Annual School Counsellors’ Conference

Our Annual Conferences are nationally important for schools, school pastoral staff, counsellors and psychotherapists alike, and connect schools and colleagues across the country with insightful, practical professional development.

18th Annual Conference - Save the Date!

The 18th Annual Conference for counsellors working schools will take place on Thursday 25th September 2025 at Didcot Civic Hall.

Pre-register here for priority Early Bird booking and we'll get in touch with you once bookings become live on our website. 

17th Annual Conference

Our 17th Annual conference opened with a personal and thought provoking address by Debbie Lee entitled 'Acting Out and Acting Up the Psychodrama of a School', the introduction to which can be viewed below.  Additionally, our experienced workshop leaders led insightful sessions covering topics including identity, jealousy, death, autistic girls and creative play.

16th Annual Conference

Shona Reed-Purvis' heartfelt address 'What HAS love got to do with it? Connections in therapy', laid the foundations for the day, with further workshops on themes including narcissism, strong emotions, divorce, hate and grief.

A short clip from Shona's keynote speech can be viewed below.

15th Annual Conference

The Storm After the Calm: therapeutically picking up the pieces - brought us together in person for a full day of face to face professional learning and nourishment with new and familiar colleagues. Our experienced workshop leaders hosted sessions on race, chaos, feelings, psychosis and relationships.

Kathy Peto delivered an impactful keynote speech, 'The Young Person, the Family and the Outside World: how do we as therapists find our positions in the systems surrounding young people?'

A short clip from Kathy's keynote speech can be viewed below.

Previous Conferences

Our School Counsellors' Conferences began in 2008, and were introduced by our late colleague and friend, Nick Luxmoore. They quickly became an established fixture in the school calendar, with new people coming from far and wide and old friends returning. The conferences are intended to raise the profile and clinical standard of counselling in schools and provide an opportunity to reconnect with other counsellors to celebrate their work with young people in schools.