and often we don't find they improve outcomes... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Did you know poor mental health costs the Welsh economy £4.8b? Our #WelshManifesto sets out what the Government should do to deliver high-quality, evidence-based CBT while saving the Welsh economy money.

Read here: https://ow.ly/ZGG050YpykH

#BABCP #MentalHealth #Wales #CBT

This just got delivered and it looks fantastic, a great resource for anyone working in mental health care via interpreters

🎧 New episode of Practice Matters out now!

How can behavioural activation help young people experiencing depression do more that matters to them? Rachel join Prof Shirley Reynolds to find out...

Listen:
https://ow.ly/OKjk50YoZln

huth. Jozzz Icods xzzxfxxnyrxxxxxx - kynrcau

Last call for submissions to #BABCP2026 in Warwick! Make sure you get in your posters, open papers, and 3MTs today and join us for another amazing conference in July!

babcp.com/events/2026-...

@babcp.com

I m running a Luthor Awkright campaign atm, the Mythras rules are a great source book but I just use Call of Cthulu rules with characters given high skill levels and a more generous luck system. Too old to learn new rpg rules 😀

I don't really have magic using PCs in Stormbringer, tbh I prefer magic to happen off screen or through hard won items, no unmentionable tentacles in the PCs yet but some cool mutations from that table 😉

After really enjoying playing it with you as GM i am running it using Stormbringer plus push rolls but also heavily editing each chapter for a 5 room dungeon format. Great fun

Mandelson’s links with US tech firm Palantir must be fully exposed, campaigners warn Government faces call for transparency on former peer’s involvement amid fears he may have leaked more sensitive information

Palantir. Agents for the IDF and for ICE. Now we know how they got huge NHS contracts. Time they were removed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I have a strong belief that scientific instruments like questionnaires should not be have the same copyright protection as other text. Yes you can assert authorship, no you can't stop people using it.

📣 Registration is now open for the 2026 BABCP Annual Conference!

📍 University of Warwick
📅 14–16 July 2026

Join us for pre-conference workshops and the main conference, with options to attend in person or online.

🔗 Click to register now: https://babcp.com/conference/registration/
#BABCP2026 #CBT

Last week to submit a symposium, skills class, panel or roundtable to #BABCP2026 in Warwick, July 14-16th!

Deadline is this Friday - don't forget to finish off (or start...) your submission and send it in!

babcp.com/events/2026-...

@babcp.com

Let's Talk about CBT- Members Matters: Influencing Policy, Journals and Clinical Practice In this episode of Members Matters, hosts Rachel Handley, Steph Curnow and Helen Macdonald bring you updates from across BABCP and introduce two in depth conversations from the heart of the organisation. Helen is joined by Patricia Canedo, Head of External Affairs, who explains her role in shaping BABCP’s public voice. They explore how policy, media and advocacy work can influence access to CBT, support members across the five nations, and raise public understanding of evidence-based therapy. Patricia also shares how members can get involved and help shape future priorities. Steph then...

If you haven’t heard the latest episode of Members Matters yet, why not pop it on and enjoy listening to me and Richard Thwaites chat about one of our favourite things: The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.

Listen now: https://ow.ly/Elu350Y0Bo3

I highly recommend the TV series Reservation Dogs which is a stunning & heartfelt comedy drama about a bunch of teens on a reservation, some great deep dives into Native American contemporary culture, also hilarious at times

Thanks everyone for suggestions and information

BCP is now accepting submissions for a special issue on Improving perinatal mental health: advances in cognitive behavioural theory & practice, guest edited by Fiona Challacombe, Nichole Fairbrother & Cathy Green.
📅 Submission deadline: 30 June 2026

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Seems to be a shortage of credible reporting and analysis from Iran right now, can anyone recommend a good source? That picture of a women lighting a cig with a picture of the Ayatolah may be worth a 1000 words but i'd like a bit more!

A @2000ad.bsky.social annual and a selection box, basically Christmas for me from 1977 to 1989 and am delighted to get to do that again 😀

I just ordered mine then realised EVERYONE at Grogmeet is going to have one too! As the only person running Stormbringer though I think i get some sort of first call on wearing it 😉

Following the BBC documentary on aversion therapy which aired on Friday 5 December, BABCP has issued a public apology and a statement which you can read on our website - babcp.com/press-release-comment-on...

White Ribbon Day 2025 — White Ribbon UK

On White Ribbon Day, 25th November, people around the world stand up against violence against women and girls. The BABCP is a White Ribbon supporter organisation.
This years theme is 'We Speak Up' - see the website for more information.

www.whiteribbon.org.uk/wespeakup