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EVENTS
TRAUMA SKILLS - LONDON
A programme of 10 seminars for psychotherapists designed to offer technical confidence and theoretical knowledge in working with trauma-related disorders
A programme of 10 seminars for psychotherapists designed to offer technical confidence and theoretical knowledge in working with trauma-related disorders
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 18 JANUARY - 28 MARCH 2012
The aim of this 10-seminar programme is to present some of the most recent developments in the treatment of trauma related disorders.
The programme, taught leading specialists in the field of trauma and dissociation, is designed for psychologists and psychotherapists wishing to develop their knowledge and skills in the treatment of...
The aim of this 10-seminar programme is to present some of the most recent developments in the treatment of trauma related disorders.
The programme, taught leading specialists in the field of trauma and dissociation, is designed for psychologists and psychotherapists wishing to develop their knowledge and skills in the treatment of...
WORKING WITH BORDERLINE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
new insights and therapeutic approaches
new insights and therapeutic approaches
TUESDAY EVENING SEMINARS 17 JANUARY - 3 APRIL 2012
The concept of the borderline personality has undergone significant review in recent years, and is now widely understood to be a constellation of symptoms and behaviours that are the expression of an early attachment disorder. Those who receive the diagnosis of BPD map closely onto those known to have experienced abusive and neglectful early backgrounds. We now have far greater understanding on how such childhoods severely restrict social, relational and emotional development although questions remain about why some people this structure rather than another constellation of defences.
The concept of the borderline personality has undergone significant review in recent years, and is now widely understood to be a constellation of symptoms and behaviours that are the expression of an early attachment disorder. Those who receive the diagnosis of BPD map closely onto those known to have experienced abusive and neglectful early backgrounds. We now have far greater understanding on how such childhoods severely restrict social, relational and emotional development although questions remain about why some people this structure rather than another constellation of defences.
THE NEUROSCIENCE AND TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
A one-day training seminar for psychotherapists, psychologists and child specialists
A one-day training seminar for psychotherapists, psychologists and child specialists
28 JANUARY 2012 - LONDON
This day of accessible presentations will empower professionals with the latest research on the long-term effects of trauma on the child’s developing brain, the effects of post-traumatic stress and attachment disorders. Dr Sunderland will explore the reasons for disturbed behaviour, traumatic enactment and psychosomatisation in childhood.
This day of accessible presentations will empower professionals with the latest research on the long-term effects of trauma on the child’s developing brain, the effects of post-traumatic stress and attachment disorders. Dr Sunderland will explore the reasons for disturbed behaviour, traumatic enactment and psychosomatisation in childhood.
THE IMPORTANCE OF INFANCY: and its implications for psychotherapy
SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2012 - LONDON
This seminar has been designed in the light of accruing research evidence of the importance of very early experiences in the development of a core sense of self that is present throughout life. We now have much clearer understanding about how the emotional development of a baby is influenced by parental states of mind and emotional histories. The baby-self that develops during pregnancy and the first year of life resides deeply within us throughout adulthood, and emerges in intimate relationships and challenging situations throughout the life span.
This seminar has been designed in the light of accruing research evidence of the importance of very early experiences in the development of a core sense of self that is present throughout life. We now have much clearer understanding about how the emotional development of a baby is influenced by parental states of mind and emotional histories. The baby-self that develops during pregnancy and the first year of life resides deeply within us throughout adulthood, and emerges in intimate relationships and challenging situations throughout the life span.
THE MINDFUL PRACTITIONER: Developing embodied awareness, felt-experience, and affect regulation in the psychotherapeutic relationship
SATURDAY 31 MARCH 2012 - EDINBURGH
This one-day seminar is designed to support the psychotherapist’s capacity for sustaining a state of presence in the therapeutic relationship, particularly when working with traumatised or challenging clients/patients. The day will combine psychoanalytic theory, attachment and neurobiological research with an exploration of the therapeutic value of mindful atunement. The seminar includes a workshop element to develop our capacity for ‘witness consciousness’ with the purpose of strengthening our capacity to be fully present.
This one-day seminar is designed to support the psychotherapist’s capacity for sustaining a state of presence in the therapeutic relationship, particularly when working with traumatised or challenging clients/patients. The day will combine psychoanalytic theory, attachment and neurobiological research with an exploration of the therapeutic value of mindful atunement. The seminar includes a workshop element to develop our capacity for ‘witness consciousness’ with the purpose of strengthening our capacity to be fully present.
PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC WORK WITH PHYSIOLOGICALLY ILL PEOPLE
SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2012 - LONDON
As part of our season on the emotional dimensions of physiological health, we will also be running a one-day seminar led by Julia Segal on working psychotherapeutically with seriously or chronically ill people. This seminar will cover psychotherapeutic skills that can realistically support someone with a physiological disease.
As part of our season on the emotional dimensions of physiological health, we will also be running a one-day seminar led by Julia Segal on working psychotherapeutically with seriously or chronically ill people. This seminar will cover psychotherapeutic skills that can realistically support someone with a physiological disease.
THE ART OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION
FROM MONDAY APRIL 16 2012 - LONDON
On Monday April 16 2012, we begin a new seminar series led by a panel of psycho-therapists and psychoanalysts examining what brings about those pivotal moments in a therapy relationship.
On Monday April 16 2012, we begin a new seminar series led by a panel of psycho-therapists and psychoanalysts examining what brings about those pivotal moments in a therapy relationship.
PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY - FINDING THE INTERFACE
FROM TUESDAY APRIL 17 2012 - LONDON
From Tuesday 17 April 2012 we are launching a cutting-edge set of seminars on the relationship between the mind and the immune system. This series will navigate the interface between the two disciplines of psychotherapy and psycho-neuroimmunology. Our speakers will introduce the science of 'mind-over-matter' and elaborate the extent to which psychotherapy can be considered instrumental in the patient's regulation of their immunity and other aspects of physiological well-being.
From Tuesday 17 April 2012 we are launching a cutting-edge set of seminars on the relationship between the mind and the immune system. This series will navigate the interface between the two disciplines of psychotherapy and psycho-neuroimmunology. Our speakers will introduce the science of 'mind-over-matter' and elaborate the extent to which psychotherapy can be considered instrumental in the patient's regulation of their immunity and other aspects of physiological well-being.
PRACTICISING RELATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS: a seminar exploring core themes in contemporary psychotherapy
SATURDAY 28 APRIL 2012 - LONDON
Susie Orbach is a psychoanalyst and writer whose interests have centred around feminism and psychoanalysis, the construction of femininity and gender. This seminar draws together her most recent thinking about these themes through the presentation of several therapeutic relationships, interlaced with theoretical discussion and reference to clinical issues you may like to bring.
Susie Orbach is a psychoanalyst and writer whose interests have centred around feminism and psychoanalysis, the construction of femininity and gender. This seminar draws together her most recent thinking about these themes through the presentation of several therapeutic relationships, interlaced with theoretical discussion and reference to clinical issues you may like to bring.
THE IMPORTANCE OF INFANCY: and its implications for psychotherapy
SATURDAY 19 MAY 2012 - EDINBURGH
This seminar has been designed in the light of accruing research evidence of the importance of very early experiences in the development of a core sense of self that is present throughout life. We now have much clearer understanding about how the emotional development of a baby is influenced by parental states of mind and emotional histories. The baby-self that develops during pregnancy and the first year of life resides deeply within us throughout adulthood, and emerges in intimate relationships and challenging situations throughout the life span.
This seminar has been designed in the light of accruing research evidence of the importance of very early experiences in the development of a core sense of self that is present throughout life. We now have much clearer understanding about how the emotional development of a baby is influenced by parental states of mind and emotional histories. The baby-self that develops during pregnancy and the first year of life resides deeply within us throughout adulthood, and emerges in intimate relationships and challenging situations throughout the life span.
A TWO-DAY SEMINAR WITH DONNEL STERN
FRIDAY 1 AND SATURDAY 2 JUNE 2012 - LONDON
This is the first opportunity in the UK to work with Dr Donnel Stern. He will be elaborating his theory of unformulated experience, the boundaries between dissociation and consciousness, and what this new model of the mind means in psychotherapeutic practice for the two 'partners in thought'.
This is the first opportunity in the UK to work with Dr Donnel Stern. He will be elaborating his theory of unformulated experience, the boundaries between dissociation and consciousness, and what this new model of the mind means in psychotherapeutic practice for the two 'partners in thought'.
SHAME - THE UBIQUITOUS YET HIDDEN CORE OF MENTAL PAIN
A one-day seminar led by Dr Phil Mollon
A one-day seminar led by Dr Phil Mollon
16 JUNE 2012 - LONDON
Dr Phil Mollon has been described as “a cautious revolutionary, one of those rare honourable thinkers and renaissance figures who rises above the milieu he was trained in to seek answers to difficult questions. Psychologist, psychoanalyst, practitioner of energy therapies, writer and thinker, he illuminates the impact of trauma on the human mind and body while making bridges between groups and subjects who have previously had little contact with each other.”
Dr Phil Mollon has been described as “a cautious revolutionary, one of those rare honourable thinkers and renaissance figures who rises above the milieu he was trained in to seek answers to difficult questions. Psychologist, psychoanalyst, practitioner of energy therapies, writer and thinker, he illuminates the impact of trauma on the human mind and body while making bridges between groups and subjects who have previously had little contact with each other.”
THE INTUITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPIST
FRIDAY 29 EVENING AND SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2012 - LONDON
This conference will be both an exploration of the concept of intuition in psycho-therapeutic literature since Freud, and a very contemporary look at what happens in the brain when we are being intuitive. We will consider how our individual capacity for intuition can be developed to become an essential aspect of the inter-subjective therapeutic space - and discover how intuitive we actually are.
This conference will be both an exploration of the concept of intuition in psycho-therapeutic literature since Freud, and a very contemporary look at what happens in the brain when we are being intuitive. We will consider how our individual capacity for intuition can be developed to become an essential aspect of the inter-subjective therapeutic space - and discover how intuitive we actually are.