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Organisers

Venue Until further notice the Forums will be held on Zoom Directions A link for entry to the Forum Room will be sent each month with a reminder about the Forum topic

Day The BCA Forums for 2023 – 2024 will take place on the 3rd Thursday of the month

Time 7.30 – 9.00 pm

Forum Organisers

Laila Al–Attar: lailaalattar@yahoo.uk

Lucy Harris: lucyeditart@gmail.com

Maisie Holland: maisie.holland@gmail.com

Jenny O’Gorman: jenny.ogorman88@hotmail.co.uk

Forum Programme and other BCA events are also on our website

Forum Day, Attendance, Format and Speakers’ Views

The Forum programme is scheduled according to the academic year. The Forum day will change each academic year in order to give all members as much opportunity as possible to attend.
The Forum is for full and student members of the BCA. Members may bring one guest. A reminder email will be sent out a couple of weeks before each Forum.
The usual format is a presentation by a speaker or speakers, allowing plenty of time for group discussion. Material presented at Forums is not usually available for distribution to those unable to attend, nor are Forums recorded. We encourage speakers to write up their presentations for publication in the journal Psychodynamic Practice. We welcome approaches or suggestions of speakers for future Forum programmes. If you have a topic or speaker in mind, please contact one of the organisers for a chat.
Members are reminded that the views expressed by Forum independent speakers are solely those of the speaker. Such views do not necessarily reflect those of the Forum Organisers or the BCA Executive Committee and therefore what the speaker says is not the responsibility of the Forum Organisers nor of the BCA Executive Committee. Any comments received about what a speaker says will be forwarded to the speaker.

The acclaimed writer and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips during his talk at the BCA's autumn conference, Photograph by Hicham Jabrane

Attendance and Format

The Forum is for members and student members of the BCA. Members may bring one guest. A reminder email will be sent out a couple of weeks before each Forum event.

The usual format is a presentation by a speaker or speakers allowing plenty of time for group discussion. Material presented at Forums is not generally available for distribution to anyone unable to attend. Details of any Forums subsequently published will be available on the BCA website.

Future Forum Events

We welcome approaches or suggestions of speakers for future Forum programmes. If you have a topic or speaker in mind, please contact one of the organisers for a chat. We would also be pleased to hear from anyone who may be interested in getting involved in the organisation of future Forums.