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Confer
Garden Flat, 36a Mildmay Road
London N1 4NG
01728 689090
info@confer.uk.com
EVENTS
LIVE SUPERVISION DEMONSTRATIONS
16 JANUARY - 26 JUNE 2009, FRIDAY EVENINGS
A series of supervision masterclasses with Anne Alvarez, Patrick Casement, Dr Ernesto Spinelli, Ann Shearer, Neville Symington and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick, providing extraordinary insight into the inner processes of the consulting room by allowing us to observe the supervisory work of some of our most highly respected psychotherapists as they work to unravel the problems presented in a piece of clinical work of another psychotherapist.
A series of supervision masterclasses with Anne Alvarez, Patrick Casement, Dr Ernesto Spinelli, Ann Shearer, Neville Symington and Elizabeth Wilde McCormick, providing extraordinary insight into the inner processes of the consulting room by allowing us to observe the supervisory work of some of our most highly respected psychotherapists as they work to unravel the problems presented in a piece of clinical work of another psychotherapist.
THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE OF UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING WITH INTIMACY - A multi-disciplinary conference
FRIDAY 19 & SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2009
The concept of intimacy combines a number of human needs and capacities: openness, transparency, close proximity and safety, which when combined allow for a deepened connection with another person. The notion of intimacy is very positive, associated with secure attachment and a special type of closeness to and knowledge of the self and other; it assumes a basis of sympathy and capacity to care about the object of one's intimate attachments.
The concept of intimacy combines a number of human needs and capacities: openness, transparency, close proximity and safety, which when combined allow for a deepened connection with another person. The notion of intimacy is very positive, associated with secure attachment and a special type of closeness to and knowledge of the self and other; it assumes a basis of sympathy and capacity to care about the object of one's intimate attachments.
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND CONFERENCE - Does our mental health depend on our relationship with the natural world?
FRIDAY 25 - SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2009
As the planet is poised at the tipping point of irreversible climate change, we struggle to conceptualise this potential catastrophe and its consequences. Too awful, perhaps, to deeply contemplate the consequences of inaction, we bury this awareness in order to re-establish the emotional comfort zone of denial. Believing, perhaps, that we are individually helpless to impact on this terrifying escalation, this helplessness is often felt as despair and moral confusion.
As the planet is poised at the tipping point of irreversible climate change, we struggle to conceptualise this potential catastrophe and its consequences. Too awful, perhaps, to deeply contemplate the consequences of inaction, we bury this awareness in order to re-establish the emotional comfort zone of denial. Believing, perhaps, that we are individually helpless to impact on this terrifying escalation, this helplessness is often felt as despair and moral confusion.
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA SEMINAR - DUBLIN - A one-day seminar and workshop on how we can intervene psychotherapeutically to help people suffering from the effects of intergenerational trauma
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2009
Hidden, and often shrouded in shame and silence, the traumas of our parents, grand-parents and ancestors are deeply woven into the psychological fabric of the living, operating within the psyche as an unseen but potent force, often manifesting as a psychological fixity that leads to vulnerability throughout life.
Hidden, and often shrouded in shame and silence, the traumas of our parents, grand-parents and ancestors are deeply woven into the psychological fabric of the living, operating within the psyche as an unseen but potent force, often manifesting as a psychological fixity that leads to vulnerability throughout life.
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA - How can we intervene psychotherapeutically and socially to break the cycles of parent-to-child trauma and maximise healing for the future?
THURSDAY 10 - SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2009
Hidden, and often shrouded in shame and silence, the traumas of our parents, grand-parents and ancestors are deeply woven into the psychological fabric of the living, operating within the psyche as an unseen but potent force, often manifesting as a psychological fixity that leads to vulnerability throughout life.
Hidden, and often shrouded in shame and silence, the traumas of our parents, grand-parents and ancestors are deeply woven into the psychological fabric of the living, operating within the psyche as an unseen but potent force, often manifesting as a psychological fixity that leads to vulnerability throughout life.
A ONE DAY SEMINAR LED BY ANDREW SAMUELS
Part I: Psychotherapeutic work with the economic crisis
Part II: Working on issues of fatherhood
Part I: Psychotherapeutic work with the economic crisis
Part II: Working on issues of fatherhood
SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2009
Many therapists and counsellors recognise that they and their clients are personally embedded in complex cultural and political networks. Two contemporary problems are of particular interest: the urgent economic situation and anxiety over the role of the father. The aim of this one-day seminar is to provide an invigorating forum in which participants can consider both issues in the context of their therapy work.
Many therapists and counsellors recognise that they and their clients are personally embedded in complex cultural and political networks. Two contemporary problems are of particular interest: the urgent economic situation and anxiety over the role of the father. The aim of this one-day seminar is to provide an invigorating forum in which participants can consider both issues in the context of their therapy work.
LEARNING FROM LIFE - A one-day seminar led by Patrick Casement
SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2010
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.
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.