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How do early attachment experiences shape one’s capacity to manage pain and emotional distress?Over six weeks, participa...
30/05/2026

How do early attachment experiences shape one’s capacity to manage pain and emotional distress?

Over six weeks, participants joined us for Working at the Intersection of Attachment, Trauma, and Chronic Pain with Dr Frances Sommer Anderson and Katy Wakelin, exploring contemporary understandings of chronic pain through a relational and psychotherapeutic lens.

Some key takeaways from the series:

1. Acute and Chronic pain are perceptions comprised of sensations and reactions to sensations: Sensations+Emotions+Beliefs = SEC

2. Chronic pain is not due to tissue injury, structural deformity, or disease process.

3. A thorough medical evaluation is essential before attempting to treat chronic somatic pain.

4. It may be necessary to help the patient learn to regulate the autonomic nervous system before they can deal with more complex learning.

5. Education about chronic pain and how it is generated by and processed by the brain is necessary to reduce the fear of the sensations, to help the person learn to feel safe in their bodies, and to learn to feel safe experiencing their emotions.

6. Chronic pain can serve as a psychic regulator, e.g., a distraction or a psychological defense again emotions/memories that are too painful to feel consciously.

7. The quality of the relationship with the physician and mental health clinician is central because it taps into the earliest roots of our attachment to caregivers.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this thought-provoking and clinically rich series.

This year’s Tavistock Relationships Couple Therapy Summer School explores Couple and Family Life in Transition through a...
29/05/2026

This year’s Tavistock Relationships Couple Therapy Summer School explores Couple and Family Life in Transition through a series of thought-provoking lectures and discussions from our experienced faculty.

Here is a snapshot of some of the speakers and what they will be exploring.

- Perrine Moran will examine contemporary film as a lens through which changing relational identities and “in-between” states can be understood clinically.

- Martha Doniach will explore solo motherhood by choice, inviting us to rethink assumptions about triangulation, absence, and psychic thirdness beyond the traditional heterosexual couple.

- Susanna Abse will consider masculine fragility and the defences mobilised against vulnerability and dependence within intimate relationships.

- Leezah Hertzmann will explore homophobia and shame when it extends beyond sexuality itself, challenging clinicians to reflect on the unconscious normative assumptions within their own internal worlds.

Alongside this, the programme explores themes of assisted reproduction, sexuality, cultural difference, and ageing, offering rich opportunities for learning, reflection, and discussion.

Our summer school is open to experienced couple clinicians and those in the field who are curious to learn more. Lectures will be taught as a group, and clinical discussions will be organised around clinical experience. You can apply here: https://www.tfaforms.com/5194085

📅 21–24 July 2026
📍 London

Prof Jorge Ulnik brings psychoanalysis into dialogue with dermatology through years of collaborative work alongside derm...
28/05/2026

Prof Jorge Ulnik brings psychoanalysis into dialogue with dermatology through years of collaborative work alongside dermatologists treating patients with skin conditions.

In his work, symptoms such as eczema, psoriasis, chronic itching, and skin-picking are understood not only medically, but also psychologically as forms of communication, affect regulation, and expressions of emotional experience that cannot easily be symbolised.

Ulnik observed that patients often split their difficulties between the dermatologist and the analyst, seeking either medical or psychological help. Bringing these disciplines together supported a deeper integration of psyche and soma, often contributing to the healing process itself.

A fascinating and clinically rich perspective for anyone working therapeutically with patients suffering from skin conditions.

Skin and Psychoanalysis
With Prof Jorge Ulnik
📅 Friday, June 19th, 2026
📅 14.00 – 17.00 (UK)
📍 Live webinar

Certificate and recording included

Book tickets here: https://trtogether.com/events/skin-and-psychoanalysis

Join us for what promises to be a rich and reflective session.

27/05/2026

What do GLP1 medicines do to the inner life not just the body?

In his talk for our upcoming workshop on compulsive eating and GLP1 drugs Tom Wooldridge, psychoanalyst, will draw on a composite case. One in which binge eating resolves without significant weight loss and where mourning of an idealised self is necessary and another where pharmacologically assisted weight loss delivers a powerful new feeling of control and with it unveils conflicts and meanings that unwanted weight had previously held, mourning does not simply disappear when the body finally changes, it shifts.

It’s not one to miss! Join the conversation today: https://trtogether.com/events/compulsive-eating-weight-loss-drugs

📅 June 12, 2026, 14.00 - 17.30 (UK)

📍 Online Event
🎥 Recording included with all tickets
📜 3.5 CPD Points & certificate included

For psychoanalysis, eating has never been simply about food. Appetite, bingeing, hunger, fullness, and bodily distress a...
26/05/2026

For psychoanalysis, eating has never been simply about food. Appetite, bingeing, hunger, fullness, and bodily distress are often bound up with longing, attachment, rage, shame, dependency, control, and unmet emotional need.

As GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro increasingly enter the consulting room, clinicians are being confronted with profound new questions:

• What happens when compulsive eating is abruptly switched off?
• What does appetite, craving and desire go?
•What about mourning?
• How do these medications reshape transference and countertransference?

Join Susie Orbach, Jean Petrucelli, and Tom Wooldridge for a thought-provoking online conference exploring the psychological and cultural implications of GLP-1 weight loss drugs and their impact on contemporary psychoanalytic practice.

📅 Friday, June 12, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3.5 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/compulsive-eating-weight-loss-drugs

Join Dr Jorge Ulnik for a seminar on Skin & Psychoanalysis, exploring the complex relationship between psyche, body, and...
24/05/2026

Join Dr Jorge Ulnik for a seminar on Skin & Psychoanalysis, exploring the complex relationship between psyche, body, and dermatological symptoms.

Through clinical work developed alongside dermatologists, Dr Ulnik examines how skin conditions may reflect emotional tension, unconscious fantasy, unresolved conflict, and difficulties in symbolisation. The seminar considers how bodily symptoms relate to perception, memory, affect, and interpersonal experience.

Particular attention will be given to:
• the skin as boundary and surface of inscription
• itching and anxiety
• body image and ego functions
• psychosomatic expression beyond language
• psychoanalytic approaches to dermatology patients

This event offers a rich psychosomatic perspective for clinicians working at the intersection of body and mind.

📅 Friday, June 19, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/skin-and-psychoanalysis

This July, Tavistock Relationships Summer School invites psychodynamic and psychoanalytic couple therapists whether expe...
21/05/2026

This July, Tavistock Relationships Summer School invites psychodynamic and psychoanalytic couple therapists whether experienced in couple work or new to the field to explore this year’s theme: “Couple and Family Life in Transition.”

Topics include:
• Single motherhood
• Men in love
• Assisted reproduction
• Homophobia and shame
• Ageing
…and the wider cultural and societal shifts shaping contemporary therapeutic work today.

Alongside talks and twice daily clinical discussions with Tavistock Relationships faculty, the programme extensive a group of like minded international colleagues to connect with, extensive reading materials, and 24 CPD points.

We’ll also enjoy a special theatre trip to Cyrano de Bergerac, followed by a psychoanalytic discussion led by couple therapist Martha Doniach.

Whether you are an experienced clinician or earlier in your couple therapy journey, Summer School offers an inspiring opportunity to refresh your thinking, deepen your clinical insight, and reconnect with the wider psychodynamic community.

We would be delighted to welcome you this July.

You can explore the full programme here: https://trtogether.com/events/couple-therapy-summer-school-2026

New Seminar: Skin & Psychoanalysis with Dr Jorge Ulnik Explore the relationship between psychoanalysis and dermatology t...
19/05/2026

New Seminar: Skin & Psychoanalysis with Dr Jorge Ulnik

Explore the relationship between psychoanalysis and dermatology through themes of:
• skin and gaze
• itching and anxiety
• body image and identity
• psychosomatic symptoms
• the body as expression

Dr Jorge Ulnik brings decades of clinical experience working alongside dermatologists to illuminate how psychic suffering can manifest through the skin.

A unique event for clinicians interested in psychosomatics, psychoanalysis, and the mind–body relationship.

📅 Friday, June 19, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/skin-and-psychoanalysis

Join us for what promises to be a rich and reflective session.

What a special evening with Alain de Botton exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities of modern love.Togethe...
18/05/2026

What a special evening with Alain de Botton exploring the complexities, challenges, and realities of modern love.

Together, we reflected on how relationships are shaped not only by romance and connection, but by our emotional histories, communication patterns, expectations, and capacity for vulnerability. The conversation offered both personal insight and professional reflection in understanding relationships more deeply.

Some of the key takeaways from the evening included:

• Love is a skill that requires patience, communication, and self-awareness
• Conflict and disappointment are natural parts of intimacy
• Childhood experiences and attachment patterns continue to shape adult relationships
• Emotional vulnerability is essential for deeper connection and understanding
• Healthy relationships are built through realism, acceptance, and emotional maturity rather than perfection

Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to such a thoughtful and reflective evening.

And a huge thank you again to Alain de Botton for such an insightful discussion.

This is your last chance to join Learning to Love with Alain de Botton online this evening. With in-person tickets now s...
16/05/2026

This is your last chance to join Learning to Love with Alain de Botton online this evening.

With in-person tickets now sold out, clinicians, trainees and the curious non clinician will be joining the conversation live from around the world to explore love, relationships and emotional life through both professional and personal lenses.

For anyone working therapeutically, relationships sit at the centre of the work we do. This evening offers a rare opportunity to reflect on attachment, communication, intimacy and emotional expectations with one of the most influential contemporary thinkers on human behaviour.

The discussion promises to offer thoughtful reflections on modern relationships and connection, with the opportunity to ask your own questions during the live Q&A.

📅 Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (2 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/learning-to-love-with-alain-de-botton-online

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