The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture

Saturday 8th May 2027

BLUEBEARD, CURIOSITY and DIGITAL SATURATION
Speaker: Leigh Money

Leigh Money

I am interested in exploring how our relationship to ‘what can be known’ is changing with access to online search, AI, social media and other digital tools. In particular, how these resources curtail our ability, willingness, or desire to stay with the ‘not-yet-known’ or keep an open, curious attitude. While this has implications for us all collectively, it also has a particular impact on the practice of psychotherapy.

As a ‘cautionary tale’ for the curious, Bluebeard offers multiple readings that enrich our understanding of these contemporary developments. Just as the young bride is given the keys to every room in Bluebeard’s castle, our phones may act as keys to all sorts of rooms, rooms that contain both treasures and horrors.

Leigh Money is a member of The Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP) London. She has a particular interest in digital technology; specifically, the ways in which it is re-shaping human communication and connection. She was awarded both the Michael Fordham prize (2024) and the Gradiva Award (2024) for her paper ‘Labels and the Self: Identity Labels as Scaffold’, an exploration of the way that identity labels can be used both creatively and defensively.

APPLICATION DETAILS

This lecture will take place in-person only at St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL and will be held between 10.15am and 12.45pm (GMT).
The cost for this lecture is £50 for WMIP members and £60 for non-WMIP members

Please refer to the application form for further details on reduced fees offered

Bookings should be made/confirmed as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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)

For further details and queries contact:

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