February 25, 2012
Saturday 10am-1pm
‘The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side’, or ‘Falling into Fancy Fragments’: getting to grips with Jacques Lacan’s ‘Mirror Stage’
with Paul Gurney
Jacques Lacan’s ‘Mirror Stage’ is a foundational concept in the discourse of anti-Object Relations psychoanalysis, his ‘return to Freud’ representing a radical critique of the dominant British tradition, and a fundamentally different description of the formation of what some would call the ‘self’ . As such, it is a crucial yet difficult account to understand. Through experiential exercise and close attention to text, we will attempt to gain a fractured clarity as to the form and function of the Mirror Stage.
Essential reading
‘The mirror stage as formative of the function of the I as revealed in psychoanalytic experience’, in ‘Ecrits’, Lacan J, trans Sheridan, 1977 (1966), London, Routledge.
(Available from the office on registration)
Paul Gurney studied Philosophy & Politics at Southampton University (1979-82) and Psychodynamic Counselling at Goldsmith’s College (1989-91), before training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Philadelphia Association (1991-98). He currently lives and works in south London, in the NHS and in private practice. He is at present serving on the training committees of the Philadelphia Association and the Guild of Psychotherapists.
April 21 & April 28, 2012
Saturdays, 10am-1pm
Attachment Theory and its Application in Clinical Practice
with Anastasia Patrikiou
John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory constitutes one of the most important theoretical contributions towards the understanding of early social development. Rooted in the relational traditions of psychoanalysis and the scientific field of ethology, Attachment Theory occupies a unique position in linking psychoanalytic thinking, clinical observation and scientific empirical research.
Bowlby’s theory is based on the premise that the need for attachment is biological, for the purposes of survival. The experience of our earliest relationship, therefore, has a profound impact on future relational patterns and wellbeing. Individuals are not viewed in isolation but rather within a matrix of relational connections which are also shaped by economic, political and social factors.
Areas covered in training
The training will take place over two consecutive Saturday mornings and will aim to:
- Briefly review the main principles of Attachment Theory and introduce key recent developments.
- Use Attachment Theory to analyse and understand clinical experience and explore its applications in the consulting room. Participants will be asked to bring examples of clinical work which will be examined within an Attachment-based context.
Anastasia Patrikiou is a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She completed a Counselling Post-Graduate Diploma at Strathclyde University and an Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training at the Bowlby Centre. She has been in private practice since 2003, and currently works at the Priory Hospital, with Eating Disorders, and in Primary Care. For a number of years she developed and managed a pilot voluntary sector counselling service, which aimed to make therapy accessible to marginalised groups in the community such as people from Black and Minority Ethnic and Refugee groups and for people with early Dementia. It was successfully mainstreamed. She has delivered trainings and presentations on Attachment, Intercultural Therapy and Counselling people with Dementia and teaches at the Bowlby Centre.
Enrolment Fees:
Feb. 25th Lacan’s mirror stage £35 (£25 CPF counsellors)
April 21st & 28th Attachment theory in the clinic £70 (£55 CPF counsellors)
Please contact the CPF Office for booking forms and enrolment.
The venue for these trainings is CPF premises, Kyle House (see contacts page).
