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Countertransference, intersubjective fields and enactments
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VENUE
5th Floor Lecture Theatre
Tavistock Centre
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
DATES
Saturday afternoons: 5 June, 26 June, 25 September and 6 November 2010
SCHEDULE
5 June, 26 June, 25 September and 6 November 2010
2.0pm to 5.0pm
CPD HOURS
3 hours per mini-conference.
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FEES
  • All four mini-conferences: £160
  • Any single mini-conference: £50
REFRESHMENTS
Tea or coffee is included
Two-course networking lunch at 1.0pm: £12
BOOKING CONDITIONS
We regret that refunds cannot be given in any circumstances except the following: you cancel your place in writing 6 weeks before the date of your reservation, in which case we will give you a 50% refund. If you need to cancel after then you may pass on your place to another person.

COUNTERTRANSFERENCES, INTERSUBJECTIVE FIELDS AND ENACTMENTS
4 mini-conferences exploring the psychotherapy of countertransference dynamics
SATURDAY 5 JUNE, 26 JUNE, 25 SEPTEMBER AND 6 NOVEMBER 2010
ABOUT THIS EVENT

The powerful and often overwhelming feelings that the psychotherapist may feel in the psychotherapeutic relationship are arguably exactly what makes therapy dynamic and effective, while simultaneously making it so challenging to practice. The precise source of therapist's reciprocal feelings, fantasies and enactments has been the basis of fascinating discussion since they were first identified by Freud.

Two dominant psychodynamic theories have placed countertransference in distinct domains. Traditional drive theory defines the therapist's feelings as quite separate from the patient's process - and the unwanted expression of their own unresolved conflicts. More recent relational theories locate them as the result of a co-created intersubjective space in which the therapist is propelled into roles and emotions that provide clues to the patient's developmental past and internal objects.

This series of lectures will be a forum in which therapists can explore and deepen their understanding of countertransference experiences. Bringing together 4 panels of exceptional speakers (on 4 separate dates) we will be given both a window onto their challenges with this phenomenon, and the ways in which they have learnt to utilise it as an essential tool in their work. We will explore its profound impact on the therapist's sense of self, body and intellect, some ways of understanding this intensity. We will consider how new relational possibilities can be offered to the patient/client through an understanding of our emotional responses to their lives.




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