The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture

Saturday 6th June 2020

STARVING THE BLACK MATERIAL IN MY STOMACH: ON THE USE OF DREAMS IN THE HEALING PROCESS OF EATING DISORDERS

Yoram Inspector

Please note that due to the current COVID-19 situation our public lectures for May and June 2020 will not be held face to face.

It is our intention to hold these virtually and further details will be available in due course.

Applications are therefore still being accepted in the usual way.

The sufferers of Eating Disorders are caught in a concrete, mechanical and sterile world in which their self-esteem and worth become solely dependent on their body shape and weight. On the surface life is reduced to soulless repetitive rituals, calorie counting and compulsive weighing, yet, being attuned to the patients’ dreams in the process of psychotherapy might create the gateway to the vital psychic life that exists underneath the surface of the symptoms, allowing access to a dialogue with their deep relational wounds and traumas. I will try to demonstrate how the Jungian approach which believes in the compensatory function of the unconscious can be especially useful in these complex, life threatening disorders.

Yoram Inspector is a consultant psychiatrist and a Jungian analyst. He is a member of the Society of Analytical Psychology and The New Israeli Jungian Association. He has 25 years’ experience in treating Eating Disorders in various clinical settings. For the last 8 years he has been working full time in the NHS at the Psychological Medicine Unit of St Mark’s Hospital which provides psychotherapy for patients who suffer from various gastrointestinal diseases and disorders.

Time and Place

This event will be held at The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS (www.bmi.org.uk) between 10:15 – 12:45.
The cost for the lecture is £50.00 for WMIP members and £60.00 for non-WMIP members.

Please email your application form and make payment by BACS or send your cheque with your application form by post. Bookings should ideally be made at least a fortnight before the lecture to be attended.

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Bank: Barclays, Sort Code: 20-08-44, Account No: 03737950
Account Name: The Training in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy
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Sue Harford, Administrator to the Training Committee, Unit 1A, West Stockwith Park, Stockwith Road, Misterton, Nottinghamshire. DN10 4ES.

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Sue Harford, Administrator to the Training Committee,
telephone: 07789 545908, email: aptc@wmip.org

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