Dr Mariam Bhaila, our newly appointed Associate, recently delivered an online workshop titled Understanding Trauma and Working in a Trauma-Informed Way on behalf of Careif, in collaboration with Fountain House, Lahore. She was supported by Professor Rachel Tribe.

Ben Amponsah and Rachel Tribe (Chair of Careif) conducted an engaging and informative workshop on day 1 of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Counselling Psychology Conference 2025 that had a full house of attendees

The first steps towards a suicide prevention model for clinicians and medical school students in Pakistan were taken recently when 30 participants received online training to spot the signs in someone who is thinking of suicide and have a conversation that could help save their life.

Careif would like to bring to your attention an important seminar on geopsychiatry that is being organised jointly by the World Psychiatric Association, the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations and the SAARAC Psychiatric Federation.

The online seminar, taking place on Saturday 8 March, has a theme of The relevance of geopsychiatry: navigating climatic events mental health complexities.

This innovative event supported by the British Psychological Society (BPS), Careif, the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI) and the Association of Community Interpreters (ACIS) takes place on 31 May and will provide a free joint training workshop for both psychologists and interpreters.

This workshop, developed in response to the Turkey and Syria Earthquake, will be delivered by Careif trustee Professor Rachel Tribe. It will take place on 28 April 2023 at 10am-1.30pm at the University of East London.