Finding a way through the forest: working with students and suicidality – Galit Ferguson
With reference to her work with young people in HE organisations and in her private practice, Galit will explore what seems to happen in and…
Pandemics and Emergencies: the role of psychotherapists in developing resilience – Jan Baker
This presentation begins with digestion of the impact of Covid on mental health and well-being, using the work of Camus’ ‘La Peste’ (The Plague) to…
Desert Island Footprints – Laurence Spurling
The way we develop as counsellors and therapists can have many influences; sometimes a book, lecture, poem or conversation can have a particular impact.
Book Group Session – Laila Al-Attar The Other Exile: The Story of Fernão Lopes, St Helena and a Paradise Lost – Abdul Rahman Azzam
Laila will be facilitating the discussion of this biography which maps 16th century character Fernão Lopez’s life and offers a fascinating account of the rise…
Islam and Psychoanalysis: Semantics of Resonance and Dissonance, Laila Al Attar
This presentation is inspired by the book Islamic Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Islam. Cultural and clinical dialogues.
Home is Where We Start From: internal worlds, objects and the facilitating environment, – Rita Odumosu
Home is Where We Start From: internal worlds, objects and the facilitating environment By Rita Odumosu. In this session Rita will focus on engaging the
Facilitating Therapeutic groups in Higher Education – Katherine Jeffs
Kate will present her work with open ended face-to-face and online therapeutic groups for eight participants in a university setting.
Life beyond Canvey – Stephen Brown
This forum is a reflection on my transition from filmmaker to counsellor, while making a film about the meeting of two contrasting cultures: the Charedi…
Moral dissonance and the persistence of racism – Dr. Gabriella Beckles-Raymond
“I’m not a racist!” In a context where racism is purported to be morally objectionable why is it so difficult to talk about racism in the…
A Book Club Event -The Sea – John Banville
Maisie will introduce a discussion about this novel which was published in 2005. She is particularly interested in the way the word uncanny is frequently…