the Rev. Prasada Caroline Brazier, who is responsible for the Amida psychotherapy training programme with her husband, David Brazier (‘Guilt: The taboo of our age’), Dr Andrew Powell, founder of the Royal College of Psychiatry Special Interest Group in Psychiatry and Spirituality (‘Spiritual reality in psychotherapy’), Dr Malcom Walley, Retiring Chair (‘Beyond duality: Evolution, being and gender revisited’) and Professor David Fontana, co-founder and Foundation Chair of the Section and Past President of the Society for Psychical Research (‘What might post mortem survival be like?’) We updated our technology in the course of the year, making it possible for us to record all the keynote talks. One problem we were unable to resolve was the electronic booking system, which we were told by members of the Section proved so frustrating that many who hoped to attend wasted time in making their bookings or even gave up altogether. The system we have established for 2010 is more user friendly, and reverts to the well-tried system known as Martin Treacy, with the result that registering should be much easier and more pleasant.
The Section Committee At the AGM held at the 2009 conference, Malcolm Walley retired from his position as chair having completed his three-year term of office. Malcolm was warmly thanked for his hard work and commitment during a difficult period. In the absence of formal nominations, Ingrid Slack agreed to assume the role of interim chair and was subsequently nominated to assume full office in 2010. David Fontana accepted the role of co-chair. The Section committee is now as follows: Chair: Ingrid Slack Co-chair: David Fontana (with special responsibility for media involvement) Hon Secretary: Jessica Bockler (national and international links) Hon Treasurer: Kendal Wrightson (webmaster) Co-opted member: Martin Treacy (conference registrations) Co-opted member: Tricia Whitehouse ( convening one-day events)
Transpersonal Psychology Review Mike Daniels continues with his excellent work on the thriving Section journal. All those who gave papers at the 2009 Conference were invited to submit them with a view to publication.
The future We look forward to a successful and interesting year in 2010, and to a great Conference at Cober Hill on 17–20 September. Ingrid Slack, Chair, and David Fontana, Co-Chair
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