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Psychoanalysis
Truth-seeking and its Discontents
Registration is now open for our two-day virtual conference! Taking place on 9-10 July, this conference will strive towards a deeper understanding of a problem that poses a threat to global survival: intractable conflicts about what we claim as facts and knowledge, and disputes over the ground or authority for them. Book your place here.
Compassion and Mentalization Conference
Rescheduled from 2020, this one day event took place virtually on Saturday 8th May 2021. Click here to read more.
Learning from Lockdown Dreams
You can now watch the webinar Learning from Lockdown Dreams here
Contagion, Containment and Staying Connected
Read more about the themes of this year's November conference in this short piece by Liz Allison. Click here to read.
Melancholia Short Film
Watch our short film Melancholia, a glimpse around our art exhibition at The Freud Museum.
On learning from loss: Rereading ‘Mourning and Melancholia’
Like so many events, our art exhibition Melancholia was postponed from its intended opening in the spring. Liz Allison takes a look back to the situation in which Freud wrote his original, groundbreaking essay on the subject.
£3.8m funds international psychotherapy trial with new mothers
A team led by Peter Fonagy has been awarded £3.8 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to fund a new 4-year study in Lebanon and Kenya looking at the treatment of post-natal depression, child development, and the mother-child relationship.
Insights in Psychoanalysis
This series of films has been produced by UCL’s Psychoanalysis Unit in association with Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing. In each film an eminent analyst discusses one of their most important and influential papers. View the series trailer here