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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
Past MHCPC Lectures:
Tuesday 10th May 2011 Professor Howard Jacobs
gave an illustrated talk on:
'Animated Enchantment:
A psychoanalytic investigation of the enduring
popularity of Walt Disney’s early feature films'
Howard Jacobs presents his perspective on the widespread and enduring
popularity of Disney’s early feature length animated films: Snow White and
The Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941) and Bambi
(1942), drawing on psychoanalytic thinking, film clips and stills. He will
discuss what he sees as the social, pedagogical and psychological messages
embodied in the films but which are heavily camouflaged by attractive
animation, humour and music, arguing that part of the fascination of the films
lies in the resonances set up in the unconscious minds of their viewers.
Howard Jacobs has an MA in Film Studies and is presently a PhD student in
the Department of Linguistics, Languages and Film at Queen Mary,
University of London. He was Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology at The
Middlesex Hospital and UCL Medical School until his retirement from the
University and NHS 10 years ago.
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.
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.
6th May 2008 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
15th May 2007, 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
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