The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture

Saturday 10 June 2023

ETHICS & COMPLAINTS: HOW THE PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH REQUIRES A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING BOUNDARIES.

Philip Stokoe

In this talk, Stokoe will argue that the nature of boundaries in a psychoanalytic treatment requires a unique approach to ethics and the management of complaints. They are not ‘things’ that exist independently of the activities of the working couple, they are part of the engagement of that couple. In fact, they act to stimulate conflict. Perhaps it is truer to say that they are not concrete ‘rules’ that prescribe the behaviour of the participants, as in a legal contract; they are emotional and psychological material that can be stretched and distorted so as to reveal unconscious information. The skill of the therapist and the therapeutic institution is to maintain a psychological balance that allows these apparent rules to be broken without ever completely losing the Hippocratic commitment to do no harm.

Philip Stokoe is a Psychoanalyst in private practice working with adults and couples, and an Organisational Consultant, providing consultation to a wide range of organisations. He worked in the Adult Department of the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust between 1994 and 2012, he was the Clinical Director from 2007. Philip is a member of the European Psychoanalytic Federation Forum on Institutional Matters, which studies the nature of psychoanalytic institutions. Philip’s book, The Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking, was published by Phoenix Publishing House in November 2020 and shortlisted for the Gradiva® Award for Best Psychoanalytic Book in 2021.

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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