Psychosis – a Lacanian Perspective – Conor McCormack
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordPsychosis - to what use can we put this loaded signifier? Lacanian analysis starts by binning the notion of psychosis as disorder or illness, reframing it as a commonplace subjective position in language. This talk explores how analytic treatment can offer a way beyond the deadlock of medication and risk management that defines current mental […]
Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) – Elisabeth (Lizzy) Spight MA RDMP
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordIn this presentation I would like to give a short insight into the beginnings of dance therapy and how the unique history and development of this therapy form has shaped its identity. It will explain the attachment to various psychological schools, portray important pioneers and in particular highlight the importance of Rudolf Laban as a […]
Enlisting the Patient’s Will to Do Therapy – Jon Fredrickson
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordPatients come to therapy seeking healing, but their history of relationships is that help often led to harm. Thus, they enter in conflict: they want to engage with you, but out of fear, they hesitate. Perhaps they are vague. Sometimes, they say they don't have a problem. Other times, they go along, hiding their will […]