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October 2013
Erotic Transference
“Erotic Transference” Talk & Discussion by Pat Hunt Saturday 26 October 2013 – 11.15am – 1.00pm Followed by a light buffet lunch The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW Pat’s talk is “Erotic Transference: consideration of the theoretical background of this concept; the ways in which perversion can be expressed through the erotic transference; and a case study illustrating this.” Pat Hunt is a member of the Hallam Institute of Psychotherapy. She has served on the Executive Committee and was Chair…
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Neurologically Unexplained Symptoms
“Hysteria – still with us and presenting in Neurology” Talk & Discussion by Steph Howlett Saturday 11th May 2013 – 9.00am – 12.15pm The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW Between 10 and 30% of patients referred to consultant neurologists have symptoms that cannot be explained by physical disease or damage. These patients present with all the symptoms described by Freud and Breuer in their work on hysteria; non-epileptic seizures, paralysis, weakness, numbness, speech and visual disorders and a…
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“We Need To Talk About Kevin”
Film Event followed by a talk and discussion with Debbie Hindle Saturday 9th March 2013, 9.30am At St. Mary’s Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4QZ Lynne Ramsey's film adaptation of Lionel Shriver's book, full of suspense and psychological angst, sadly recently echoed in events at the Sandy Hook School, Connecticut where 20 children and 6 adults were mown down by a former pupil after he had shot his mother. Debbie will be offering a detailed analysis from a psychoanalytic perspective…
Find out more »October 2012
“The Skin I Live In”
“The Skin I Live In” A Film by Almodόvar Starring Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Banderas), an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things:…
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Monsters and the Monstrous: a Psychoanalytic Perspective
The Hallam Institute of Psychotherapy presents a morning meeting featuring a talk and discussion continuing our theme of monstrousness, from Iago to the couple in 'Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and beyond. A Presentation by Patrick Loftus Monsters are by their nature exceptional, yet they are a commonplace of fiction and popular culture. In this talk, I explore this paradoxical state of affairs from a psychoanalytic point of view. To begin with, I describe the lawless spaces where monsters are…
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton had recently married when they paired up in this film and it is well known what a turbulent marriage they had. However, their brilliant performances are truly memorable. Taylor received an Oscar for hers, sadly Burton did not. Taylor died 23/03/11. A viewing of the film on DVD, starting promptly at 1.00pm, will be followed by tea and a talk by SANDRA THOMAS 'The Games People Play, or Compromise and Chaos' Ionesco reminds us that…
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Farewell the Tranquil Mind
by Barbara Hardwick In this talk, I wish to argue that some of Nietzsche’s ideas about obtaining a balance between logic (Apollonian) and art, myth, music and revelry (Dionysian) are essential to healthy life, as is the ability to bear suffering rather than to escaping into denial, illness and loss of self. In other words, living a balanced life consists in the ability to bear contraries. In Tragedy at least one character has lost this capacity. My belief is that…
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