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.
BPA Open Day
87-89 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3NT and Online via Zoom, London
Training in Psychoanalysis. Come and meet the BPA. Hear about our organisation, our trainings, our pre-training courses and our post-training opportunities. Join us for an opportunity to ask questions and join small discussion groups to con...
Find out moreIGA Qualifying Course Open Session
Online, Online
An open session for prospective applicants interested in the IGA Qualifying Course. It provides an opportunity to understand the admission criteria and application process and to determine if the training is suitable. Booking is required vi...
Find out moreIGA Qualifying Course Open Session
In-person, Manchester
An opportunity to learn more about the IGA Qualifying Course in Group Analysis.
Find out moreSave the Date | European Psychoanalytic Film Festival
The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London
See event link for details
Find out moreIOPA Edinburgh conference: Turning a Deaf Ear (In person)
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Listening is at the heart of our work with people in psychic distress however there are times when the way we listen to and hear those we work with is hindered or can be distorted. This in-person conference seeks to explore these impediment...
Find out moreBPA Scientific Meeting - Starting out in Life....Again | Becky Hall
Online, N/A
This paper draws on the contribution of psychoanalytic thinking about children to our understanding of the beginnings of psychological life, work with parents, carers, adopters, and the treatment of very deprived children. It describes work...
Find out moreAuthors in Conversation: John Steiner discusses his new book, Explorations of Mourning in Psychoanalysis and Literature (Online)
Online via Zoom, Online
An online event marking the publication of John Steiner’s new book, 'Explorations of Mourning in Psychoanalysis and Literature: Turning Ghosts into Ancestors'. John Steiner will be in conversation with Michael Feldman, Daniel Pick, and Hein...
Find out morePsychoanalytic Film Club – Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Maurice Keyworth Building, Leeds
Experience 'Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,' a powerful film on trauma and healing, followed by a psychoanalytic discussion. Anna Hints’s Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is a mesmerising and profoundly intimate exploration of trauma, somatic processing, and...
Find out moreAlessandra Lemma -Rethinking the Examined Life in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Professor Alessandra Lemma will present her paper 'At the Meniscus of Self-Reflection : Rethinking the Examined Life in the Age of Artificial Intelligence'. She proposes that some clients cling to AI for containment, drawing on her work wit...
Find out moreFriday Seminars: Group Analysis in the Decline of Democracy: Surviving in the 21st Century
Online, Online
An online Friday Seminar with Sarah Tucker, co-organised by Group Analysis North and the University of Manchester. This seminar explores Group Analysis in the Decline of Democracy: Surviving in the 21st Century. It offers an opportunity for...
Find out moreMichael Feldman: Adjusting the distance (Online)
Online via Zoom, Online
In the latest instalment of the IJP's Study Meeting series, Michael Feldman will discuss his paper 'Adjusting the distance' from Volume 106 (2025) of the IJP. Discussants will be Kay Long and Elizabeth da Rocha Barros. A recording of the me...
Find out moreChild and Adolescent Analysis: Clinical Work Discussion Seminar (Hybrid)
10 Windsor Walk, London, SE5 8BB, London
Designed to deepen clinical understanding, it is part of a series offering a reflective space to examine therapeutic work with infants, young children, and their caregivers, focusing on the unique challenges and transformative potential of ...
Find out moreMadeleine Davis Memorial Lecture 2026 with Lesley Caldwell: Thinking With and About Winnicott in Very Unsettled Times
Online, N/A
This paper celebrates the tenth anniversary of the publication of the Collected Works of D.W. Winnicott by returning briefly to its two launches in 2017: the first at The New School in New York City and the second at the British Psychoanaly...
Find out moreGetting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Unconscious phantasy – some historical and conceptual dimensions, with David Bell (Online)
Online via Zoom, Online
Our current series of Getting to Grips events will focus on unconscious phantasy. In abandoning seduction theory, Freud recognised that there also had to be a place for fantasy – the unconscious phantasy that accompanies both real and fanta...
Find out moreBPA Poetic Mind | AWAKE! Blake and the Power of the Imagination
Online, Online
AWAKE! Blake and the Power of the Imagination. William Blake's Call to Us Now. The year 2027 marks the bicentenary of the death of William Blake, poet, painter and prophet, and it is worth asking what his work has to say to an unconscious t...
Find out moreChild and Adolescent Analysis: Clinical Work Discussion Seminar (Hybrid)
10 Windsor Walk, London, SE5 8BB, London
Designed to deepen clinical understanding, it is part of a series offering a reflective space to examine therapeutic work with infants, young children, and their caregivers, focusing on the unique challenges and transformative potential of ...
Find out moreBasic Groupwork Skills In-House Training
In-house (flexible, can be online or in-person), Flexible
Group Analysis North (GAN) offers a basic in-house Groupwork Skills course for groups of 10 or more. This training can be delivered in-person or online, tailored to meet the needs and objectives of various services and agencies in statutory...
Find out moreAnnual Barbara Dick Memorial Lecture 2027
TBC, TBC
Group Analysis North will host the Annual Barbara Dick Memorial Lecture. Details for the 2027 lecture are to be confirmed. The lecture offers an opportunity to learn from experience and change through group analysis.
Find out moreIJP Conference 2027: Violence in the Consulting Room (Online)
Online via Zoom, Online
This conference turns the focus inward, to the consulting room and the psychoanalytic couple, exploring violence in the transference and countertransference. This includes overt and subtle forms of hostile aggression, psychological violence...
Find out moreBPA Introductory Lectures - Psychoanalysis: Key Concepts and a Contemporary Perspective
87-89 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3NT (and Online), London
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 so as to build u...
Find out moreWinnicott in Translation, Online International Conference
Online, N/A
Winnicott’s work has an international reach and impact. Winnicott in Translation aims both to celebrate the translation of Winnicott into a number of different languages, and think about how his ideas translate into different cultural conte...
Find out moreFriday Seminars: The Cross-Pollination of Balint and Group Analysis: nurturing reflective spaces in eco-systems of socio-political suppression
Online, Online
This seminar explores the cross-pollination of Balint and Group Analysis, focusing on nurturing reflective spaces within eco-systems of socio-political suppression.
Find out moreGetting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Melanie Klein’s work with Dick – the first psychoanalytic treatment of a child with autism (Online series)
Online
This event continues our exploration of Kleinian thinking with a focus on different aspects of child psychoanalysis. Maria Rhode will explore Melanie Klein's 1930 seminal paper, 'The importance of symbol formation in the development of the ...
Find out moreFriday Seminars: Group Analysis Research
Online, Online
An online Friday Seminar with Nicola Walker, co-organised by Group Analysis North and the University of Manchester. This seminar focuses on Group Analysis Research. It offers an opportunity for those interested in group analysis to develop ...
Find out moreGetting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Balancing on a tightrope of mania – a precarious normality
Online via Zoom, Online
This event continues our exploration of Kleinian thinking with a focus on different aspects of child psychoanalysis. Judith Jackson will explore how certain manic defensive organisations can be used to sustain a very fragile sense of self a...
Find out moreFriday Seminars: What Remains Unspeakable? Speakability, Colonialism and the Ethical Capacity of the Group
Online, Online
An online Friday Seminar with Vivienne Harte, co-organised by Group Analysis North and the University of Manchester. This seminar explores themes of speakability, colonialism, and the ethical capacity of the group. It offers an opportunity ...
Find out moreGetting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Primitive anxieties and idealisation – implications for self-harm and violence in adolescence (Online series)
Online
This event continues our exploration of Kleinian thinking with a focus on different aspects of child psychoanalysis. Catalina Bronstein will examine violence in adolescence – whether directed toward the self or toward others – as a response...
Find out moreIGA Foundation Course Open Session
Online, Online
Free online open session to find out more about the IGA Foundation Course in Groupwork. This session offers an opportunity for guidance and to ask any questions about the course.
Find out moreGetting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Plenary event – the evolution of Klein’s thinking on childhood development (Online series)
Online
This plenary pulls together the different strands of thought and discussion from our previous Getting to Grips events on Klein’s groundbreaking theories of childhood development and child analysis. It will also set the scene for further exp...
Find out moreSave the date: Melanie Klein Trust Conference 2027 (Hybrid)
The Royal College of Physicians, London, and online via Zoom, London
We look forward to welcoming you on Saturday 12 June 2027 for the Melanie Klein Trust conference, on the theme of 'Honesty and deception in the psychoanalytic relationship'.
Find out moreIGA Foundation Course Open Session
Online, Online
Free online open session to find out more about the IGA Foundation Course in Groupwork. This session offers an opportunity for guidance and to ask any questions about the course.
Find out moreIGA Foundation Course in Groupwork (Manchester)
Manchester (In-person and Online), Manchester
A one-year foundation course in groupwork, presented in-person and online. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to groupwork skills and the theory of group analysis, along with opportunities for personal and professional develo...
Find out moreIGA Qualifying Course In Group Analysis (Manchester)
Greater Manchester (Hybrid), Manchester
A full professional training in group analytic psychotherapy offered by the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA). This course in Greater Manchester runs over a minimum of three to four years on a block basis, making it suitable for professiona...
Find out moreIGA Foundation Course in Groupwork (Manchester)
Manchester / Online, Manchester
A one-year foundation course in groupwork, offered both in-person in Manchester and online. It provides a comprehensive introduction to groupwork skills and the theory of group analysis, fostering personal and professional development. The ...
Find out moreIGA Qualifying Course Open Session
Online, Online
Open session to learn more about the IGA Qualifying Course in Group Analysis. Applicants are encouraged to speak to the Course Convenor prior to applying.
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