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
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/

 

BTPP – Supervision Course for Child Psychotherapists (2026/27)

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Reflections on Assessments for Psychotherapy – Back to Beginnings

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The Substance

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‘GETTING TO KNOW MY FATHER, WILFRED BION’

When: Monday 28th April 2025, 7:15pm - 8:45pm Speaker: Professor Julian Bion, OBE Chaired by: Laura Chaisty WMIP CPD group are pleased to be able to offer a talk from Professor Julian Bion, son of influential psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion. Julian will describe his...

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