Depression seminar series

Freud's landmark 'Mourning and melancholia' was published a century ago. Many seminal psychoanalytic contributions on depression have followed, for example by Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott. More recently, the continued relevance of psychoanalytic thinking and practice has been underscored from an evidence-based perspective with the findings of the Tavistock Adult Depression Study*.

We invite you to a series of 5 seminars (Monday evenings) to discuss psychoanalytic thinking and practice:

  5th June - Christopher Gjetnes - Contemporary Freudian thinking
12th June - Angela Joyce - Winnicott's contribution
19th June - Cyril Couve - A Kleinian perspective
26th June - Dr David Taylor - The Tavistock Adult Depression Study
  3rd July -  Francois Louw - Overview

*Fonagy, P.,Rost, F. Carlyle, J. McPherson, S., Thomas, R., Fearon, P., Goldberg, D, Taylor, D. Pragmatic randomized controlled trial of long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression: the Tavistock Adult Depression Study (TADS) World Psychiatry 2015; 14:312-321

Time:  8.30 - 10.00pm

Cost:  £200 for the series

Venue:  Institute of Psychoanalysis, Byron House, 112a Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London W9 2BT

Contact:  Marjory Goodall at marjory.goodall@iopa.org.uk