British Psychoanalytic Council

Over this month, we've signposting to resources that discuss Black history, culture and identity, in a psychoanalytic context. We shared resources from our professional community and beyond on our website and direct to our Registrants' and members inboxes. Some highlights 👇 🔹 "When you actually put a Black body out in the English countryside, you're troubling something quite deeply held within the English psyche." Helen Morgan, Editor of New Associations, caught up with Marchelle Farrelle, author of 'Uprooting': https://t.co/jmfKldjavF 🔹 "As psychotherapists, we have a responsibility not just to help individuals process their personal experiences but to engage with the broader social forces that shape those experiences." Read Sharon Frazer-Carroll’s, personal essay on the UK race riots: https://t.co/3G1iOhz3u4 🔹 “Race in the mind is determined by both internal and external factors, and both realities are important” In this New Associations article, Kannan Navaratnem explores the way notions of race and identity can play out in the consulting room (page 22): https://t.co/DU1Aa7ydd4 🔹 For Black History Month 2024, we’ve made a section of our PPNow 2022 conference free to view. Watch below, Fakhry Davids, Maxine Dennis and Helen Morgan discuss: The Question of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Institutional Racism: https://t.co/lBiZi6Gv0a For all resources shared across October, visit: https://lnkd.in/dTtEFdwX

Our flagship conference PPNow 2024 is fast approaching and will take place on 23 November. Grab your ticket today to explore psychoanalysis, ethics, regulation & the law. Book now: https://bit.ly/ppnow24

We've posted a recap on our news page about how we marked #TheBigListen Samaritans Awareness Day If you missed our mail-out, don’t worry. You can still delve into the psychoanalytic discourse on the power of listening in mental health settings via our website: https://lnkd.in/eJY2gQhD

Our Summer issue of New Associations is now live ☀ This new collection of articles spark thought-provoking discussion around ethics, hallucinations, trauma, organisational counselling & transference-focused therapy. Find your copy in the mail, on our website or subscribe 👉 https://lnkd.in/egxgbGET

August opportunities round-up 🔊 Find your next career move within the latest jobs & opportunities in our community. Don't forget, you can also upload vacancies from your own organisation: https://lnkd.in/eEaXZAAr Clinical Lead – Children and Young People’s Service, The Retreat Clinics 🔹York 🔹Deadline: September 2 Apply: https://t.co/O40OMijfLR Adult Psychotherapist, NHS England 🔹Leicester 🔹Deadline: September 27 Apply: https://t.co/0fEtyejzFO Young Person’s Psychotherapist (fixed term maternity cover), Single Homeless Project 🔹Islington 🔹Deadline: September 8 Apply: https://t.co/0fEtyejzFO

Today, the BPC is marking 'The Big Listen', Samaritans Awareness Day. This awareness day allows those in the mental health sector and general public to spotlight the important work done by the Samaritans and also, the power of listening in a mental health setting. Every year this day is celebrated on 24/7 as a reminder that the Samaritans are around day and night to listen to those who are struggling to cope. At the core of the Samaritans mission is listening, they believe that "Exploring feelings alleviates distress and helps people to reach a better understanding of their situation and the options open to them." At the BPC, we link to the Samaritans in the 'I need help now' section of our website as one of the invaluable mental health services that are free and available 24/7 for those that in need of emergency support. On the theme of listening, we want to also look at listening, and the power of listening, in a psychoanalytic context: 🔹 In this The Guardian article, psychodynamic psychotherapist and writer Moya Sarner's Guardian article on the different ways one can effectively listen to those closest to them: https://lnkd.in/gdW_Z75g 🔹 In this essay from Room, Abraham Velazquez Jr. talks about the power of listening, art and discussion in the context of a youth outreach programme: https://lnkd.in/gYvBSV5g 🔹 Listen to The Art of Listening with psychotherapist Chris Mills' from the Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri podcast to hear more about the power of listening in a couples therapy context: https://lnkd.in/gPd5Xwn4 #SamaritansAwarenessDay

Are you qualified therapist looking to expand your work to include couples? Our new Advanced Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic qualifications can be completed in two years. Learn more at our free online open event this Friday at 5pm. Register here https://lnkd.in/eu_nqnAW British Psychoanalytic Council

We've posted a recap on our news page about how we marked #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024 If you missed our mail-outs each day, don’t worry. You can still delve into the psychoanalytic discourse on each of our daily themes via our website: https://bit.ly/3VuV8WK

On day six of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 2024, we're looking at bereavement. Sadly, one can experience loss and bereavement at any time in their life. The resources below look at bereavement through a psychoanalytic lens, as a stage of change, as a parent, and from medical as well as personal perspectives. 🔹 This New Associations piece from 2012 by Eileen McGinley compares Freud’s postulations on grief and loss to modern day categorisations by the APA. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ec3krKgW 🔹 This video from The Society of Analytical Psychology places loss and death into the context of change, growth, development and the arc of life. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVjfsV_y 🔹 In this event from the Institute of Psychoanalysis Dr Rachel Gibbons explores the crucial role of loss and mourning in mental illness, bridging psychoanalytic and psychiatric perspectives on mental disorder. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehwdpAkk This is our last day of posting resources for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 but it's not the end of healthy and open discussions about mental health, it's crucial that these continue. We hope our resources have given you a little more insight into the psychoanalytic way of looking at mental health and well being day-to-day. Mental Health Foundation

On day five of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 2024, we're looking at play. The resources below look at the importance of play in a psychoanalytic context. Keep scrolling to learn more about the history and pursuit of play, in and out of the consulting room, and from childhood to adulthood. 👇 🔹 In this episode of ‘Psychoanalysis On and Off the Couch' philosopher and psychoanalyst Joel Whitebook speaks about magic in the history of psychoanalysis and relates it to religion, transference, play and healing. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJchN_rF 🔹 This New Associations article by Joanna Fortune discusses “the pursuit of play” in her career where she’s been “dedicated to finding ways to ensure that we all live more playful lives”. Scroll to page 12. 👉 https://lnkd.in/edpyTZvu 🔹Our Editorial Board of New Associations recommend a Freud Museum 2017 video that provides an engaging introduction to the importance of play in the psychoanalytic profession. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ep9_SbnZ Mental Health Foundation