May Workshop: CANCELLED
The corona virus is starting to effect many events around the globe. Unfortunately OPS is not exempt. Most of our planned events are still going ahead but one that we were particularly looking forward to offering will be cancelled. Jeremy Holmes has let the Committee know that he is cancelling all his speaking events for […]
Café Society
This is limited to OPS Members and a separate notice will be sent to all members. Please check your email for details. Our AGM will be held in conjunction with this event. The discussion will be led by Karen Jenkins on the topic of Society - Splits and Repair.
Dr Richard Gipps: The Regulation of Anxiety by the Pursuit of Virtue: Being Philosophical About It
Zoom webinarTo be “philosophical” or “stoical” is to remain calm and able to think in the face of adversity. But how have the philosophers suggested we achieve this? And how can their deliberations be drawn on in the consulting room without therapy degrading into intellectual discussion? In this talk Richard will discuss the relation of six […]
Peer Support Groups
Zoom webinarPeer Support groups will be starting up again, offering an opportunity to meet with colleagues and share what is on our minds. They will be closed groups and participants will be asked to commit for a period of five weeks. They are open to members who have not yet been part of a group as […]
Introducing … an OPS Book Group with a difference
Zoom webinarMembers may recall our Café Society evening, held last autumn. It was a popular experiment in meeting as fellow professionals in an informal setting, breaking free from the transferences that can sometimes silence us at clinical gatherings. In the same spirit we now propose an OPS book group with a difference. We will meet twice […]
Anne Ford: Self-care for Therapists during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Zoom webinarAs we continue to navigate this ever-changing time, it is especially important that we therapists take some time to reflect on how we are being impacted by Covid-19, and to take stock of what we are doing to ensure that we are looking after our whole selves: physical, emotional, spiritual, work and social. It is […]
OPS Book Group
OPS Book Group The second meeting of the Book Group is on Wednesday December 2nd at 7.30 to 9.00. A Zoom link will be sent to existing members of the group on Tuesday 1st. If you would also like to take part, please email charles.hampton1949@gmail.com. Our theme this time is Journey’s. We will explore […]
Dr Iain McGilchrist: The Divided Brain
The talk will cover the main thesis of The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, which explains the phenomenological significance of brain lateralisation, each hemisphere giving rise to an experiential world with differing qualities. It will also touch on the light this casts on certain aspects of mental […]
Book Group
The Book Group will meet to discuss two short stories by Frank O’Connor: My Oedipus Complex and The Man of the World.
To register interest in attending, please contact Amanda Jeffries on
programme@oxfordpsychotherapysociety.org.uk
Gerry Byrne: ‘A crippled trust’ in ‘a crooked heart’ – Establishing epistemic trust in the hostile territory of a therapeutic encounter with a coerced patient
Gerry Byrne is consultant nurse and child psychotherapist (Tavistock) and Head of Attachment and Perinatal Services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (including Family Assessment & Safeguarding Services (FASS), Infant Parent Perinatal Service (IPPS) and ReConnect). He is Clinical Lead for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy for the Trust (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) and the originator of the […]