Events

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The 13th European Psychoanalytic Film Festival

The Thirteenth European Psychoanalytic Film Festival (EPFF13) explores the theme of Passion through a curated programme of contemporary European films and psychoanalytic discussion.

13 November 2026 - 15 November 2026

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The European Psychoanalytic Film Festival

13 November 2026 - 15 November 2026

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Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Now 2026

Join us for the BPC's flagship conference; Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Now 2026 - the slippery slope: boundary violations in the consulting room and in our institutions.

14 November 2026

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The Fire seminar series

The seminar is open to anyone who has a professional or personal interest in exploring the making of Jung’s Red Book and its relation to the key principles of analytical psychology.

24 January 2026 - 14 November 2026

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Rethinking the Examined Life in the AI

We are joined by Professor Alessandra Lemma who will be speaking on the subject “At the Meniscus of Self-Reflection : Rethinking the Examined Life in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”. In this paper, Alessandra draws on her work with adolescents and those who engage intensely with AI, to describe an emerging defensive psychic structure in this context, which impacts the development and integration of the self.  There will be opportunity for discussion on the topic with Professor Lemma.

19 November 2026

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From Shut-Down to Aliveness

This distinction changes what the therapist needs to do. Interpretation remains crucial, but it is not always enough. Alvarez’s model of three levels of interpretation, together with Music's focus on the development of a more embodied and responsive therapeutic practice, offer a way of thinking about when to interpret, when to engage more directly, and when the therapeutic relationship itself needs to provide something that is missing

20 November 2026

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Hierarchies and Fragmentations in Psychoanalysis

This in-person conference is jointly presented by the British Psychotherapy Foundation (bpf) and the Council for Psychoanalysis & Jungian Analysis (CPJA). It brings together clinicians, academics, researchers and trainees to discuss how the analytic professions can evolve and adapt.

21 November 2026

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Techno-Transference | International Day Conference

This one day interdisciplinary conference examines AI, the concept of transference, and their implications for psychoanalytic practice, theory, and culture.

21 November 2026

Non BPC Event /

Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege

The team’s aim with these events is to make the Boarding School Syndrome and the Strategic Survival Personality better understood within the profession and thus broaden the network of colleagues to whom they can make informed referrals.

21 November 2026

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Endings

We will bring clinical material describing both satisfying and unsatisfactory endings, and there will be an opportunity to bring material of your own for discussion.

21 November 2026

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Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege

Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege: Boarding School Syndrome An introductory day with Nick Duffell and the Boarding School Survivors' team on the clinical challenges of working with ex-boarders.

21 November 2026

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‘Minding Fatherhood’ – Small Things Like These

WMIP are pleased to welcome back David Smith, chair of the Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations to deliver a paper ~ ‘Minding Fatherhood’ Thoughts on the Paternal and on Paternity-Testing in the film 'Small Things Like These'

23 November 2026