Matthew Pugh

Out now! "Cognitive behavioural chairwork"- amazon.com/Cognitive-Beha…. A guide to using chairwork in #CBTworks #compassionfocusedtherapy, #schematherapy #motivationalinterviewing, #positivepsychology, supervision, all with dash of ACT! @BABCP @psychmag @ISSTonline @CompMindFound

Our online #chairwork training hub is closing on 21 April 😞 But we're offering 70% off all our pre-recorded courses until then - that's less than £30 for over 5 hours CPD per course! Use the coupon code FINALSALE at the checkout: chairworkuk.teachable.com

The main part of my thesis has been published! jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… I learnt so much from this important and meaningful research. Namely, the integral importance of working with individuals to feel seen, heard, validated and valued as unique individuals beyond the problem.

Seeking therapists with experience of doing #chairwork - important research with ethnically minoritised clients. If interested please email fatema.kassamali.22@ucl.ac.uk

@SophieCCripps Congratulations Sophie!

Part one of my thesis has finally been published! If you’re interested in learning more about therapeutic change in family therapies for anorexia (inc helpers and hinderers of positive change), please do read!

Pull up a chair… @DrMatthewPugh on the use and potential of chairwork; with a 2024 update. bps.org.uk/psychologist/p…

Excited to the share results of a recent case series based on our single session #chairwork therapy (delivered over three session) - promising results and an RCT currently underway. Congratulations to the authors for their brilliant work! frontiersin.org/journals/psych…

The learning from our initial evaluation of Relating Therapy for the anorexia voice is now available journals.lww.com/jonmd/abstract… @DrMatthewPugh @Anna_MarieJones @Research_SPFT

Delighted to have this opportunity to delve further into the distinctiveness of the relational therapies for #hearingvoices #ICHR2023

📣Research call out📣 Have you received treatment for anorexia in an adolescent team within the past 5 years? Have you had experience of your ED being externalised (separated from you)? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Email me a.skolnick@surrey.ac.uk if you have any questions✨

Action-packed coaching: Catalysing change through chairwork. A @BPSOfficial online workshop. @DrMatthewPugh wrote on this in 2017 bps.org.uk/psychologist/p… Book now via bps.org.uk/event/action-p…

@DrMatthewPugh @EDIFYresearch @FEAST_ED @ed_research_cdf @cardiffuni @CardiffDA @wearewednesdays I’d so appreciate if you could retweet this! I’m recruiting people with experience of an eating disorder voice for my research project, and want to reach as many people as possible!

@AnnaOldershaw @CCCUAppPsy Three fantastic trainers in one place!

Deep in conversation with Les Greenberg and Robert Elliott, sharing updates about SPEAKS and our work in England #EmotionFocusedTherapy #EFTInstituteEngland @CCCUAppPsy

We had a blast at our #chairwork masterclass with therapists in Italy, looking at how to work with trauma and parts of the self. And we can't wait to run our brand new masterclasses in 2024! Want to bring chairwork or parts work to your therapy or coaching service? Get in touch!

“It’s literally been life-changing”: really encouraged to hear how helpful individuals with eating disorders find the ‘future selves’ #chairwork task we’ve developed, and fascinating to learn about what makes it effective. Thank you for such a great talk, Lauren and Chantelle!

Thanks to @SPFTSEDS for supporting participants to engage with the study and helping me to learn! @DrMatthewPugh @Research_SPFT @SPFT_NHS

Very helpful advice and guidance for therapists working with complex and comorbid eating disorders in this open-access paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea…

Looking forward to hearing about Chantelle McKenzie and Lauren Rowley DClinPsy project exploring a new motivational #chairwork intervention for eating disorders on 19th June (1pm BST). If you're a clinician/researcher and would like a zoom invite, please email m.pugh@ucl.ac.uk

Resentments and appreciations - the two most important things to work through in empty chair dialogues / unfinished situations with a significant other, according to Fritz Perls. Ted Lasso absolutely nails it in this clip! #chairwork youtube.com/watch?v=HQUOOG…

Lovely to meet therapists and coaches from all over the world at our three day intensive #chairwork training this month - thanks for being such a creative group. We hope the workshop has helped you be in the right mind at the right time and do the right thing (ie, chairwork!)