BIRKBECK COUNSELLING ASSOCIATION 2023 – 2024 FORUM PROGRAMME The BCA Forums for 2023 – 2024 will take place on the 3rd Thursday of the monthTime: 7.30 – 9.00 pmVenue: Until further notice the Forums will be held on ZoomDirections: A link for entry to the Forum Room will be sent each month with a reminder about […]
Monday, 20th June, 2022 Resources and Human commoditization in relation to colonialism In this presentation, Frieda expresses the view that colonialism was a socially constructed organisation, the primary task of which was to acquire resources through human commoditization. Using a psychoanalytic perspective, Frieda will draw on the works of Bion, Winnicott, Melanie Klein and Freud […]
Monday, 21st February 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 around certain young clients’ suicidal ideation and behaviours within these different contexts. As […]
Pandemics and Emergencies: the role of psychotherapists in developing resilience – Jan Baker Monday, 15 November 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 draw parallels. Camus also used this as a metaphor; we can think of […]
Monday, 18th October 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. Following in the footsteps of a well-known radio programme, we have invited Laurence to be our ‘castaway’ and to choose which of […]
Monday, 20th September Book Group Session – Laila Al-Attar The Other Exile: The Story of Fernão Lopes, St Helena and a Paradise Lost by 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 of an […]