Psychoanalysis and Racialisation

Psychoanalysis and Racialisation

22nd September - 8th December 2025

Mondays | 7.00pm - 8.30pm 

In person only at the Institute of Psychoanalysis

Please note: this series is not recorded. 

Early bird rates are currently available until the end of July.

The level of this series is advanced and is suitable for qualified and experienced psychoanalytic and psychodynamic clinicians.

Entry requirement: You will need to be a member of either the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), the Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), or the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) to attend. 

If you are not a BPC, ACP, or UKCP member but would like to enquire, please email [email protected]

The series will address and provide an overview of psychoanalytic thinking on a range of subjects relevant to the themes of Race and Diversity. Drawing on their unique clinical experience the lecturers will outline their psychoanalytic thinking on these topics, providing clinical illustrations and, where relevant, sharing the theoretical ideas that underpin their work. 

Each session in this series consists of a 45-minute lecture, followed by a discussion chaired by a psychoanalyst. Attendees will have the opportunity to bring forward clinical  vignettes as part of these discussions.

The lectures and discussions will be held weekly over the autumn term 2025. There will also be a final reflective group session, providing participants with a space to review and reflect on their experience of the series.

• 22nd September | Lecture 1 – Sharon Numa
Race and Disavowal

• 29th September | Lecture 2 – Sharon Numa
'Racialisation: a Consideration on Some Impacts on Identity'

• 6th October | Lecture 3 – Fakhry Davids
Internal Racism I: Theoretical Aspects

• 13th October | Lecture 4 – Kannan Navaratnem
Aspects of Diversity: Culture, Race, and Language in Analytic work 

• 20th October | Lecture 5 – Kannan Navaratnem
Prejudice and Countertransference: Theoretical and Clinical Issues

Part 2

• 3rd November | Lecture 6 – Maxine Dennis
Trauma and the Process of Racialisation

• 10th November | Seminar 7 – Narendra Keval
Exploring the  ‘Racial Scene’ in the Clinical Situation

• 17th November | Lecture 8 – Fakhry Davids
Internal Racism II: Clinical explorations

• 24th November | Lecture 9 – Maxine Dennis
Maternal Object Lost and Found

• 1st December | Lecture 10 – Narendra Keval
Working Clinically with Racist States of Mind

• 8th December Reflective Session – with all lecturers and seminar leaders

All required reading material will be provided. 

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Please note: these lectures can only be purchased as a series.

REFUND POLICY: Tickets are fully refundable until 14 days before the series begins, after which time no refunds will be issued.

Views and opinions expressed by speakers are their own and do not represent the views or opinions of the Institute, event organisers or other speakers. We expect delegates to respect the confidentiality of clinical material discussed in our events. The content must not be recorded, conveyed or disseminated in any format and participants must not share access to the event with non-registered participants.