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Clinical Discussion Workshops for Work with Children, a Continuation from The Maudsley Lectures in Child Psychoanalysis Theory and Practice.

The Application of Psychoanalytic Concepts to Clinical Work with  Children and Adolescents

Bernard Roberts will be in dialogue with psychoanalysts: Kathryn Pugh and Fatima Martinez Del Solar.

This series includes eminent Psychoanalysts speaking about their work.


We are inviting all professionals, and it would be of particular interest to clinicians working in child and adult psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, child and adult psychotherapy, nursing and other areas of mental health for clinical discussion workshops for work with Children and Adolescents.

Designed to deepen clinical understanding, the series offers a reflective space to examine therapeutic work with infants, young children, and their caregivers, focusing on the unique challenges and transformative potential of early intervention.

These child and adolescent analysis clinical seminars will be held every 3rd Friday of the month accessible online via Zoom and in person at 10 Windsor Walk.


Bernard Roberts

I am a Child & Adolescent and Adult Analyst of The British Psychoanalytical Society where I am also a Training and Supervising Analyst. I am currently Chair of the Trustees of The Brent Centre for Young People.

I trained at The Cassel Hospital and Tavistock Clinic. I was a consultant in the Health Service for over thirty years first of all as a consultant then Medical Director of Kingston and District Community NHS Trust and then consultant and Head of Profession at Central North West London Foundation NHS Trust. I have been Head of The Child and Adolescent Clinic and Safeguarding Lead at The Institute of Psychoanalysis.

I work in private practice.

“A Child’s Use of Psychoanalysis in Developmental Struggles with Confusing Objects”

In this paper I use extracts from the clinical encounter with a child who started a four-year analysis just before her 7th birthday to illustrate the way bodily actions depicted painful struggles in her inner world. The external world had presented adults who behaved so inconsistently and unpredictably that the child was confused between pretend and genuine feelings. The struggles came alive in moving ways in the to and fro of the transference and countertransference and were often dramatised in the child’s relationship to and with her body. In child analysis there is not infrequently bodily contact with the analyst, conveying a great deal of communication and meaning. Sometimes it seemed urgent for the child to use parts of her own and the analyst’s body as the only available route both to deal with and communicate her internal reality. I will focus on this aspect of the analysis particularly in relation to the risk of consolidation of perverse structures and defenses into adult life.


Please note: This lecture will only be available as a live lecture. It will not be recorded, so will not be available to view afterwards.

 
Concession ticket prices are for students, NHS trainees and unwaged/low income. Please email [email protected] if you are unsure if you qualify for a concession ticket.

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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.

 

When
18/07/ 2025 from  4:00 PM to  5:30 PM
Location
Online and 10 Windsor Walk
SE5 8BB
United Kingdom
Contact
Event Fee(s)
Standard Online via Zoom £30.00
Standard In Person £30.00
Concession Online via Zoom £20.00
Concession In Person £20.00
Standard Online via Zoom £30.00
Standard In Person £30.00
Concession Online via Zoom £20.00
Concession In Person £20.00