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Psychoanalysis

Welcome to the Psychoanalysis Unit, part of the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at UCL. Since its foundation by Professor Joseph Sandler, the Unit has grown to become the strongest academic base for psychoanalysis in the world. Informed by traditional approaches to psychoanalysis, our interdisciplinary research seeks to address the challenges of the 21st century, such as mental and physical health, financial instability, gender, technology, and the arts.

 

Endings and Beginnings

Registration is now open for the UCL Psychoanalysis Unit Conference taking place between 29 November and 01 December 2024.

Mentalizing Individuals, Families and Systems

This webinar took place on 9th October 2024, marking the publication of a special issue in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, dedicated to advances in Mentalization Based Treatments.

Freud in the 21st century

This conference took place on Saturday 21st September. Click here for more information.

Knowing What Psychoanalysts Do and Doing What Psychoanalysts Know

This event took place on 14–15 June 2024, click here to read more.

Words Matter conference

This conference took place online on 11th April 2024. It brought together international experts who presented the latest research into the impact and prevention of childhood verbal abuse.

1001 Days Film Screening

Director Zikethiwe Ngcobo and producer Rose Palmer joined an audience at the Unit for a Q&A alongside a special screening of their film 1001 Days, which reflects on the experience of motherhood in challenging circumstances.

New: 'Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma'

Congratulations to Nicole Vliegen, Eileen Tang, Nick Midgley, Patrick Luyten, and Peter Fonagy on the recent publication of Therapeutic Work for Children with Complex Trauma, which offers a contemporary three-track psychodynamic treatment model to mental health professionals working with traumatised children and their caregivers.

Insights in Psychoanalysis

This series of films has been produced by UCL’s Psychoanalysis Unit in association with Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing, and includes interviews with Anton O. Kris, Jorge Canestri, and Björn Salomonsson.

Uninvited Guests - an animated film about dreaming during the pandemic

The UCL Psychoanalysis Unit in association with PEP is pleased to announce the release of the third in a series of three original animations inspired by the Lockdown Dreams project. Watch here

 

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