Behaviour Therapy World Congress 1988, Hosted by the British Association of Behavioural Psychotherapy, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-10th September, 1988

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
British Association ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
World Congress

Behaviour Therapy in Japan: Beyond the Cultural Impediments

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Sakano
Keyword(s):  
Gold Coast ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Clinical Approach ◽  
Great Success ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Fourth World ◽  
World Congress ◽  
Academic Association ◽  
History Of

The fourth World Congress of Behaviour Therapy held at the Gold Coast was a great success as the first worldwide congress on behaviour therapy in South East Asia and Oceania countries. The fact that an academic association can sponsor a world congress is a good index of the level of development of a host academic association as a leader in that field. We can say that the ABMA has come to play a leading and important role in behaviour therapy in the world.Lovibond's paper (Lovibond, 1993), based on his keynote address at the Fourth World Congress of Behaviour Therapy, is interesting for an understanding of not only the current status of behaviour therapy in Australia, but also for typical courses of the development of behaviour therapy in many countries where behaviour therapy has not been a major clinical approach, having been “imported” from countries where behaviour therapy has been highly developed from early times.The courses of the development of behaviour therapy in Australia and Japan are considerably similar, that is, clinical psychologists in both countries have tried to develop a scientific clinical psychology since the dawning of behaviour therapy, as Lovibond (1993) has pointed out. However, there are some differences between these countries on the current status of behaviour therapy. In order to compare the courses of the development and the current status of behaviour therapy in both countries, an introduction to a brief history of behaviour therapy in Japan might be helpful.

The World Congress of Behaviour Therapy: A Brief Report

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-112
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Sanders ◽  
W. Kim Halford
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
World Congress ◽  
Behaviour Modification ◽  
The World ◽  
Exchange Information ◽  
Multicultural Context ◽  
First World

The Fourth World Congress of Behaviour Therapy, held on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia between July 4–8, 1992 was an important event in the professional calendars of many behaviour therapists internationally. It was hosted by the Australian Behaviour Modification Association, in association with the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the European Association of Behavior Therapy. This 3-yearly event provides an important opportunity for behaviour therapists from around the world to meet, socialise, exchange information, perspectives and ideas, and establish or extend colleague networks in a multicultural context. As the first World Congress on Behaviour Therapy to be held in the southern hemisphere, it achieved the same high standard of previous congresses in Israel, Washington, and Edinburgh, producing a balanced and stimulating program addressing most of the major areas of contemporary behaviour therapy research and clinical practice.

Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy in the UK: Comments on Lovibond

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Tarrier
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
World Congress ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

It was with great interest that I read Professor Lovibond's paper, not the least because of the fact that before returning to the UK in 1991 I had spent approximately 2½ years working in Australia. In his article Professor Lovibond charts the history of behaviour therapy in Australia and comments on the current academic and professional situation there. He raises issues concerning scientific rigour, clinical practice, service delivery, and professional organisation. Some of these are general issues and many readers from many places around the world will find sympathy with these. Others are relevant to the local circumstances within Australia and are less pertinent to other countries. My first reaction to the article was surprise that problems within clinical psychology were being aired at a World Congress of Behaviour Therapy and within a behaviour therapy journal. This is perhaps explained by Professor Lovibond's view that behaviour therapy is too narrow a term for what is really clinical psychology and should be so entitled. But from a UK perspective there is here a confounding between the theory and practice of behaviour therapy (I will use the term cognitive-behaviour therapy as being more reflective of current thinking) and the profession of clinical psychology. I will devote most of this short article to outlining the situation in the UK so that it can be seen why Professor Lovibond's suggestion that behaviour therapy and clinical psychology are synonymous would not be readily acceptable in the UK. Firstly, I would like to comment on the situation regarding behaviour therapy before briefly describing that of the profession of clinical psychology.

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