The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture

Saturday 4 March 2023

THE SELF AND THE QUINTESSENCE. IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE AND INDIVIDUATION.

Dr Christine Driver

Emerging from my experience of clinical work I began to realise that many theories of development were insufficient to describe the complexity of who we are.

I became aware that number symbolism, Jung’s work on alchemy, the dynamics of the psyche/self and ideas about the quintessence (the essence of matter and being) provided a much richer perspective from which to consider the self and its potential.

This talk will consider, using clinical examples, how such ideas enable a deeper exploration and understanding of the self and how the concept of the quintessence provides a symbol from which to consider and examine the potential, known and unknown, within ourselves.

Dr. Christine Driver is a Fellow of the Foundation for Counselling and Psychotherapy (FPC) and a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP). She was Director of Training and Clinical Services at WPF Therapy, and teaches, supervises and works in private practice.  She has written The Self and the Quintessence: A Jungian Perspective (2020, Routledge) and co-written and co-edited Being and Relating in Psychotherapy (2013, Palgrave), Supervision and the Analytic Attitude (2005, Whurr) and Supervising Psychotherapy (2002, Sage).

APPLICATION DETAILS

APPLICATION DETAILS FOR JANUARY, MARCH AND JUNE 2023

These lectures will take place at The Woodbrooke Conference Centre, 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham B29 6LJ (www.woodbrooke.org.uk) and via Zoom

These lectures will be held between 10:15 – 12:45.

The cost for each lecture is £50 for WMIP members and £60 for non-WMIP members if attending in person. If participating via Zoom the cost is £45 for WMIP members and £55 for non-WMIP members

Bookings should ideally be made at least a fortnight before the lecture to be attended.

PAYMENT DETAILS

Please make BACS payments as follows:

Bank: Barclays, Sort Code: 20-08-44, Account No: 03737950
Account Name: The Training in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy
(Please use your name as a reference)

Payment by Cheque:

All cheques should be made payable to “The Training in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy” and sent to:
Sue Harford, Administrator to the Training Committee, Unit 1A, Stockwith Park, Stockwith Road, Misterton, Nottinghamshire. DN10 4ES.

For further details and queries contact:

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

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For enquiries contact Sue Harford,
Administrator to the Training Committee
Unit 1A, West Stockwith Park,
Stockwith Road, Misterton,
Nottinghamshire DN10 4ES.

Telephone: 07789 545908
Email aptc@wmip.org

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