The theme for our programme for 2024 is "Denial of reality - the existential threat in an unravelling world". 

We have reached a time when unimaginable dangers are facing our world. Climate crisis, wars, pandemics, the breakdown of democracy and the rise of dictators all combine into threats which seem too huge to face and create an overwhelming sense of fear and helplessness. 

How are these feelings contained? By facing reality and painful truths about ourselves or by denial and retreat into hedonistic individualism? 

Denial creates alternative realities and is reinforced by unhelpful or malign motivations, groupthink and confirmation bias. 

Social and main-stream media drive wild theories and non-factual information, causing chaotic thinking, giving rise to more and more need to turn to ways of distracting and comforting ourselves.

Wednesday 10th January 2024

AGM

Wednesday 13th March 2024

Rob Stuart, Psychodynamic Counsellor
“Climate denial-ism and psychodynamic practice” 

Wednesday 17th April 2024

Dr Robin Stern

“Gaslighting”

(NB- this meeting will be held via Zoom only)

Wednesday 8th May 2024

Asha Phillips 

“The No That Helps to Connect” 

Wednesday 12th June 2024

Anna Santamouris, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist 

“Addiction” 

Wednesday 10th July 2024

Margaret Rustin

"Facing the reality of ending therapy: the challenge for a psychotic girl and her therapist."

Wednesday 11th September 2024

Dorothee Bonnigal-Katz

“Psychosis” 

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Helen Joyce

“Trans:  Why has it been hard for those critical of evidence-free, ideological approaches to gender distress to get a hearing?"

Wednesday 13th November 2024

Dr Heather Wood

"Denial of reality in compulsive sexual behaviours and psychoanalytic theories of perversion."