Careif Chair delivers keynotes and workshops across India and Sri Lanka

Careif Chair, Professor Rachel Tribe, visited India and Sri Lanka in the spring after receiving invitations to run workshops or give talks there. She had a very successful trip which included giving a keynote talk at the International Conference on Counselling and Psychotherapy (ICCP) 2026 in Bangalore, India.

Her keynote topic was Co-Producing Faith-Based Mental Health Capacity Building: A Community Psychology Intervention with the Church of Ceylon. This presentation discussed the Careif project which has involved several of our trustees and has been conducted over the last four years. She also co-ran a workshop on Integrating Faith and Psychology to Strengthen Community Mental Health.

She then travelled to Kolkata and held an invited workshop at the International Conference on Cognitive Behavioural interventions (ICCBI ) at the University of Kolkata. In addition to running a workshop on Writing and publishing your research, she was also invited to give an opening speech there. 

The University of Kolkata established the first training in clinical psychology in India and Professor Tribe met with senior staff members, students and colleagues whilst there. This was organised by Dr Nimisha Kumar, whom she also met in Delhi where she discussed further collaborations between Careif and Dr Kumar and her network. 

Engagements in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, Professor Tribe continued with an ongoing piece of work with faith leaders. She also ran a workshop at Edith Cowan University, Australia and Sri Lanka, on the topic of becoming a researcher for staff and students. Additionally, she ran a workshop on working with families for the MPhil students in Clinical Psychology programme at  Colombo University. She is also an advisor to Peradeniya University Kandy on their new applied psychology programme; this work is ongoing.

Professor Tribe ran a workshop at the Samutthana resource centre on Working with families and couples. Before leaving, Professor Tribe gave a talk on Geopsychiatry in the Digital Age with a special focus on Disaster Mental Health for the Sri Lankan Psychological Association, which was held at SLITT, Colombo, alongside the past president of the American Psychological Association and the international affairs officer.  Throughout the trip, Professor Tribe engaged in networking and discussions regarding further collaborations with Careif.