Wednesday 19th October 2016 To become a parent is to embark on a journey which inevitably entails difficult times, but one which also generates huge rewards. The opportunity to watch your little one grow and develop, in the knowledge that you helped shape their personality, is an unrivalled joy; but providing a good enough environment […]
Monday 16th November Desert Island Footprints with Alex Duffield The way we develop as counsellors and therapists can be influenced by many things, but 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 Alex Duffield to be our ‘castaway’, […]
Monday 19th October The use of videoing in parent-infant psychotherapy Hilary Wright This presentation will look at how video work can be used when working with mothers and babies of up to two years old where there are difficulties in attachment. Sometimes when a parent can look at the detail of their interaction with their […]
Monday 21st September Violence and its Impact in the Clinical Setting Kate Jeffs Most of us avoid violence in our lives, look away at violent images on TV or film and screen out violent clients from our institutional work or private practice. Nonetheless, violence intrudes into our clinical work through assessments, dialogue, transference, phantasies, dreams, […]
Monday 15th June Open Forum on Dreams Vicky Ross, Caroline Rose, Nikky Sternhell We’ve probably all had the experience of working with dreams in our own therapy, and some us may have clients who bring dreams to the consulting room. In this open forum, we would like to think about how dreams can inform the […]
Monday 18th May How I learned to stop worrying and love the CORE: Exploring the therapeutic use of questionnaires James MacDonald Have you ever met a psychodynamic or humanistic therapist who actually liked giving questionnaires to their clients at every session? In this presentation, one such rare individual, psychotherapist and clinical psychologist Dr James Macdonald, […]