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VENUE
The Tavistock Clinic, 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA

From Swiss Cottage
Walking time: approx 5 minutes

Head north on Finchley Rd toward Fitzjohn's Avenue with Ave Road behind you Take 3rd turning to the right at Belsize Lane (after Buckland Crescent and Belsize Park)The venue is the Tavistock Clinic, which is on the corner of Belsize Lane and Fitzjohn's Avenue, behind large trees and a statue of Freud.

From Haverstock Hill (Belsize Tube)
Walking time: approx 12 minutes

Walk north, uphill in the direction of Hampstead, and take the 3rd right, Orman Road. This becomes Belsize Lane. The Tavistock Clinic is at the bottom of this road, and is the last building on the right. It sits behind a car park and some trees.
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Phone 01728 689090
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DATES
Monday evenings
13 October - 8 December 2008


TIMES
19.30 - 20.00 Registration
20.00 Start
21.30 End
SCHEDULE
13 October 2008 - Julia Segal
Why did Klein's theory of envy spark such controversy?

27 October 2008 - Dr Joseph Schwartz
Envy and gratitude reviewed in the light of attachment theory

3 November 2008 - Dr Maggie Turp
Catch 22 revisited: envy as an impediment to therapeutic change

10 November 2008 - Jenny Riddell
From envy to gratitude in couple psychotherapy

17 November 2008 - Sue Cowan-Jenssen
Envy and its cultural vicissitudes

24 November 2008 - Kate Barrows
Envy through the Life Cycle

1 December 2008 - Dr Estela Welldon
Is perversion an envious symbolic attack against mother's body and its capacity for fecundity?

8 December 2008 - Luise Eichenbaum and
Dr Susie Orbach
Re-visiting envy: How we might understand envy between women and in the clinical context?

FEES
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Self-funded
  • Whole Series 8 seminars £160
  • Selection of 5 seminars £130
    (Only avalible via postal booking)
  • Single seminars £40

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We regret that full refunds cannot be given in any circumstance unless you cancel your place in writing before October 1 2008 in which case you will receive a 50% refund. Your place is for your own use but may be given to another person if you give Confer 48 hours notice of the substitute participant's name.
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THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE OF WORKING WITH ENVY - NEW THEORY AND CLINICAL WORK EXPLORED
8 Seminars
13 October - 8 December 2008
ABOUT THESE SEMINARS

While envy at a conscious level can lead to aspiration and achievement, it is widely agreed that unconscious envy is expressed in destructive impulses towards the other. Perhaps because of this intersubjective tension it can be one of the most intractable and elusive processes to work with psychotherapeutically and, if unidentified, envy may impair therapeutic progress.

Freud offered us the concept of penis envy as part of his theory of gender-identity and ego construction; Melanie Klein, in her re-working of Freud's death instinct, proposed that envy is an innate defensive structure that protects the infant against psychic annihilation in the face of unbearable reality. These theories will be examined. We shall also be considering how envy is conceptualised by contemporary theorists of psychotherapy and how current applications of the concept are influencing clinical technique today.

Our speakers will explore the extent to which the apparent exploitation of envy in western societies is intensifying, and if psychotherapeutic work with this psychological structure is thus an increasingly complex challenge. We will reflect on how to work effectively with its many manifestations: the patient who relishes the suffering of others; the client whose glass is always half-empty; the person who evokes envy in others; the patient whose apparent envy is actually an expression of damaged attachment bonds; the meanings of the relational dynamic when envy arises between therapist and patient.

Participants in the series will be able to participate in an expansive discussion, ultimately considering the big question: Is envy always the antithesis to gratitude or does it have other complementary poles such as hope, creativity and satisfaction?

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