About this event

Dates: Thursdays 7:30pm - 9pm, on the 11th, 18th and 25th June. 

A series of three online seminars with Niki Kern.

This series is open to clinicians and therapists who are interested in or already working with patients with Eating Disorders.

This three-part seminar series offers an in-depth exploration of eating disorders through a range of psychoanalytic lenses. Drawing on different traditions, the series will examine how these frameworks understand the development, function, and meaning of disordered eating.

Across the seminars, we will consider key themes such as embodiment, control, desire, relational dynamics, and the role of the unconscious in shaping eating disorder presentations. Particular attention will be paid to clinical implications, including transference and countertransference, therapeutic stance, and the challenges inherent in this work.

Open to all clinicians working with, or interested in, eating disorders, these seminars aim to deepen understanding, enrich clinical thinking, and support more nuanced, reflective approaches to care.

Dr Nikola Kern is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead in Adult Eating Disorders at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where she has worked for over a decade. She trained in medicine in Heidelberg and began her psychiatric training at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, before completing her specialist training at the Maudsley Hospital in London. Dr Kern is a trained psychoanalyst and member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and holds a postgraduate diploma in systemic practice with families and couples from the Institute of Family Therapy. She is an experienced clinician, trainer and supervisor, and currently serves as Curriculum Lead for the Eating Disorders Services for Adults Whole Team Training programme.

Registration is for the full series and cannot be booked for standalone seminars.

REFUND POLICY: Full refunds are offered for cancellations made before 14 days before the event date or first day of an event or series. For full event booking terms and conditions click here.

Concession tickets are available, for students, BPAS candidates and NHS trainees and nurses. Please email [email protected] if you are unsure if you qualify for a concession ticket.

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.

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