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Attachment-Informed EMDR: A pilot feasibility trial (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2024, March). Attachment-Informed EMDR: A pilot feasibility trial. Poster presented at EMDR UK Annual Conference 2024, York, UK

While evidence that EMDR can be an effective treatment for complex trauma is building, as is evidence of the efficacy of online EMDR, more evidence that online EMDR can be effective for those with attachment-based trauma histories is needed. This pi... Read More about Attachment-Informed EMDR: A pilot feasibility trial.

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.

Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Halliwell, E., Williamson, H., & Atkinson, M. (2021, July). Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 9, Online, hosted by the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol

Disordered eating, or dis-ease around food and eating, is widespread. Many materials assisting individuals to apply mindfulness skills to their eating choices and behaviour are available online, from apps, to guided meditations, to asynchronous and... Read More about Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: A study of acceptability, feasibility and efficacy among adult women in the UK.

Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2021, July). Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes. Presented at International Conference of Mindfulness 2021, Online, hosted by the University of Aarhus, Denmark

Title Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes Abstract Objective ‘Mindful eating’ apps, guided meditations, books and online programmes are prol... Read More about Mindfulness and distressed eating: Evaluating the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two online mindful eating programmes.

Researching the Therapeutic Impact of Words (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2019, July). Researching the Therapeutic Impact of Words. Paper presented at Creative Bridges International: Work and Research with Words for Wellbeing, Bristol

This presentation outlines different projects researching therapeutic writing for disordered eating. It aims to disseminate these research findings as well as to describe some of the many obstacles to conducting and publishing research in this area.

Where is the service user voice in our research? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. E. (2019, June). Where is the service user voice in our research?. Presented at ACBS Annual World Conference 17, Dublin, Ireland

Health intervention research has been criticised for a lack of focus on investigating acceptability, before examining efficacy and effectiveness. There are clear moral and ethical arguments for giving voice to service users’ experiences of helpful a... Read More about Where is the service user voice in our research?.

Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Halliwell, E., Williamson, H., & Atkinson, M. (2019, June). Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study. Poster presented at ACBS Annual World Conference 17, Dublin, Ireland

Mindful Eating – Conscious Living™ (ME-CL) is a mindfulness-based programme originating in the US which aims to reduce anxiety around food and eating. While the programme is being delivered widely, it has never been tested under research conditions.... Read More about Mindful Eating - Conscious Living: An acceptability study.

Therapeutic writing for eating disorders: A systematic review (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Williamson, H., & Meyrick, J. (2018, June). Therapeutic writing for eating disorders: A systematic review. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 8, Bath

There is a need for new and creative psychological therapies for anorexia in particular, as it has the highest bed cost and the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition, and few NICE recommended clinical treatments. Interventions which ca... Read More about Therapeutic writing for eating disorders: A systematic review.

Mindfulness in higher education: An evaluation of a four-year MBSR programme at a UK HEI (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2017, July). Mindfulness in higher education: An evaluation of a four-year MBSR programme at a UK HEI. Poster presented at Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice Conference 2017, Chester, England

MBSR programmes within universities are well-established in the US and increasing in the UK, as levels of stress are high amongst students and staff. The aim of this project was to evaluate an MBSR programme within a UK HE institution over a four y... Read More about Mindfulness in higher education: An evaluation of a four-year MBSR programme at a UK HEI.

Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C., Williamson, H., & Meyrick, J. (2017, June). Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review. Poster presented at Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference 2017, Bristol

This poster will present the results of a recently completed systematic review examining whether therapeutic writing could improve outcomes for clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. There is a great need for new and creative psychological therapi... Read More about Could therapeutic writing improve outcomes for adult clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa? A systematic review.

Group poetry therapy for clients recovering from anorexia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of client experience (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2016, June). Group poetry therapy for clients recovering from anorexia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of client experience. Poster presented at Appearance Matters 7 Conference, Royal College of Surgeons, London

Poetry therapy, also known as bibliotherapy or therapeutic creative writing, is an arts-based therapy which uses creative writing or published literature for therapeutic means. Like other art therapies, it may be a useful addition to the range of in... Read More about Group poetry therapy for clients recovering from anorexia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of client experience.

Is ACT an existential therapy? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2015, July). Is ACT an existential therapy?. Paper presented at ACBS Annual World Conference 13, Berlin, Germany

UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2013, July). UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now?. Poster presented at The British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference 2013, The Angel Hotel, Cardiff

Quality training placements are crucial to delivering quality learning and teaching and to producing professional practitioner psychologists. However, accessing high-quality placements remains a struggle for trainee counselling psychologists, and the... Read More about UK counselling psychology training placements: Where are we now?.

Poetry in therapy: An example of group bibliotherapy and therapeutic creative writing with clients with eating disorders (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2011, July). Poetry in therapy: An example of group bibliotherapy and therapeutic creative writing with clients with eating disorders. Paper presented at Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference, Bristol

Purpose: In this paper, the author will describe her experience of setting up a poetry therapy group for inpatient and day patient clients as part of a group therapy programme for clients with eating disorders. In doing so, the paper will provide an... Read More about Poetry in therapy: An example of group bibliotherapy and therapeutic creative writing with clients with eating disorders.

On being a university student in therapy: Exploring the process of therapy and its impact on the process of learning (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Ramsey-Wade, C. (2005, September). On being a university student in therapy: Exploring the process of therapy and its impact on the process of learning. Paper presented at 7th Annual IPA Conference, Bristol University

Historically, the client’s experience of therapy has not featured centrally in psychological research. Research into student mental health shares this past bias towards the practitioner’s viewpoint. While some research has been carried out into the... Read More about On being a university student in therapy: Exploring the process of therapy and its impact on the process of learning.