Zoom Discussion on Roger Frie’s talk: Not in my family – the legacy of a Nazi past
ZoomThe last of this year's Zoom discussions will be at 7.30 on Monday May 29th, when we will be discussing some of the questions that arose from Roger Frie's talk on coming to terms with dark secrets in his family, and inter-generational trauma. If you were not able to attend the talk, or would like to see it again, it is available on this link - https://oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk/not-in-my-family-the-legacy-of-a-nazi-past-roger-frie/; alternatively you can find it in the archive section of the website. Please email admin@oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk by 26th May.
OPS AGM
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordCome to hear more about the work of the Society during the past year, to encourage the current committee and to vote for new committee members. If you would be willing to stand for the committee, please contact admin@oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk
Dr. Heward Wilkinson: “The necessity and challenge of an existential-spiritual foundation for Psychotherapy”
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordThe Spiritual and Transpersonal modes: Plato, Freud, Jung etc I shall look at the Transpersonal and the Spiritual under four headings: Archetypal Aspects; the Problem of Belief; The Numinous and the Mystical; the Uncanny. We shall explore by way of looking at personal illustrations and respecting individual caution and boundaries and difference. John Heron: Feeling and […]
Ali Clarke: Couples Therapy from a psychodynamic, psychosexual perspective
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordI will be discussing how couples therapy is different from individual therapy and some some of the common presentations. I will offer a number of models and tools I use with couples and two or three case studies to illustrate examples of successes and challenges (and how success might be defined in couple work). The case study material will not be recorded and will be an opportunity to share and learn with others in the room.
Matthew Chuard: Where does it all come from? A consideration of the role of unconscious phantasy in everyday life and the consulting room: From infancy throughout the life-span.
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordThe role of unconscious phantasy in everyday life and its origins
Drawing upon the work of Melanie Klein, research from infant observation and the neuroscience literature on early child development, this presentation will examine the role that unconscious phantasy plays in shaping our everyday lives and interactions. Drawing upon clinical material and works of art from the consulting room and beyond, the origins of unconscious phantasy will be examined, considering both the individual and wider social structures that shape the development of our personal subjectivities and identities. Through this consideration of the development of unconscious phantasy, the implications for contemporary clinical practice will also be examined.
Christiane Sanderson: Becoming a Trauma wise Practitioner when Working with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Zoom webinarChristiane Sanderson: Becoming a Trauma wise Practitioner when Working with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. This workshop aims to unravel the nature and dynamics of CSA within the family by biological as well as blended family members, adults and siblings and peers such as cousins. It will examine the factors that prevent disclosure such as the role of secrecy, shame, normalisation, distortion of reality, and the need to protect family members to avoid breaking up the family or become scapegoated.
Darian Leader: What do therapists need to know about sex?
ZoomDespite the fact that therapy offers a seemingly confidential and safe space, details of sexual life very often remain obscure and may never even come to light. How can we explain this, and what can we learn from those practitioners and researchers who adopt a more direct approach towards sexuality? Can what we learn from […]
Mark Brayne: Attachment-Informed EMDR – a paradigm shift for psychotherapy
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordYou've probably heard of EMDR - that weird finger-wagging, eye movement-following therapy that's getting quite a bit of press these days. Prince Harry has famously had it, and so have quite a few prominent folk ready to talk publicly about their experience of EMDR clearing their PTSD. If you'd like to know more, or indeed if […]
Revd Canon Dr Joanna Collicutt: ‘Head and heart knowledge in psychological therapy: some insights from the science of memory.’
Friends Meeting House St Giles, OxfordPsychological therapists have always been aware of the distinction between the client's theoretical understanding of issues and affect-laden insight. (A similar distinction is drawn in spiritual traditions between theological belief and personal faith.) Cognitive science has been able to give some precision to this distinction with important applications in the treatment of both anxiety and […]
OPS Walk
Join us on Saturday 27th April for a walk in nature! We will meet in Wolvercote car park at 10.30am. This is a circular walk of about 5 miles, following the path alongside the River Thames north of Port Meadow to Kings Lock, across the meadow to the edge of Wytham Wood, and back to […]