Announcing the 2027 UKPTS Annual Conference: Breaking the Cycle: Anger, Violence & Trauma on Monday 25 January 2027 at King’s College London (Strand Campus).
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This page will bring you all the details on UKPTS 2027 as they are released. For updates, follow us on X, BlueSky, Instagram and LinkedIn using #UKPTS2027.
You can contact the team on conference@ukpts.org
Dr Rachel Paskell, Conference Chair
If you would like to share your work at UKTPS 2027 we would love to hear from you. Submit your abstract for consideration for as a poster or 15 minute breakout presentation on any of the following topics:
- Children, young people and families
- Criminal justice
- War/conflict
- Interventions for anger, violence and trauma
Abstracts should be no longer than 400 words and be formatted using the following subheadings:
- Background
- Aims
- Methods
- Results
- Impact
Please email your abstract, including contact details, in a Word document to conference@ukpts.org before midday on DD MONTH 2026.
Successful applicants will be informed of whether they will be invited to share a poster or break-out presentation by DD MONTH 2026.
This is a draft agenda and will be updated as information is confirmed.
| 09.15– Welcome Dr Victoria Williamson (outgoing UKPTS President) & Dr David Turgoose (incoming UKPTS President) |
| 09.30 – Introduction Dr Rachel Paskell (Conference Chair) & expert by lived experience |
| 09.45 – 11.30 Anger, violence and trauma: formative influences and experiences |
| 09:45 – Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and anger Professor Dominic Murphy |
| 10.15 – Online harm and children – forensic psychology and policing Professor Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis |
| 10.45 – Early trauma linked to later violence via self-esteem vulnerabilities, including considerations for offender personality disorder (OPD) pathways Dr Julian Walker |
| 11.15 – Q&A speaker panel |
| 11.30 – Comfort break and move to Breakout sessions |
| 11.45 – 12.50 BREAKOUT SESSIONS (four topic streams available) |
| STREAM ONE: Children Young People and Families |
| STREAM TWO: Criminal Justice |
| STREAM THREE: War and Conflict |
| STREAM FOUR: Interventions for anger, violence and trauma |
| 12.50 – Lunch + Academic Posters |
| 13.30 – 14.30 CORONER’S COURT WORKSHOP |
| Further details to follow Professor Derek Tracy (Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director for Psychological Professions, SLAM and IOPPN) Dr Georgia Richards (Epidemiologist, King’s College and Founder and Director of the Preventable Deaths Tracker) Dr Richard Brittain (Medical and Underwriting Adviser, MDDUS and Coroner) |
| 14.30 – Refreshments |
| 14.45 – 16.30 Working with anger, violence and trauma in different populations |
| 14.45 – IPV and women’s mental health Professor Siân Oram |
| 15.20 – Understanding and treating the impact of military sexual trauma Professor Dominic Murphy |
| 15.45 – The impact of working with anger, violence and trauma – lessons from research with prison staff Dr Victoria Williamson |
| 16.15 – Q&A speaker panel |
| 16.30 – Summary, reflections and committed action Dr Rachel Paskell |
| 16.45 – Closing remarks |
Our host location is the King’s Building in the King’s College London Strand Campus, Strand, London WC2R 2LS. Located in the heart of London on the north bank of the Thames, the founding building was built between 1829 and 1831 on land granted to King’s College by the government to complete the riverside frontage of the campus.
Nearest mainline train stations: Charing Cross 9 minute walk; Waterloo 12 minute walk. Nearest Underground stations: Temple (District and Circle lines) 2 minute walk; Charing Cross (Bakerloo and Northern lines) 10 minute walk; Embankment (District, Circle and Bakerloo lines) 10 minute walk.
There is no public parking, but a pay and display parking system operates in nearby streets including Surrey Street.
More travel information can be found on the Strand Campus website and Transport for London.
All delegates are required to show ID to access the campus.
Early bird pricing (before 30 November 2026)
UKPTS Members: £100
Non-members: £160
Standard Pricing
UKPTS Members: £130
Non-members: £190
UKPTS membership is only £50 / £30 for the year. Click here for more and to join.
Please note, all those who are accepted to present at breakout sessions or present a poster will be expected to buy a ticket for the conference.
