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Closing Event: Some thoughts from a participant

At the Talking Therapies closing event on 23rd October it was fascinating to hear the final script of the narratives from the project. Two quotations from playscript and the Final Report sum up for me the needs for the future: … Continue reading

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Website Make-over: Conversations about Counselling, Spirituality and Faith

The Talking Therapies team has been busy giving this website an overhaul, switching it over from the Theology and Therapy theme it started with, to this new one of “Conversations about Counselling, Spirituality and Faith”.  This marks our own transition … Continue reading

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The Medication Model of Psychotherapy in Context

by Prof Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh, co-investigator on the Theology and Therapy Project. One of the rationales for the Theology and Therapy project is to contribute to debate about the nature and contribution of psychotherapy to British society. Recently, … Continue reading

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Introduction to the Theology and Therapy Project

Post by Dr Alette Willis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Theology and Therapy Project. The Theology and Therapy project is an interdisciplinary research project at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland.  The overall aim of the project is to understand the … Continue reading

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