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A small light in a dark room
Presentation at the UUP and EAP Online Symposium:
'Ethical challenges for psychotherapists in our changing world"
Friday, 24 February 2023
In
historic exceptional or in highly polarised contexts, acting ethically
has often necessitated personal risk taking. What motivates people to
do what they feel is 'right' even if doing so may compromise their own
safety? Moreover, can we develop psychotherapeutic perspectives both
for our own and our clients/patients benefits? The presentation
considers key aspects of acting ethically in historic extreme contexts,
and invites participants to reflect on their personal motivations to
act ethically.
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Building bridges - Contemporary perspectives on fragmentation in psychotherapy'
Keynote presentation at the 1st Congress of Psychotherapists in Bosnia and Herzegovina - 'Psychotherapy within the changing world' in Sarajevo, 23 - 26 March 2023
Fragmentation
and dissociative dynamics are a primary focus for psychotherapy ever
since Freud, Breuer and Janet. Neuroscientists and physiologists have
added greatly to our contemporary understanding and range of
therapeutic clinical interventions. At the other end of this spectrum,
multiple self-states and associated dissociative dynamics appear
crucial to higher order functioning. How can we orient within this
field and utilise psychophysiological self-states dynamics as a
valuable resource in the therapeutic relationship?
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Cultural selfs and their psychophysiological presentations in the consulting room
Keynote presentation at the 18th International Congress of EABP - 'Identity in transformative times - Construction, deconstruction, reconstruction' in Sofia, Bulgaria, 7 - 10 September 2023
Culture
and diversity associated psychophysiological states or distress
commonly remain unseen in the therapeutic endeavour to the detriment of
client's psychotherapeutic process. This calamity is well recognised by
psychotherapy organisations and institutes and the lack of significant
progress is therefore puzzling. Some indications appear to suggest that
culture and diversity dynamics in the consulting room may challenge our
psychophysiology more powerfully than Eros or sexuality. This
presentation aims to utilise somatic, relational, and `multiple selfs'
perspectives to deconstruct, and reconstruct, the puzzle of culture and
difference dynamics in the therapeutic relationship.
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A selection of previous events |
Stirring the depths - Reflections on touch in psychotherapy
Keynote
presentation at the 'Being In Touch: Communicating Through Touch In
Psychotherapy' Conference on 9th July 2022 in Cambridge
`The Client and I - Relational and psychophysiological perspectives on Borderline trauma and the 'disorders of self'
Keynote
presentation at the '4th International Conference of the Polish Society
for the Integration of Psychotherapy: The Integration of Psychotherapy:
- Research, Experience, Perspectives' Congress, Warsaw, Poland 3-5 June
2022
'Changing Times - what are the Implications for Psychotherapy Practice?'
Presentation
at the "The Hope of Psychotherapy for our Endangered World" EAP 30th
Anniversary Congress, Vienna, March 12th-13th 2022
A walk in the park' - adapting the therapeutic space in Covid times
Keynote presentation at the 'Psychotherapy in Covid Times' conference (online), Vilnus, Lithuania, 22 May 2021
Somatic Object Relations - the therapist's psychophysiology as a clinical utility
Keynote presentation at the 'The science of integrative psychotherapy' online congress - November 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2020
The Client and I' - Relational-somatic approaches to challenging dynamics in the therapeutic relationship
- Borderline trauma and Eros
CPD - Workshop seminar - Lisbon, 30 January - 2 February 2020
Sense and Sensibility - A psycho-physiological bargain
Keynote
presentation at the EAP Congress 'Sense and Sensibility', the 23rd
Congress of European Association for Psychotherapy 18 - 21 October
2018, Belgrade, Serbia
Borderline Trauma and the Disorders of Self - a somatic and relational approach to BPD
CPD - Workshop seminar - Caesarea, Israel on 14th March 2018
Playing the Instrument - Moving the Soul
CPD - Workshop seminar - 3 March 2018 at Re.Vision in London
Cat and Mouse - The Ethical Crucible in Psychotherapy Practice
Opening presentation
at the EAP Ethics Symposium - Ethics in Psychotherapy European
Association for Psychotherapy, 25 February 2018, Vienna, Austria
Psychology - as if people mattered
Keynote
presentation at the 25th National Conference of Croatian Psychologists
"Psychology in protection and promotion of human rights, and social
justice" 8-11th November 2017 - Zadar, Croatia
Altered States of Consciousness: Psychiatric and transpersonal perspectives re-visioned
CPD - Workshop seminar - 25 November 2017 at Re.Vision in London
Windows of opportunity - body, mind and soul as landscapes of dream and the deeply personal
CPD - Workshop seminar - 3rd & 4th June 2017 at Re.Vision in London
Psyche, Soma and Agora - how society may reflect our psychobiology
Workshop
at the EABP Congress "The
Embodied Self in a dis-Embodied Society" 13 - 16 Oct 2016 in
Athens, Greece
Belonging and Autonomy - what can we learn from psychobiology?
Presentation and discussion EAP Congress "Autonomy and a Sense of Belonging" 30 Sept - 1 Oct, 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia
Playing the instrument - moving the soul
CPD - Workshop seminar - 27 February 2016 at Re.Vision in London
Connection, Socialisation and Co-operation
Workshop at the Re-Vision Conference'"The Good Life" at Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire - 23 Januray 2016
Men and vulnerability
Webcast at 8pm on June 8th 2015 at Psychotherapy Excellence. The complete series Men and therapy - key approaches to working with men is available from www.psychotherapyexcellence.com
Taming the tiger - Working with the psycho-biology of integration and connection
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, London, 7 March 2015
The transpersonal in the consulting room - included or excluded?
Keynote presentation, 2nd Annual Multi Modality Psychotherapy Conference in London, 8 & 9 November 2014
Taming the tiger - Working with the psycho-biology of integration and connection
Workshop Seminar - EABP Congress 2014, Lisbon, Portugal 11 - 14 September 2014
The body in psychotherapy supervision
Parallel Plenary - EABP Congress 2014, Lisbon, Portugal 11 - 14 September 2014
Somatic dialogue in the therapeutic relationship
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, London, 17 & 18 May 2014
Supervising therapeutic work with eros and sexuality
Supervision Training Seminar, Israel Association for Body Psychotherapy - (ILABP), Tel Aviv, Israel, 27 & 28 March 2014
Borderline dynamics and the Disorders of Self
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, Neve Shalom, Israel 25 & 26 March 2014
What can psychotherapy do? Psychotherapy paradigms and sexual orientation
A presentation at the International Humanistic Psychology Conference - Celebrating 50 years of Humanistic Psychology, London, 7 & 8 September 2013
Common somatic presentations in supervision
Supervision Training Seminar, The Grove Diploma Course Integrative Supervision, London 20 July 2013
Eros and sexuality in psychotherapy
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, Zagreb 7 - 9 June 2013
Making contact - the subtle body in psychotherapy
Keynote presentation at the Transpersonal Faculty of UKCP, London 28 April 2013
Contemporary Developments in Supervision
Keynote presentation at the UKCP Supervision Conference, London, 28 March 2013
What can psychotherapy do? Psychotherapy paradigms and sexual orientation
A
talk at Cutting Edges: Analytical Psychology A Series of Talks
initiated by Dr. Gottfried M. Heuer - Association of Jungian
Analysts, London, 29 January 2013
Somatic approaches to shock and trauma
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, Zagreb 16 - 18 November 2012
The intersubjective body
Workshop at the EABP Congress 2012 in Cambridge UK, 17th September 2012
The World in the Body - Soma, Culture and Intersubjectivity
Panel discussion (chair) of the body as cultural phenomena at the EABP Congress 2012 in Cambridge UK, 16th September 2012
'Access and Stigma - two obstacles to seeking help'
Presented at the International
Conference of the Association of Croatian Psychotherapy Associations (SPUH):
"The truth about psychotherapy", Zagreb, 29 & 30 October 2011
Borderline Dynamics and the Disorders of Self
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, Zagreb, 23 - 25 September 2011
Challenges in Supervisory Practice
Panel discussion (chair), UKCP Supervision Conference, London, 4 June 2011
The Borderline Dynamic and the Body
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, London, 11 December 2010
Working with dreams and imagery
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, Zagreb, 13 - 15 November 2010
Stirring the Depths - Transference, Countertransference and Touch
Seminar at the 12th EABP Congress of Bodpsychotherapy in Vienna, 29 October 2010
Relational Body Psychotherapy
3 year post graduate (CPD) training programme in Zagreb, Croatia, 2007 - 2010
The Intersubjective Body
Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshop, London 13 March
2010
Trauma and the Body - An Introduction to Trauma Work
Workshop / Seminar, London, 22 & 23 January 2010
The Cultural Challenge
Workshop at the EAIP MIP Conference "Integrative Psychotherapy in a Disintegrating World" in Crewe, 6 - 8 November 2009
The Borderline Dynamic and the Body
CPD seminar at the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy, London, 14 June
2009
Embodiment and disembodiment in the therapeutic alliance
Workshop at the EABP Congress in Paris, 8 - 11 November 2008
Holding the Body in Mind in Supervision
Workshop at the UKCP Supervision Conference, London, 7th June 2008
Somatic
Dialogue in the Therapeutic Relationship
Two
day Seminar - Advanced Professional Development Program
at the Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy, London, May 2008
The
Borderline Relationship
Seminar and discussion at the CABP Conference in Cambridge 7 - 9 September 2007
The
Borderline Relationship - a Somatic Perspective
Parallel
presentation at the EABP Congress in Askov, Denmark, Sept. 2006
Somatic
Perspectives of the Therapeutic Relationship with Borderline Clients
Seminar
at the Biosynthesis Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, June 2006
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