Tavistock Relationships Courses, Autumn 2016

Course Details

Whose Depression is it Anyway? Working with the Couple Projective System

Date: Wednesday, 14th September 2016

Time:  10:00am - 4:00pm

Trainers: Liz Hamlin, Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist/Chair of BSCPC/Visiting Clinician at Tavistock Relationships and Kate Thompson, Couple Psychotherapist/Clinical Lecturer/Management of IAPT

Details: The challenge for therapists working with couples where one partner or both partners have been diagnosed with depression is maintaining a couple state of mind in the face of their projective system, where the role of the illness for both partners can be thought about and where the underlying couple dynamic can be assessed.

Fees:  £118 (£108 if booked and paid for by 2 August 2016)

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When the Couple isn't Enough or When the Couple is too Much - The Meaning and Management of Open and Polyamorous Relationships

Date:  Friday, 14 October 2016

Time:  10:00am - 4:00pm

Trainer:  Dr Damian McCann, qualified Couple Psychoanalytic

Details: Psychotherapist and works as Head of Development and Learning at Tavistock Relationships; Leah Davidson, Person Centred and Integrative Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer. This study day will explore the nature and meaning of open and polyamorous relationships. Developments in thinking about such couples will provide a window into the structure and working of these relationships. The particular challenges for the couples themselves and for clinicians working with them will also be examined.

Fees:  £118 (£108 if booked and paid for by 2 September 2016)

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"It's Not Me - It's You!": Getting to Grips with Projective Identification

Date:  Saturday, 4 February 2017

Time:  10:00am- 4:00pm

Trainer:  Martha Doniach, Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist & Kate Thompson, Couple Psychotherapist, Clinical Lecturer and Management of IAPT

Details: The primitive and unconscious nature of projective identification makes it a difficult concept for us to grasp, and yet it is vital to try to be aware of how it operates in the couple's relationship and of how we too can get caught up in it in the consulting room. This workshop is suitable for both individual and couple counsellors who want to understand more about projective identification in order to work more effectively with relationship distress.

Fees:  £118 (£108 if booked and paid for by 31 December 2016)

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