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Publications and Conferences 

Open Door Parenting Teenagers Project (PTP):
A paper describing setting up this service and outcome evidence was published in an international clinical journal:
Jarvis, C. Trevatt, D. & Drinkwater, D.  (2004) Parenting Teenagers: Setting up and Evaluating a Therapeutic Parent Consultation Service: Work in Progress, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol 9, number 2,. The paper described setting up the PCS and a preliminary statistical evaluation of outcome data

Three further academic papers about the PCS have been published,
Jarvis, C. (2005) Parenting problems: research and clinical perspectives on parenting adolescents. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, Vol 31 No2.
Trevatt. D(2005) Adolescent in Mind. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, vol 31, no.2.
and one chapter in a  book:
Bailey, T (2006) 'There is no such thing as an adolescent'. In Lanyado, M & Horne, A (eds.) A Question of Technique, London: Routledge
Currently a further outcome paper, reporting on developments in the Open Door PTP and on an evaluation of treatment response and outcome, is being prepared for submission to an academic journal.

One paper has recently been published about work in our Young People’s Service:
Kemp, M. (2005). It ain’t easy growing up in World War 111: counter transference complications in work with young people who have experienced domestic violence. Journal of British Association of Psychotherapists. Vol. 43, No 1.

NB: Open Door has a strict policy relating to publication of clinical material. Where authors have illustrated their article with examples of clinical work, written permission to do this has been given by the service user and the identity of the individual has been disguised in order to minimise the possibility of recognition.
Lectures and Conferences
In addition to these academic papers, professionals working for Open Door undertake lectures and workshops about Open Door’s services in professional contexts, in order to disseminate details about treatment models we have developed to work with young people and parents.

The following is a list of conferences and workshops where Open Door is participating or presenting material:

February 2006 – Parent Consultation Service Conference
May 2006 – 'Stressed Out and Struggling': The Wonder Years-listening to 16-25 year olds: new ways to meet their mental health needs (Young Minds & HASCA)
May 2006- London Centre for Psychotherapy, public lecture 'diversity series'.
July 2006 – Working with Severely Disturbed Adolescents; Tavistock Conference
July 2006 Somali Community Conference, Haringey
October 2006- Adolescent Department Scientific Meeting, Tavistock Clinic
February 2007- Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) ,Research Forum
May 2007- Maudsley Hospital, theoretical seminars
June 2007- Nottingham CAMHS:  'working with parents' event
June 2007- ACP Annual conference, London
February 2008 - Open Door/Open Mind Conference, Edinburgh