Positive Psychology Summit:UK
Building Community, Applying Positive Psychology, Sharing knowledge
2025 Summit Tickets
The third Positive Psychology Summit:UK will be held on the 26th and 27th June 2025 in London at ETC Venues, County Hall, London.
Mission Statement
Our aim for the Summit is to provide inspiration, motivation and knowledge on how to apply Positive Psychology in all areas of life. From work to home and children to adults, Positive Psychology can and should be able to impact all as a force for good.
The focus of the Summits are to build to build relationships across the Positive Psychology community. Each session is interactive workshop, helping delegates integrate the learning and giving clear takeaways they could apply in their personal and professional life.
We proud of our strong track record of hosting inclusive and accessible events.
The events are small and intimate with talks and workshops throughout the two days. We curate an event that allows for deeper connection by creating the time and space for delegates and workshop leaders to build meaningful relationships.
We aim to cover our costs for each event and to make it as accessible as possible for under-represented groups.
Our History
The Positive Psychology Summit:UK was founded by Andrew Foster, Catherine Stacey and Jane Jennison in 2018.
2019 Positive Psychology Summit:UK
The first Summit was held in 2019 at the Mercure Hotel in Bedford. We had a mix of talks, workshops, networking and social events.
Sarah Lewis talked about Surviving and Thriving as a freelancer,
Tom Gillson talked about turning his Positive Psychology Intervention design from idea to reality
Barry Docherty talked about reaching the hard-to-reach
Frederika Roberts talked about Positive Education
Steve Bagienski talked about magic-based workshops to build community
Charles Margerison talked about amazing achievers and Positive Psychology
Martin Galpin talked about moving beyond questionnaires; to new approaches to generating strengths-based narratives and facilitating positive relationships
Our workshops covered:
Social eating
How to get published
Breaking social barriers
Lego, coaching cubes, magic tricks and strengths cards as coaching aids and Positive Psychology Interventions
Executive Coaching Masterclass
2020 Positive Psychology Summit:UK
Our plans to hold the second Summit in 2020 were put on hold by the pandemic. We switched to a series of online events where practitioners shared how Covid-19 had impacted them and what lessons Positive Psychology could provide to help us all deal with this traumatic time.
These “In Conversation” events were very well received by the Positive Psychology Community globally.
2024 Positive Psychology Summit:UK
The second Summit was held in 2024 at the Mercure Hotel in Bedford. The overarching theme for the 2024 summit will be “Putting Positive Psychology into practice” with a focus on:
Building community;
Applying Positive Psychology;
Sharing knowledge
Each session was an interactive workshop, helping delegates integrate the learning and giving clear takeaways they could apply in their personal and professional life. We covered:
Dr Rebecca Jackson - Crafting Positive Psychology Interventions for Autistic Coaching Clients
Lynn Burrow - We all want to be heard
Sarah Lewis - Exploring positive emotions; extending our ability to feel good
Sarah Monk -Exploring Emotional Acceptance Techniques for Resilience
Matt C. Freeman - Positive Ageing: how we can shift our mindset to flourish and thrive whatever our age
Darshak Laklani - The mind is our best friend or worst enemy
Martina Gannon - Post-Traumatic Growth, an exploration
Fredericka Roberts - Positive Change that sticks: organisation-wide improvement through Appreciative Inquiry
Dr Raul Rodriguez - Synergies at the Intersection: Artificial Intelligence, Positive Psychology, and the Quest for Human Flourishing
We are grateful for the support and sponsorship of the Positive Psychology Guild for both the 2019 and 2024 events.
2025 Positive Psychology Summit:UK
The third Positive Psychology Summit:UK will be held in June 2025 in London. We will be confirming the final date and venue in mid-September 2024.
