APT Public Lecture Series 2025/26

When: The Training Committee runs a series of 5 lectures per year by practitioners of Analytical Psychology/Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. The topics are wide-ranging and reflect the most recent work and concerns of individuals in the wider analytic community.

Hosted by: The APT – We hold a series of lectures which are open to the public.

Our public lecture dates and speakers for 2025-2026 are as follows:

 

Saturday 1st November 2025 A WORKSHOP ON WHITENESS: EXPLORING RACISM IN THERAPEUTIC WORK
Helen Morgan

 

 

 

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Saturday 17th January 2026 ACORN INTO OAK TREE: GENDER TRANSITION AND INDIVIDUATION
Adina Davidson

 

 

 

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Saturday 7th March 2026 THE POWER OF SYMBOLS AND THE POETICS OF PEACE – CONNECTING THE PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND COSMIC
Richard Jenkins

 

 

 

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Saturday 9th May 2026 WHEN SICKNESS BECOMES THE GOAL: ANOREXIA NERVOSA AS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN AUTISTIC GIRLS
Elizabeth A Anscombe

 

 

 

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Saturday 6th June 2026 AWAKENING IN THE SEPULCHRE: A JOURNEY TO ETERNAL BECOMING THE UMBILICAL
Catherine Cox

 

 

 

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Booking

APPLICATION DETAILS FOR NOVEMBER 2025
This lecture will take place in-person only at St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL and will be held between 10.15am and 2.30pm (GMT).
The cost for the lecture is £95.00 or £47.50 (trainee psychotherapists).
Refreshments and a buffet lunch are also included.

APPLICATION DETAILS FOR JANUARY AND MARCH 2026

These lectures will be held via Zoom Video Conferencing only – from 1:30pm – 4pm (GMT) in January and from 10:15am – 12:45pm (GMT) in March.
The cost for each lecture is £50 for WMIP members and £60 for non-WMIP members.

APPLICATION DETAILS FOR MAY AND JUNE 2026
These lectures will take place in-person only at St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL and will be held between 10.15am and 12.45pm.
The cost for each lecture is £50 for WMIP members and £60 for non-WMIP members

PAYMENT DETAILS
Please make BACS payments as follows:
Account Name: The Training in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy
Bank: Barclays, Sort Code: 20-08-44, Account No: 03737950
(Please use your name as a reference)

For further details and queries contact:

Sue Harford, Administrator to the Training Committee
telephone: 07789 545908, email: aptc@wmip.org

 

 For more information about joining us, please visit  https://wmip.org/join-us/

 

THE DIGITAL SUPEREGO: EMBODIMENT UNDER THE ALGORITHMIC GAZE

Speakers: Alessandra LemmaBTPP in collaboration with WMIP When: Friday 19th June 2026, 1:30pm - 3:30pmWhere: Online BTPP is pleased to host a talk by Alessandra Lemma. This talk is based on a chapter from Alessandra Lemma’s forthcoming book Psychotechnical becomings:...

Spring Conference

Speakers: Susan Mizen & Philips Stokoe When: Saturday 21 March 2026, 10:00am - 4:30pmWhere: The Uffculme Centre, Queensbridge Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8QY In this conference we will explore the psychic turbulence that arises in states of mind where otherness...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

When: Friday 6th February 2026, 8pm - 9:30pm Hosted by: WMIP Analytic Film Group We meet regularly online (once every couple of months) and bring analytic thinking to discussions on a range of films. Group members suggest film and at the end of each session we draw...

Open Lecture – Psychoanalytic Understanding of Emotionally Unregulated Personality Disorder: Countertransference as a Guide, not a Problem

BTPP (Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy) and WMIP Speaker: Marcus EvansWhen: Friday 23rd January 2026 - 13:30 to 15:30Where: Online via Zoom  Synopsis Patients with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder can shift rapidly between moments of...

Recording available: ‘ENGLISH LANDSCAPE: AN ARCHETYPAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE EX-BOARDER’

Speaker: Sally MclarenWhen: Monday 1st December 2025, 7:15pm – 8:45pmWhere: Online via Zoom  WMIP was pleased to invite Sally McLaren to present her paper published by Routledge in 2025 in a new book, 'The Un-Making of Them: Clinical Reflections on Boarding School...

Reflections on Assessments for Psychotherapy – Back to Beginnings

Speaker: Judith AndersonWhen: Monday 6th October 2025, 7:15pm – 8:45pmWhere: Online via Zoom  ‘Reflections on Conducting Assessments for Psychotherapy: Back to the Beginnings – Holding Vulnerability and Assessing Risk’ Judith will share reflections from her experience...

Recording available – The Wanderings of Cáit

Speaker: David Smith WMIP Analytic Film club were pleased to offer this event with speaker David Smith, Chair ofthe Northern Ireland Institute of Human Relations, who has written a paper analysing the film The Quiet Girl. Lyrical, compassionate, and deeply empathetic,...

Chinatown

When: Friday 5th December 2025 - 8pm till 9:30pm Hosted by: WMIP Analytic Film Group We meet regularly online (once every couple of months) and bring analytic thinking to discussions on a range of films. Group members suggest film and at the end of each session we...

The Substance

When: Friday 3rd October 2025 - 8pm till 9pm Hosted by: WMIP Analytic Film Group We meet regularly online (once every couple of months) and bring analytic thinking to discussions on a range of films. Group members suggest film and at the end of each session we draw...

Ordinary People

When: Friday 1st August 2025 Hosted by: WMIP Analytic Film Group We meet regularly online (once every couple of months) and bring analytic thinking to discussions on a range of films. Group members suggest film and at the end of each session we draw the title for our...