conferences

(2011) Keble College Oxford. Paper: The Poetics of MHN. NPNR Conference. Sept 26th.

(2011) University of Nottingham. COMET Medical Health Humanities Conference. Oral Paper: The ethical challenges of single case study research. June 30th

(2011) Ningbo, China. XXII Symposium on child mental health. Key note address: Mental health resilience and only children. June 16.

(2011) University of Nottingham. Narratives of Trauma: A one-day symposium. Hemsley Conference Suite. Key note: Ring-a-ring a roses, a pocketful of poesy. 20 May

(2011) Institute of Mental Health. Adolescence and Personality Disorder. Presented paper along with Dr Rex Haigh & Gail Thornton. May 11.

(2011) Ashbourne School, Derbyshire. A-level psychology class: presentation on Psychoanalysis & Lou Andreas Salome. April 8.

(2011) University of Nottingham/Fudan University Shanghai. Video conference with Shanghai Fudan University. Children and adolescent mental health. Participant. Institute of Mental Health March 11.

(2011) Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery. This Event Will Change Your Life – An evening of public Lectures. Psychoanalysis, art & creativity. Jan 25.

(2011) University of Nottingham: Institute of Mental Health. Special China Seminar: Transgenerational upheaval and migration in the making of modern China in the film: 24 City 24 by Jia Zhang Ke. The seminar explored the evolution of China’s recent history through to the present day through the lens of factory 420. Professor Min Yang talked about her experience growing up Chengdu. Seminar organizer. Jan 25.

(2010) Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Seminar on Mental Health. Paper: Children of the Revolution - reflections on the mental health implications of China's one child family policy. October 15.

(2010) Shanghai Mental Health Centre, Shanghai, China. One day seminar. Paper: Children of the Revolution - reflections on the mental health implications of China's one child family policy. October 14.

(2010) The Shanghai Expo, London Zed Pavillion, China. Special UoN Seminar. Mental health in sustainable industrial societies. Paper: Children of the Revolution - reflections on the mental health implications of China's one child family policy. October 11.

(2010) University of Nottingham. 1st International Health Humanities Conference, Paper: Chess with a schizophrenic, Bion v Beckett, Murhpy v Mr Endon. Aug 6-8.

(2010) The Royal Society of Medicine, London. Community Housing & Therapy Trust. Conference: psychosis & substance misuse. Key note: Bion’s unpublished notes on Rosenfeld’s psychotic addicts. March 5.

(2009) Sheffield Hallam. Innovations in Mental Health - Student conference. Key note: Reflections on the changes in MHN. November 12.

(2009) Friends Meeting House, Euston, London. 5th Annual Addiction & Psychotherapy Conference. Key note paper: Paper: 'Wir' playing trust games': rethinking health education strategies to combat sharing among IDUs. July 1-2.

(2008) University of Birmingham, Oral History Conference - NHS at 60 Who Cared? Paper: Therapeutic Communities and the Origins of Peplau, Altschul & Skellern. July 3-5.

(2008) London, Institute of Group Analysis. Paper: Post-democracy, 1968 and after. Psychotherapy & Liberation Conference. May 2-4.

(2008) Dorking Halls, Surrey & Borders Mental Health Trust. Day Conference: Psychological mindedness. Invited paper: Talking therapies and the Poetics of MHN. January 25. (RCN Accredited event).

(2007) Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. Annual TC Conference: Institutions in Chaos. Paper: Taking Anarchy Seriously. Sept 4.

(2006) Harrogate International Conference Centre, MHNA Conference. Chess with a schizophrenic: Murphy versus Endon, Beckett & Bion. What we learn about psychotherapy from a game of chess. Oct 19.

(2006) Madrid. 15th ISPS International Congress for the Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia and other Psychoses. Paper: Psychotic fixation: connecting features of repetition-compulsion in psychosis, drug addiction & obsessive compulsive disorder. June 14.

(2005) Sheffield Wednesday Football Ground. Sheffield NHS Research Consortium. Presented paper: Hearing the patient’s voice - the use of focus groups in research into mental health. (with Repper, J) September 15.

(2004) University of Manchester. International Society for the Psychological Therapies of Psychosis & Schizophrenia. Presented paper: Psychotic repetition, connecting features in OCD, psychosis & addiction. September 12.

(2004) UEL. Working with Emotions in Health Care Network – ESRC funded seminar (jointly organised by University of Surrey, Brunel University and UEL). Presented paper: ‘The Organisation of Emotions’. March 12.

(2003) Tavistock, Freud Museum conference 10th Anniversary of Freud’s women (Lisa Appignaesi & John Forrester). Presented paper: Lou Andreas-Salome’s Die Erotik. December 6th

(2002) Institute of Psychoanalysis, London, ISPS seminar. Presented paper: Further thoughts on the process of restraint in Psychiatric ICUs. September 23.

(2002) Guildford Hall, London Conference: Personality Disorders: Mad, Bad or Just Misunderstood (launch of DoH document). Presented paper: TC approaches to treating PD. November 22.

(2001) Tavistock, London. Psychotherapy & the Psychoses. Conference organised by: CONFER, Presented paper: Dual Diagnosis and Episodic Psychosis. Sept 29.

(2001) Reading University, Berks. Conference committee. International Society for the Psychological Treatments of Schizophrenia [ISPS] UK Conference. Concurrent session chair, Sept 13.

(2000) Tavistock Clinic, London. Conference organiser: Addiction Analysis 2000 joint conference Tavistock, ATC and University of East London Oct 5-6.

(1997) Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, Westminster. Paper: Intensive care psychiatric nursing - the need for specialism. 12th International Symposium for the Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia, October 15.

(1997) Kensington Town Hall, London. Paper: Six hours of therapy, 24 hours of care – partial hospitalisation and the role of peer support. 6th International Mental Health Nursing Congress, 6-October 8.

(1996) University of East London. Paper: The potential role of citizens juries in psychiatry. 10th Annual Public Sphere Conference. University of East London, Oct 24.

(1996) Tavistock, London. Lead conference organiser and chair of Dr Suzanne Lego’s key note address at the 2nd APP Nursing Conference. Oct 12.

(1996) Mohonk Mountain House, New York. Invited to address the International Organization for Psychodynamic Nursing [IOPN], April 17-19th. Address: Psychodynamic Nursing in the UK.

(1995) University of East London. Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere Conference, Paper: Justice as an Inherent Characteristic of Group Dynamics? Nov 18.

(1995) Ravenscar, York. Society for Psychotherapy Research Conference. Paper: Examining the GP and Psychotherapist Partnership: Liasion Between GP's and a NHS Psychotherapy Department (With Knowles, J & Haigh, R). March 19

(1995) Tavistock, London, Lead conference organiser and plenary session facilitator: Crossing the Divide Between Psychoanalysis and Nursing - A Bridge too Far? The Inaugural APP Nursing Conference. October 28.

(1993) Maudsley, London. National Addictions Centre. Convenor: Hepatitis, Past, Present and Future. Chair, speakers; Dr. Julia Heptonstall - Communicable Diseases Centre, London and Dr. Christopher Tibbs, Liver Unit - K.C.H. October 22.

(1994) Institute of Psychiatry, London. Carers In Need of Care - National Conference. Paper: The Unconscious Impact of Caring for Acutely Disturbed Patients - A Perspective for Supervision. June 27.

(1994) Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Drugs and Croydon Teenagers. Presented a pre-tabled question. April 27.

(1993) UMIST, Manchester. 5th International Congress of Mental Health Nursing. Paper 1: Sexual Health Education (with Peachy, A). Paper 2: HIV Counselling With Drug Users. September 20.

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