The ‘First Thursday’ seminar series engages with innovative, creative and radical conversations about counselling and psychotherapy research and practice. Public Health, Humanities and Magical Realism: A Creative-Relational Approach to Researching Human Experience First Thursday seminar, presented by Dr Marisa de Andrade on Thursday 5th October: 'Public Health, Humanities and Magical Realism: A Creative-Relational Approach to Researching Human Experience' Taking Research into Practice: A practitioner journey into domestic abuse counselling First Thursday seminar, presented by Dr Jeannette Roddy on Thursday 2nd November: 'Taking Research into Practice: A practitioner journey into domestic abuse counselling' Who's in control? Rewriting narratives of violence through creative film practice First Thursday seminar, presented by Julian Triandafyllou on Thursday 7th December: 'Who's in control? Rewriting narratives of violence through creative film practice' Making Poems from People’s Stories: Poetic Portraiture as Representation, Inquiry, and Community Engagement First Thursday seminar, presented by Professor Sandra L. Faulkner on Thursday 1st February: 'Making Poems from People’s Stories: Poetic Portraiture as Representation, Inquiry, and Community Engagement' Autoethnography: A Conversation with Dr. Robin M. Boylorn First Thursday seminar, presented by Dr. Robin M. Boylorn on Thursday 7th March: 'Autoethnography: A Conversation with Dr. Robin M. Boylorn' What does being ‘relational’ in therapy mean? First Thursday seminar, presented by Dr Linda Finlay on Thursday 4th April: 'What does being ‘relational’ in therapy mean?' Queering Counselling through Vulnerability, Authenticity, Rupture and Repair First Thursday seminar, presented by Dr Deanna N. Cor on Thursday 2nd May: 'Queering Counselling through Vulnerability, Authenticity, Rupture and Repair'