Monday 16th February A Stiff Upper Lip; exploring old age and loneliness A ‘book club’ style event, introduced by Sarah McMichael ‘Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont’ by Elizabeth Taylor (2013) Virago, London This is a brilliant short novel about the elderly Mrs Palfrey who goes to live out her last days at a London hotel […]
Monday 19th January 2015 A Parallel Process: working as a trainee counsellor in student counselling Jo Myddleton and Jacqueline Glynn This presentation will consider the impact of being a trainee counsellor whilst on a student counselling placement. We propose that the experience of being a student on a clinical training at the same time as […]
Monday 17th November The group and the individual: drawing on experiences of working in a Therapeutic Community Jackie Moon This presentation will consider group dynamics and the often initial reluctance to work in therapeutic groups. Jackie will talk about her experience of working in a Therapeutic Community and outpatient groups. She will explore the contrast […]
Monday 20th October Money Matters: The meaning of money in the therapeutic relationship Nikky Sternhell The financial side of the therapeutic relationship can feel very difficult for both parties, but it has tremendous significance. Clients may resent having to pay for something they feel they have a right to. Therapists may feel uncomfortable about charging […]
Monday 15th September Where is Mother? The Role of the Maternal in Dementia Care Esther Ramsay-Jones Bollas, in his seminal paper ‘The Transformational Object’, focuses on how the mother provides a total environment, an envirosomatic situation that includes thinking and physical holding. Quoting Edith Jacobson, he claims that ‘… when a mother turns the infant […]
Monday 16th June Psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the field Paula Conway In this paper I will present Grow2Grow, a mental health recovery project for young people aged 14-24 based at Commonwork, an organic farm in Kent. The paper will look at how working on the land and with animals can be informed by psychoanalytic ideas and […]