Confer events held to date in 2010, including information and programmes from conferences, seminars and workshops.

Both psychiatry and psychotherapy are concerned with helping individuals in distress. Often, a very troubled individual receives help from both professions at the same time. And yet there can be misunderstanding and mistrust between the two professions, often fuelled by lack of knowledge about the other's approach.
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The road towards the state regulation of psychotherapy and counselling has been extremely complex, involving numerous organisations, lobby groups, meetings and documents...
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These evenings are designed to provide the observer with exceptional insight into both the psychotherapeutic process and how supervision is conducted. By following a discussion between a leading psychotherapist and a colleague who is struggling with a case, we enter the normally hidden domain of exploratory conversation and theory as they work together to find a way forward in the work.
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In his fourth and most personal book, Patrick Casement gives a fascinating insight into fundamental questions concerning the acquisition of analytic wisdom and how personal experiences shape the analyst's approach to clinical work.
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This first decade of the 2000s has heralded an unmistakable shift of influence towards the body, neuroscience, and mind-body integration. On the foundations of intersubjectivity, relational and attachment theories, revisions in the way we view the therapeutic relationship have been widely discussed. Flourishing in the wings, newer discourses such as mindfulness, eco-psychology and Queer theory are making a gradual impact on the mainstream. On centre stage, mentalisation, CBT and trauma work, have become increasingly significant theoretical pathways.
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The concept of the self is a subject of extensive theoretical debate, perhaps because of the great challenge of describing its characteristics and formation. Interestingly, within Western paradigms, the self is often understood through a relationship with its opposite: I and thou, self and society, true and false, inner and outer. And traditionally psychotherapy aims to strengthen these distinctions between self and other in the project of developing individuation and resilience.
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The aim of this 5-day programme is to present some of the most recent developments in the treatment of trauma related disorders. The 10 seminars, taught by several of the UK's leading specialists in the field, are designed for mental health practitioners interested in the following areas...
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