There are many Continuing Professional Development activities here, that promote psychodynamic thinking, to both qualified practitioners and the general public.
July 2017
14th July – Book Club – The Catcher In The Rye . Details here
August 2017
4th August – Film Night
Coming Soon…..
21st July – Official launch event
TBC – Start of Infant Observation course
TBC – Understanding Group Dynamics – 10 week course
November – Research Conference
November 25th – Oedipus Is Alive (And Well?) And Living In Leicester!
The Oedipus complex is not just a key element of psychoanalytic theory – it has entered the language of pop psychology. But if we go back to the play Oedipus the King is Freud’s view the best way of understanding it? And just how much is the true Oedipus complex still seen as a useful theory in psychodynamic therapy and counselling?
During the day Professor Michael Jacobs will first of all explain the background to the play, show an edited version of it, and invite participants to make their own interpretations of it. He will look at the way Freud chose to interpret the play and ask why he changed his original idea, challenge the way Freud’s original hypothesis has been changed, and look at ways in which the triangular situations of which the complex is a symbol are still a key part of psychodynamic understanding of relationships.
Michael was for many years director of the counselling and psychotherapy programme at the University of Leicester, is author of The Presenting Past and Psychodynamic Counselling in Action and author or editor of nearly 60 other books. His professional autobiography is due out in January 2018.
Programme:
0930 Introduction and film of Oedipus the King
1100 Coffee/tea break
1120 Small Group discussion. Feedback
1230 Summarising the morning
1300 Lunch
1400 The Oedipus complex and triangular situations
1500 Small group discussions
1550 Oedipus’s fate
1600 Finish (with tea then if you wish).
The workshop will be held at Leicester’s New Walk Museum, and lunch and refreshments will be included, as will a CPD Certificate.
Tickets are priced at £49.50 for LCPC Members, and £56 for non-members. Places are limited, so please contact Jay or call on 07961 709575 to reserve your place.
