Directory of Northern Psychoanalytic Events

The list below aggregates information about events which might be of interest to colleagues and friends of the trust. Events which are either online or are being held in the North (Yorkshire, North West, North East, Cumbria, and Scotland) are displayed. This list is updated automatically twice a week and so if an event has recently been published is may not appear here immediately.

Please note this list is generated with the help of an artificial intelligence model which stays up to date with the events of partner organisations and brings information about them together on this page. Like all AI it can make mistakes so be sure to check the website of the event organiser. If you would like any information about this list, or feel it would be helpful if events from your organisation were included please contact us.

6 December 2025 | British Psychoanalytic Association

BPA Scientific (Hybrid) Public Meeting: Spontaneous Generation; Drawing after Marion Milner | Mathew Hale & Rye Dag Holmboe

89 Prince of Wales Road, London
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
This scientific public meeting explores 'Spontaneous Generation; Drawing after Marion Milner'. Mathew Hale and Rye Dag Holmboe will discuss Milner's method of 'free drawing' and its lasting impact on art and psychoanalytic thinking. Hale's ...
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6 December 2025 | The Melanie Klein Trust

Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Finding the child in the adult (Online series) - Kate Pugh

Category:Course
Clinical Area:AdultsChild and Adolescence
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10 December 2025 | The Harry Guntrip Psychotherapy Trust and PsychEd

Psychoanalytic Film Club – The Lighthouse

Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
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13 December 2025 | British Psychoanalytic Association

BPA Event | The Poetic Mind Seminar – Carve the Runes, then be Content with Silence

89 Prince of wales Road, London
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
This seminar explores the paradox at the heart of both poetry and psychoanalysis, as captured by George Mackay Brown: 'Carve the Runes, then be Content with Silence'. It delves into how words must be made and then left behind for silence to...
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19 December 2025 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

Child and Adolescent Analysis: Clinical Work Discussion Seminar

Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Child and Adolescence
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1 January 2026 | Manchester Psychoanalytic Development Trust

Foundation Certificate in Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy

Online, N/A
Category:Course
Clinical Area:Adults
Apply for Tavistock Relationships’ Foundation Certificate in Couple Psychotherapy. If you are considering a career in psychotherapy and couple counselling, Tavistock Relationships’ our Foundation Certificate in Couple Counselling and Psycho...
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7 January 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis Spring Term

Category:Introductory Event
Clinical Area:Adults
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10 January 2026 | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

IJP conference: On Extreme Violence (online)

Online, Online
Category:Conference
Clinical Area:Adults
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13 January 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

Political Mind Special | Earthly Powers: Mourning

Online via Zoom, Online
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Society and PoliticsAdults
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14 January 2026 | British Psychoanalytic Association

BPA Introductory Lectures – Psychoanalysis: Key Concepts and a Contemporary Perspective

Online
Category:Introductory Event
Clinical Area:Adults
This series of lectures introduces fundamental psychoanalytic ideas and explores a range of topics in greater depth. Delivered by BPA Psychoanalysts, presentations are followed by a group discussion. The series is organised to build systema...
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24 January 2026 | British Psychoanalytic Association

BPA Study Day | ‘Our Adult World and its Roots in Infancy’

87- 89 Prince of Wales Road, London
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Child and AdolescenceAdults
This study day explores how unresolved trauma and adversity in childhood can impact adulthood functioning. It investigates conflicts and anxieties from infancy, latency, and adolescence, tracing their re-emergence in adult clinical material...
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24 January 2026 | The Melanie Klein Trust

Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Finding the child in the adult (Online series) - Maria Rhode

Category:Course
Clinical Area:AdultsChild and Adolescence
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26 January 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

Maudsley Lectures in Psychoanalysis | Human Destruction

Online and 10 Windsor Walk, London
Category:Course
Clinical Area:Adults
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31 January 2026 | The Squiggle Foundation

The work of Barbara Dockar Drysdale. A hybrid event convened by IPCAPA & Squiggle

Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:AdultsChild and Adolescence
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31 January 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

The Bacchae: The Mind of Ancient Greece, Psychoanalysis

Online and The Institute of Psychoanalysis, Byron House, London
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
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31 January 2026 | British Psychoanalytic Association

BPA Event | The Poetic Mind Seminar – What in Me is Dark? Paradise Lost and Psychoanalysis

89 Prince of wales Road, London
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
This talk explores the psychological insights of John Milton’s Paradise Lost and its influence on psychoanalytic thinkers like Freud, Jung, and Klein, as well as Jordan Peterson. It delves into the inner landscapes of Satan, Adam, and Eve, ...
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6 February 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

Fairy Tales in Childhood: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Online and The Institute of Psychoanalysis, Byron House, London
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Child and Adolescence
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7 February 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

Institutional Harm

Online and The Institute of Psychoanalysis, Byron House, London
Category:Conference
Clinical Area:AdultsSociety and Politics
Focusing on the theme of Institutional Harm, this conference aims to explore its impact within various settings and dynamics.
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7 February 2026 | The Melanie Klein Trust

Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Finding the child in the adult (Online series) - Judith Jackson

Category:Course
Clinical Area:AdultsChild and Adolescence
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13 February 2026 | Group Analysis North

Friday Seminars: The Centering of ‘Whiteness’ and its Impact in Group Analysis and Therapeutic Practice.

Online
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:AdultsSociety and Politics
This seminar invites consideration of how the dynamics of social power are recreated within and between individuals in training and clinical applications. It is led by members of the Disrupting Whiteness Group, which facilitates an intentio...
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6 March 2026 | Group Analysis North

Friday Seminars: When Art Therapy Meets Group Analysis

Online
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
This seminar explores the intersection of art therapy and group analysis. Led by Camilla F. Matthews, an experienced art therapist, psychotherapist, group analyst, and supervisor, the session draws on her extensive work in social services a...
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7 March 2026 | British Psychoanalytic Association

BPA Scientific Conference | Psychoanalysis on the Spectrum: Encounters with Primitive Mental States

London
Category:Conference
Clinical Area:Child and AdolescenceAdultsPsychosis
A one-day conference for those working psychoanalytically with children and adults. It explores primitive mental states and existential bodily terrors described by Frances Tustin, found in children and adults with or without autism diagnose...
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7 March 2026 | Manchester Psychoanalytic Development Trust

Female Sexuality

Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:AdultsSexuality
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14 March 2026 | The Melanie Klein Trust

Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Finding the child in the adult (Online series) - Catalina Bronstein

Category:Course
Clinical Area:AdultsChild and Adolescence
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21 March 2026 | Group Analysis North

Annual Barbara Dick Memorial Lecture 2026: Learning from Experience - some reflections on the difficulties of learning in life

Mercure Georgian House Hotel, Bolton
Category:Conference
Clinical Area:Adults
This lecture argues that the organising idea within group analysis might not be therapy but the capacity to learn and to change through experience. Both Wilfred Bion and Carl Rogers wrote about learning from experience, but what do we mean ...
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8 May 2026 | Group Analysis North

Friday Seminars: Knowing, Not-Knowing, and the Anxiety of Finding Out: Learning in the University, in Psychotherapy and in Life

Online
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:Adults
This seminar delves into the concepts of knowing, not-knowing, and the anxiety associated with learning in academic, therapeutic, and life contexts. Presented by Antony Froggett, a training group analyst, supervisor, and organisational cons...
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1 June 2026 | Group Analysis North

Active Citizenship Developing Group Dialogue – Online CPD Event

Online
Category:Seminar
Clinical Area:AdultsSociety and Politics
Group Analysis North hosts an online CPD event for professionals working with or interested in groups. This event explores the role of active citizens within professional contexts, applying Group Analytic thinking to communities. Amidst a r...
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13 June 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

IOPA Edinburgh conference: Turning a Deaf Ear (in person)

Edinburgh
Category:Conference
Clinical Area:Adults
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31 August 2026 | Manchester Psychoanalytic Development Trust

Psychodynamic psychotherapy (M58L, Leeds)

Leeds
Category:Course
Clinical Area:Adults
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31 August 2026 | Group Analysis North

IGA Foundation Course in Groupwork

Category:Course
Clinical Area:Adults
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31 August 2026 | Group Analysis North

IGA Qualifying Course In Group Analysis (Manchester)

Manchester, Manchester
Category:Course
Clinical Area:Adults
The Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) offers a full professional training in group analytic psychotherapy in Greater Manchester. This block-based course, spanning three to four years, is designed for professionals in the UK and overseas asp...
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4 September 2026 | Group Analysis North

Work Reflection Group (In-Person)

Bolton, Bolton
Category:Supervision
Clinical Area:Adults
The in-person work reflection group is a form of supervision group offering participants the opportunity to reflect on their work using group analytic ideas. It aims to develop understanding of group processes and enhance groupwork skills. ...
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2 October 2026 | Group Analysis North

Work Reflection Group (Online)

Category:Supervision
Clinical Area:Adults
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10 October 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

English Speaking Weekend Conference: Listening to Antigone (Hybrid)

Category:Conference
Clinical Area:Adults
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10 October 2026 | The Institute of Psychoanalysis

English Speaking Weekend Conference: Listening to Antigone (Hybrid)

Hybrid, Hybrid
Category:Conference
Clinical Area:Adults
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12 November 2026 | Group Analysis North

IGA Qualifying Course Open Session

Manchester, Manchester
Category:Introductory Event
Clinical Area:Adults
This open session provides an opportunity to learn about the IGA Qualifying Course. Prospective applicants are encouraged to attend to understand the admission criteria, application process, and to determine if the training aligns with thei...
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