The Analytical Psychotherapy Training: Birmingham

Professional psychotherapy training in the West Midlands

Trainees’ Site

The Analytical Psychotherapy Training: Birmingham

Professional psychotherapy training in the West Midlands

Trainees’ Site

Reading Lists 2026-2027

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TERM 1

THEORETICAL CONCEPTS OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF PSYCHE

 

Date

 

10:15 – 11:30 11:45 – 13:00 14:00 – 15:15

3rd October 2026

 

Meeting with Committee

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room / George Dawson Room

Meeting with Committee

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room / George Dawson Room

Beginnings

Maria Francis

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

10th October

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Jung’s Theory of the Self

Hellen Mabhikwa

Jung’s Theory of the Self

Hellen Mabhikwa

Clinical Seminar

Hellen Mabhikwa and trainee

17th October

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Bion in the Context of Jung’s Self

Katerina Sarafidou

Bion in the Context of Jung’s Self

Katerina Sarafidou

Bion in the Context of Jung’s Self

Katerina Sarafidou

24th October

 

HALF TERM – NO SEMINARS

 

   

31st October

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Freud in the Context of Jung’s Self

William Meredith-Owen

Freud in the Context of Jung’s Self

William Meredith-Owen

Clinical Seminar

William Meredith-Owen and trainee

7th November (In-Person only at St Paul’s Convent) PUBLIC LECTURE – Katerina Sarafidou and Diane Zervas Hirst    

14th November

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Fordham in the Context of Jung’s Self

Hellen Mabhikwa

Fordham in the Context of Jung’s Self

Hellen Mabhikwa

Clinical Seminar

Hellen Mabhikwa and trainee

21st November

St Paul’s Convent for this week only

Winnicott in the Context of Jung’s Self

Sarah Cooke

Winnicott in the Context of Jung’s Self

Sarah Cooke

Clinical Seminar

Sarah Cooke and trainee

28th November

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Klein in the Context of Jung’s Self

Sue Mizen

Klein in the Context of Jung’s Self

Sue Mizen

Clinical Seminar

Sue Mizen and trainee

5th December

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

History of Attachment Theory

Rachel Dunkley-Jones

Contemporary Developments in Attachment Theory

Rachel Dunkley-Jones

Clinical Seminar

Rachel Dunkley-Jones and trainee

12th December

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Inter-Subjective Perspective of the Self

The Work of Ogden, Benjamin and Others

Alison Rolfe

Inter-Subjective Perspective of the Self

The Work of Ogden, Benjamin and Others

Alison Rolfe

Clinical Seminar

Alison Rolfe and trainee

 

 

TERM 2

CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS AND TECHNIQUE

Date 10:15 – 11:30 11:45 – 13:00 14:00 – 15:15

9th January 2027

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Transference & Counter-Transference Review

Jan Wiener

Negative Transference / Negative Therapeutic Reactions

Jan Wiener

Clinical Seminar

Jan Wiener and trainee

16th January (via Zoom Video Conferencing only) PUBLIC LECTURE – Steve Myers

 

 

 

23rd January

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Regression

Joanna de Waal

Regression

Joanna de Waal

Clinical Seminar

Joanna de Waal and trainee

30th January

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Tradition v Originality in Supervision

Carrie Worrall

Shame in Supervision

Carrie Worrall

Writing a Paper/Final Clinical Paper

Carrie Worrall

6th February

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Borderline Personality Disorder

Shane Sneyd

Borderline States

Shane Sneyd

Clinical Seminar

Shane Sneyd and trainee

13th February

 

HALF TERM – NO SEMINARS

 

   

20th February

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Autistic States

Sheila Bonas

Ogden’s Autistic Contiguous

Sheila Bonas

Clinical Seminar

Sheila Bonas and trainee

27th February

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

Dissociation

Katherine Killick

Dissociation

Katherine Killick

Clinical Seminar

Katherine Killick and trainee

6th March (In-Person only at St Paul’s Convent) PUBLIC LECTURE – Rachel Dunkley-Jones  

 

 

13th March

Dame Rachel Waterhouse Room

The Analytic Frame / Boundaries

Shane Sneyd

Acting In / Acting Out

Shane Sneyd

Clinical Seminar

 Shane Sneyd and trainee

 

 

TERM 3

CULTURE, SOCIETY AND THE CONSULTING ROOM

10:15 – 11:30 11:45 – 13:00

14:00 – 15:15

 

 

Setting Up a Practice

Rachel Dunkley-Jones

Assessing Patients

Rachel Dunkley-Jones

Management of Money

Rachel Dunkley-Jones

 

BANK HOLIDAY – NO SEMINARS

 

     

PUBLIC LECTURE – Leigh Money

 

     

Infant Research and Clinical Application

Lucy Mills

Infant Research and Clinical Application

Lucy Mills

Clinical Seminar

Lucy Mills and trainee

 

Gender, Power and the Therapeutic Encounter

Jay Barlow

Gender, Power and the Therapeutic Encounter

Jay Barlow

Clinical Seminar

Jay Barlow and trainee

 

HALF TERM – NO SEMINARS

 

     

Uprooted: Working with Refugees and Other Dislocated People

Ali Zarbafi

Uprooted: Working with Refugees and Other Dislocated People

Ali Zarbafi

Clinical Seminar

Ali Zarbafi and trainee

 

PUBLIC LECTURE – Hellen Mabhikwa

 

     

Splitting: Understand What Divides Us

Jill Robottom

Splitting: Understand What Divides Us

Jill Rowbottom

Clinical Seminar

Jill Rowbottom and trainee

 

Working with the Shadow

Hellen Mabhikwa

Working with the Shadow

Hellen Mabhikwa

Clinical Seminar

Hellen Mabhikwa and trainee

 

Authority of the Therapist

Pauline Higham

Authority of the Therapist

Pauline Higham

Ending of the Year

Members of the Training Committee