We are accepting applications for the October 2026 intake of our ‘Psychodynamic & Jungian Theory for Qualified Practitioners’ course (taught completely online):
www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/education/co...
#psychotherapy #psychodynamic #jungian #mentalhealth #CPD #therapists
A cream card with pink and green beams and The King's Fund logo in the top corner. Text reads 'Healthier lives and a healthier NHS: the role of social prescribing.'
A cream card with pink and white beams. Text reads 'Health is shaped by more than medicine. Social prescribing connects people with support that addresses the wider social factors that influence their health and wellbeing.'
A cream card with pink and white beams. Text reads 'There's growing evidence that social prescribing can help improve people's mental health and wellbeing with benefits for the wider NHS too.'
A cream card with pink and white beams. Text reads 'The future of social prescribing depends on sustained support. Its success relies on all parts of the system working well together and on continued investment.'
From tackling loneliness to navigating housing issues, social prescribing can help more people live healthy lives.
On National Social Prescribing Day 2026, Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE reflects on the power and potential of this approach.
👉 Read here: https://bit.ly/4t89WZ5
Take a look at our latest Mind's Eye - a digest of news, reviews and views, sprinkled with conference updates , and our own BPF events.
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Today is the birthday of Hilde Bruch (March 11, 1904, Dülken, Germany – December 15, 1984, Houston, Texas, USA)
"The emphasis on patient-initiated behavior and thinking has been of value in helping some patients to become active participants in the therapeutic process"
Learned from Prof Louise Archer’s Presentation that there’s an excellent sociological phrase for the new male “traditional” backlash against women & EDI. It’s called patriarchal melancholia. What Freud would describe as a narcissistic wound or injury.
A good read: Gavin Francis on the current 'epidemic' in mental distress
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/fe...
#psychiatry #GPs #primarycare #lifeexperiences #diagnosis
Illuminating podcast from the archive (2012) - Adam Phillips 'Freud's Impossible Life' - psychoanalysis, life stories, the death instinct, heroism, sexuality, modernism.
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/freuds-impos...
‘Psychoanalysis is not in the business of moral enlightenment, at least not directly. Its knowledge is descriptive rather than prescriptive: about the way things are, rather than what they ought to be. For those who have read their Marx, this is already a step in the right direction’
Our Educating for Empathy in Healthcare course will enable clinicians, educators and academics to develop #empathy teaching in their own settings.
❗️Early bird rate deadline: January 20, 2026
📅 April 20-22, 2026
📍 University of Leicester
🔗 Apply now: le.ac.uk/empathy/stud...
Can psychotherapy make you a better artist?
Fabulous article from PLASTER Magazine by Emily Steer.
'For some artists, analysis unlocks hidden depths; for others, it’s creative quicksand.'
#psychotherapy #psychoanalysis #creativearts
plastermagazine.com/features/doe...
Graphic for the National Centre for Diversity’s FREDIE Awards 2025, featuring a lit stage with spotlights. Text reads: ‘FREDIE Awards 2025 – Top 100 Most Inclusive Workplaces – #43
We’re delighted to share that the British Psychotherapy Foundation has been ranked 43rd in the National Centre for Diversity’s Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers Index 2025.
Thank you to everyone at the bpf for contributing to this important work!
#psychotherapy #DiversityAndInclusion
#EDI
Image of a Wimbledon Half Marathon medal, with a thank you message saying: A huge thank you to our incredible Wimbledon Half Marathon runners!
Thank you to all our fantastic runners who took on the Wimbledon Half Marathon today in support of the British Psychotherapy Foundation 🏃 Your efforts help make psychotherapy training and low-fee services more accessible and affordable. We’re so grateful.
#TeamBPF #psychotherapy
We’re launching a new fully online intensive summer school for July 2026—an accessible introduction to psychoanalytic & Jungian psychotherapy across the developmental life cycle.
Register your interest: www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/education/co...
#Psychoanalysis #Psychotherapy
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This article reviews the conceptualization of mind and therapeutic action in the relational psychoanalytic tradition.
A recent article from our sister journal BJP.
#psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #relational #dissociation
📆 Anti-Bullying Week is nearly here! (10-14 Nov) Download the social media toolkit today
BPF board member Poul Rohleder has published a new book - The Oedipus Complex: A Contemporary Introduction, published by Routledge.
He presents a comprehensive introduction to the theory of the Oedipus complex and its standing in contemporary psychoanalysis.
#psychoanalysis #Freud #psychotherapy
A trainee writes - read the latest Insight column from our website.
#diversity #training #intersectionality #globalmajority #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #edi
www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/news/insight...
An interesting meditation on 'boundaries' by Lily Scherlis for Parapraxis Magazine:
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/bou...
#boundaries #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #therapy
An interesting meditation on 'boundaries' by Lily Scherlis for Parapraxis Magazine:
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/bou...
#boundaries #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #therapy
From our sister publication British Journal of Psychotherapy:
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#psychotherapy #justice #injustice
🎂 Happy 107th Birthday to Hanna Segal, born on this day in 1918!
Hanna Segal (1918-2011) was a Polish-born British psychoanalyst and one of the most important figures in the development of Kleinian and post-Kleinian psychoanalysis.
An excerpt from the linked article, which reads, in part: "If the structure of the address that founds the social link constitutes the Other as the guardian of the limits of the receivable, then there is an important part of the subject’s experience that cannot pass through language and is not receivable in culture. The characterization of the psychotic’s delusion as 'insane,' and as a danger to the social bond that necessitates involuntary treatment or even arrest, would here be paradigmatic. But we can also think about the experience of the child, whose reality—peopled by imaginary friends and monsters under the bed—is much more capacious than that of the family or society in which he lives. When the child enters into the language of the social link, these experiences undergo censorship: the child literally stops seeing and hearing certain things. And when this censorship does not occur—as in the case of the psychotic—participation in social life can become difficult."
"The subject of the unconscious is a subject that is out of language, and this does not change after a psychoanalysis" — read Tracy McNulty's "Inviting Catastrophe: The Welcoming of the Act in Psychoanalysis" here: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
Our paper has been published in the latest issue of Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Gay men’s experiences of holding hands in public.
It is published open access, so free to read and download.
#psychoanalysis, #LGBTQ, #homophobia
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is a wonderful initiative for new mothers.
'therapy for motherhood's darkest days'
#motherhood #overwhelm #depression #postpartum #postbirth #counselling #therapy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a wonderful initiative for new mothers.
'therapy for motherhood's darkest days'
#motherhood #overwhelm #depression #postpartum #postbirth #counselling #therapy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We’re fundraising to keep #psychotherapy training affordable, improve diversity in our profession, and provide low‑fee therapy for those who need it most.
Support us by signing up for a 2026 Trek Challenge or big‑name races like the Brighton Marathon and London Landmarks Half: bit.ly/4ods3v3
