Seduction, resistance, and the value of the Anvil (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M. (2024, January). Seduction, resistance, and the value of the Anvil. Paper presented at European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Helsinki, Finland

In this paper I sketch my journey of finding Autoethnography and creative-relational inquiry; orientations to scholarship that are so obviously relevant to my home discipline of Counselling Psychology, yet at the same time, so alien and unwelcome. Wh... Read More about Seduction, resistance, and the value of the Anvil.

Supporting families to adjust following a dementia diagnosis: Adapting the LivDem intervention (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Woodstoke, N., Winter, B., Cheston, R., & Dodd, E. (2023, October). Supporting families to adjust following a dementia diagnosis: Adapting the LivDem intervention. Presented at The 33rd Alzheimer Europe Conference, Helsinki

“Everyone says that thinking about death is unthinkable. But I think dementia is a bit unthinkable too. How can you think about losing your mind?”​ ​ A reflexive thematic analysis of adapting the LivDem model of talking about dementia for couples a... Read More about Supporting families to adjust following a dementia diagnosis: Adapting the LivDem intervention.

Playing with metaphors in supervision (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2023, October). Playing with metaphors in supervision. Paper presented at 7th Community Psychology Festival, Edinburgh, UK

The process of supervising doctoral research students can be overly dry and focused on outputs, lacking a playful focus on the lived experience of the supervisee and the intersubjectivity of the student-supervisor relationship. While supporting... Read More about Playing with metaphors in supervision.

Should I stand up for my abused colleague? When and why high status team members stand up to observed abusive supervision (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Gencay, O., Derfler-Rozin, R., & Arman, G. (2023, August). Should I stand up for my abused colleague? When and why high status team members stand up to observed abusive supervision. Paper presented at 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA

Abusive supervision, defined as a supervisor’s sustained display of hostile verbal and nonverbal behaviors toward employees, is ubiquitous in organizations (Tepper, 2000). As a normatively inappropriate supervisory style (Palanski et al., 2014), it c... Read More about Should I stand up for my abused colleague? When and why high status team members stand up to observed abusive supervision.

Capturing clouds - Listening to young survivors in the design of their journey through paediatric sexual abuse referral centre services (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Meyrick, J. (2023, July). Capturing clouds - Listening to young survivors in the design of their journey through paediatric sexual abuse referral centre services. Presented at World STI and HIV Congress, Chicago

Project Young people using a Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC) in the southwest UK were involved in a co-production approach to redesign their journey from the service onwards to sexual health care in a range of settings. These young people h... Read More about Capturing clouds - Listening to young survivors in the design of their journey through paediatric sexual abuse referral centre services.

Critical career competencies of entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Arman, G. (2023, July). Critical career competencies of entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context. Paper presented at 18th European Congress of Psychology, Brighton

Aims and Objectives : The present study explored the adjustment process of a unique group of Turkish entrepreneur immigrants in the United Kingdom, whose initial experiences upon their move were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. Key c... Read More about Critical career competencies of entrepreneur immigrants in an extreme context.

Decolonialising a grounded theory of presence (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Blunden, N. (2022, December). Decolonialising a grounded theory of presence. Presented at Embracing the art and science of psychotherapy, Metanoia Institute

In this seminar, Nicola presents her inter-disciplinary constructivist grounded theory of therapeutic improvisation. She proposes a model of therapy-as-art-making, bringing to light the central aesthetic practice employed by therapists: conversationa... Read More about Decolonialising a grounded theory of presence.

Am I a Community Psychologist? (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M., & Thompson, M. (2022, October). Am I a Community Psychologist?. Paper presented at Community Psychology Festival, Southampton, UK

In recent years, one of the most visible forms of UK Community Psychology is the Section that sits within the British Psychological Society (BPS). The Section has resisted calls from the BPS to develop specific competencies against which one’s use of... Read More about Am I a Community Psychologist?.

Autoethnography: Let there be chaos (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M., Ince, A., & Martin, J. (2022, July). Autoethnography: Let there be chaos. Presented at BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference, Royal College of Physicians, London

This symposium aims to reach to the edges of our discipline’s awareness in order to shine a light on a neglected research paradigm that has captured our imagination. Autoethnography is an approach to research that seeks to describe and systematically... Read More about Autoethnography: Let there be chaos.

Surviving limbo: On the road to potential immigration failure in the middle of a global pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Arman, G. (2022, April). Surviving limbo: On the road to potential immigration failure in the middle of a global pandemic. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Self-Initiated Expatriation, Bamberg (Germany) / Online

Purpose - The present study explored the experiences of a unique group of Turkish entrepreneur immigrants in the United Kingdom, whose initial experiences upon their move were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. The study aimed an in-de... Read More about Surviving limbo: On the road to potential immigration failure in the middle of a global pandemic.

Developing an ethical evaluation strategy for assessing the wellbeing of children living in a conflict affected area (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. (2022, January). Developing an ethical evaluation strategy for assessing the wellbeing of children living in a conflict affected area. Presented at Kalakar Qasbah and the art of healing: Supporting child wellbeing in areas of conflict through the arts, Bristol, Online

Drawing in healthcare (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. (2021, December). Drawing in healthcare. Paper presented at Drawing in Hospitals – what is the role of mark making in contemporary healthcare?‘, Online

Nicola Holt, a psychologist for the Health Department at the University of the West of England (UWE). Nicola discussed the impact of art on patients suffering from chronic pain, anxiety and their general wellbeing, in addition to experiments proving... Read More about Drawing in healthcare.

Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Grace, P., Holt, N., & Halliwell, E. (2021, November). Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence. Poster presented at Sexual Violence and Health Research Day, Engineers House, Bristol

The study evaluated the impact of a programme of creative workshop on the well-being and mood of 25 women (average age = 41, range = 20-57) who had experienced sexual violence, run through SARSAS (www.sarsas.org.uk). A pre-post evaluation was conduct... Read More about Surviving to thriving: The impact of an arts intervention on the wellbeing of women who have experienced sexual violence.

Understanding sexual violence at University: An evidence based response (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Higson-Sweeney, N., & Meyrick, J. (2020, June). Understanding sexual violence at University: An evidence based response. Presented at Calling Time on Sexual Misconduct:best practice in prevention in higher education., UCL

Postcards from researchers (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. J., Jenkinson, E., & Clarke, V. (2019, July). Postcards from researchers. Presented at Exploring the potential for creative and arts-based methods for applied psychological research, UWE, Bristol

A workshop, drawing on guerrilla kindness craftivism, to share inspiration and research ideas gained from the BPS creative methods seminar.

Can colouring improve the mood and concentration of older adults? Developing a research study (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Holt, N. J., Christopher, G., & McClean, S. (2019, July). Can colouring improve the mood and concentration of older adults? Developing a research study. Paper presented at Ageing Better Conference, UWE, Bristol

Colouring has been advocated as a wellbeing activity for older adults (e.g., Alzheimer’s Society, 2018) and colouring books and activity packs specific to this population abound (e.g., Active Minds, 2018). Despite this, no research has examined the e... Read More about Can colouring improve the mood and concentration of older adults? Developing a research study.

Acceptability of abusive supervision by third-party observers: The role of attributions. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Arman, G., & Gencay, O. (2019, May). Acceptability of abusive supervision by third-party observers: The role of attributions. Paper presented at European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy

Commute-to-work and employee wellbeing in Istanbul. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Arman, G., & Okay-Somerville, B. (2019, May). Commute-to-work and employee wellbeing in Istanbul. Paper presented at Congress of European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Turin, Italy

Test-retest reliability for common tasks in vision science (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, K., Pennington, C. R., Hedge, C., Lee, J. T., & Petrie, A. C. P. (2019, May). Test-retest reliability for common tasks in vision science. Poster presented at Vision Sciences Society, St Pete Beach, Florida, United States

Historically, research in cognitive psychology has sought to evaluate cognitive mechanisms according to the average response to a manipulation. Differences between individuals have been dismissed as “noise” with an aim toward characterising an overal... Read More about Test-retest reliability for common tasks in vision science.

Working with trauma: personal and professional development needs of psychosocial intervention practitioners working with refugees in Greece (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Fragkiadaki, E., Ghafoori, B., & Triliva, S. (2019, February). Working with trauma: personal and professional development needs of psychosocial intervention practitioners working with refugees in Greece. Paper presented at 3rd European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Edinburgh, Scotland

Approximately 860,000 refugees and immigrants entered Greece without appropriate travel documents over the last three years. The traumatic events of their lives can be numerous and prolonged as they can be part of their past, current interpersonal re... Read More about Working with trauma: personal and professional development needs of psychosocial intervention practitioners working with refugees in Greece.