Now booking for the Intensive Interaction Conference 2026:
‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’, Friday 4th September at the Unipart Conference Centre, Oxford.
Read on for more details of the conference line-up and on how to book your place.
Author Archives: Graham Firth
So, what does the current body of research into Intensive Interaction actually tell us?
Following on from my last two Blogs, in this Blog I set out what the current body of Intensive Interaction research actually tells us. Read on for more …
Intensive Interaction research: What does ‘Google A.I.’ say?
Following on from my last Blog on Intensive Interaction research, I thought I’d go all 21st century and ask Google A.I. what it thinks about the current body of Intensive Interaction research. Read on for more …
20 years later… and are we really any further on?
It is 20 years since my paper ‘Intensive Interaction: a Research Review’ was published …. and I don’t think the conclusions that I drew then have really shifted that much … read on for more.
The importance of social interaction in learning and development
Recently I came across a copy of the book ‘Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context’ by educational theorist Dr Barbara Rogoff; a book that I think is really significant theoretically from an Intensive Interaction perspective.
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‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’
Announcing the new book published today: ‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’ Edited by Dr Sophie Doswell & Dr Maggie Ellis (2025), Routledge.
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Intensive Interaction as a psychological therapy
With the upcoming publication of ‘Integrating Intensive Interaction into Psychological Practice’ in this Blog I have abridged a 2009 article on the issue from ‘The Psychologist’; I thought it would whet our appetites for the upcoming book’s launch (next week!). Read on for more …
Books on Intensive Interaction in 2025
With the imminent arrival of a new book on Intensive Interaction (‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’, by Dr Sophie Doswell & Dr Maggie Ellis) for this Blog, I am setting out in chronological order the current range of books published so far (in English) on the approach.
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An ‘Intensive Interaction Institute Open Research Forum’
The Intensive Interaction Institute is hosting the first-ever ‘Intensive Interaction Institute Open Research Forum’ on Tuesday, 21st October from 4:30pm – 5:30pm (UK time). Read on for more information
Intensive Interaction Pilot Project at Voyage Care: Blog 2 – ‘the Outcomes’
Kate Parker (Intensive Interaction Lead for Voyage Care) has written up an extensive and detailed report about an Intensive Interaction pilot project. I have summarised the reported outcomes of the project in this Blog 2. Read on for more …
Connecting with Intensive Interaction 