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October 2009

Speaker, Colin Murray Parkes

LOVE AND LOSS: THE ROOTS OF COMPLICATED LOSS

An internationally renowned consultant psychiatrist, Colin Murray Parkes OBE is the author of numerous books on grief and attachment. He is Life President of Cruse. Recently, his work has focused on traumatic bereavements and on the childhood roots of psychiatric problems that can follow the loss of attachments.

November 2009

Speaker, Diana Diamond

ATTACHMENT AND REFLECTIVE FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CO-MORBID BORDERLINE AND NARCISSISTIC DISORDERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC PROCESS AND OUTCOME

Diana Diamond, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at the City University of New York and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University

November [2] 2009

Speaker, Gwen Adshead

LIFE AFTER DEATH: GROUP THERAPY AT BROADMOOR

Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist working at Broadmoor Hospital. She is a group analyst and runs and supervises groups in the hospital. In this talk, she will describe her work with one therapy group and discuss some of the technical issues that arise.

January 2010

Speaker, Jenny Ronayne

COUNSELLING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW

Jenny Ronayne is Child Mental Health Worker on the national specialist team on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at the Maudsley Hospital, London. In her private practice, she provides a specialist counselling service for individuals with ASD and other family members as well as offering training to professionals.

February 2010

Speaker, Keith Lamdin

TRANSFERENCE AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE: THE INDIVIDUAL, THE UNCONSCIOUS AND THE ORGANISATION

Keith Lamdin works as a consultant for International Group Relations conferences at the Grubb Institute in London and teaches on the unconscious in organisations for the Institute of Advanced Learning at Oxford University and for the Kings Fund. For many years, he taught psychodynamic counselling at Oxford Brookes University.

March 2010

Speaker, Catia Galatariotou 

NEGATIVE THERAPEUTIC REACTION

Catia Galatariotou is a psychoanalyst in full-time private practice in London and a teacher of psychoanalytic theory in many institutions. A former barrister, she has published widely, mostly on Byzantine cultural history and more recently on the interdisciplinary field of history and applied psychoanalysis.

April 2010

Speaker, Mark Saban

FLESHING OUT THE PSYCHE: THE BODY IN RELATION TO THE PSYCHE

Originally an actor, Mark Sabab is a UKCP registered analytical psychologist, working for the NHS and in private practice. He lectures on the Sesame dramatherapy course in London.

May 2010

Speaker, Wyn Bramley

FROM WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS TO WORKING WITH COUPLES

Wyn Bramley is a therapist with individuals and couples and is also a group analyst. She has worked for 40 years in the NHS, universities, the voluntary sector and privately. In 1996 she set up and originally directed the Masters in Psychodynamic Studies Programme at Oxford University.  

June 2010

AGM followed by World Café

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

In a time of targets, outcomes and regulation, this will be an informal, small-group discussion of a fundamental issue for all therapists, facilitated by Gaby Hock. It will be held at the Friends’ Meeting House, St. Giles, Oxford.