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The Manor House Centre for Psychotherapy andCounselling
80 East End Road,
Finchley, London, N3 2SY
Administrative Office:
Tel No: 020 8371 0180
admin@manorhousecentre.org.uk
Course Directors:
Judith Dell M.A, BACP, UKCP
Tina Simmonds M.A, UKCP
Patrons:
Dr. Wendy Greengross
Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis
Professor Howard Jacobs
Lady Hazel Sternberg
Registered Charity
No. 1054223
ANNUAL LECTURE
Established in
1985, located in
North London UK,
the MHCPC
Counselling
Training Centre
offers innovative
and comprehensive
Training Courses
and a Counselling Service.
Students:
Annual Lecture
On May 11th 2010 Dr. Julian Stern spoke on:
'Applied Psychoanalytical Work in a Medical Setting'
Julian Stern completed his Psychiatry and Adult Psychotherapy training at the Maudsley Hospital. For 13 years he has been the Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy at St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, a specialist hospital for patients with colorectal disorders. He has a particular interest in working psychotherapeutically in a medical setting, both with staff members and with patients. He has published both in psychotherapy and medical journals, and is co-editor of the textbook “Core Psychiatry”. He is a Full Member of the Lincoln Clinic for Psychotherapy, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
In June 2009 Michael Jacobs spoke on:
‘Challenging the Stereotype of the Psychodynamic Practitioner’.
Audio (MP3) files are now available.
Part 1 of 2 here. Part 2 of 2 here.
Michael Jacobs was for many years Director of the Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Programme at the University of Leicester. Now retired, he is visiting Professor to the University of Leeds and Bournemouth University and carries on an independent Practice.
His books on psychodynamic counselling and therapy are used as key texts on many training courses - notably "The Presenting Past", "Psychodynamic Counselling in Action" and "Still Small Voice". Other recent publications include "The Therapist's Use of Self" (written with John Rowan) and "Supervision: Questions and Answers for Counsellors and Therapists" (co-written with his wife, Moira Walker). He is the editor of a number of important series, such as 'Core Concepts in Therapy' (Open University Press), 'Counselling in Context' (Open University Press), 'In Search of a Therapist' (Open University Press), and 'Questions and Answers for Therapists and Counsellors' (Whurr Publications).
His most recent publications are Shakespeare on the Couch and Our Desire of Unrest.
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The 2008 MHCPC Annual Lecture took place on Tuesday, 6th May 2008. The Guest Speaker was Adam Phillips who spoke on 'On What is Fundamental; Psychoanalysis and Fundamentalism'.
An audio (MP3) file of the 2008 Adam Phillips MHCPC Annual Lecture is now available here.
Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst and writer. His books include Winnicott; On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored; on Flirtation; Terror and Experts; Monogamy; Darwin's Worms; Houdini's Box; Going Sane; Equals; Side Effects. He reviews regularly for the London Review of Books, The Observer and the New York Times, and makes frequent radio and television appearances. He is General Editor of the new Penguin Modern Classics Freud translations.
Adam Phillips Photograph:Toby Glanville
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The MHCPC 2007 Annual Lecture was held on 15th May 2007 when the well known and eminent psychoanalyst and writer, Patrick Casement spoke on "The Demands and Rewards of Working with Negative Transference".
Patrick Casement : Photo by Polly Hancock
Annual Lecture 2006
Neville Symington spoke on "The Pains of Life", click here for free access to a low quality MP3 audio file of the lecture. Requires QuickTime.
Neville Symington
Past speakers include:
- Christopher Bollas
- Prophecy Coles
- Dr Andrew Elder
- Nina Farhi
- Sue Gerhardt
- Lavinia Gomez
- Neville Symington (see above)
- Dr Sotiris Zalidis