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What does it mean to become a psychoanalytical clinician? In this Friday’s online seminar Vic Sedlak , former President ...
24/03/2026

What does it mean to become a psychoanalytical clinician?

In this Friday’s online seminar Vic Sedlak , former President of the British Psychoanalytical Society, explores the emotional development of the clinician drawing on his own experience to reflect on one of the most challenging aspects of our work: how to remain truthful with patients while holding a kindness that makes that truth bearable, and ultimately transformative.

Rooted in the ideas of Freud and Bion, this session looks at how our own unconscious patterns, superegos, and blind spots shape the clinical encounter. Why do we sometimes struggle to think clearly with patients? What gets stirred in us and how can we work with it?

A reflective and clinically grounded space for anyone interested in the emotional development of the clinician.

📅 Friday, March 27, 2026 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/superegos-ego-ideals-and-blind-spots

Join us!

The menstrual cycle is rarely explored in depth in psychotherapy yet it may shape mood, identity, and relationships in p...
22/03/2026

The menstrual cycle is rarely explored in depth in psychotherapy yet it may shape mood, identity, and relationships in powerful ways.

Head of TR Together Alice Jacobs Waterfall has written a blog post on why psychotherapists need to integrate the menstrual cycle into their practice with women.

In this blog, she explores why it’s time to bring the rhythm of female cycles into clinical thinking.

We’ll also be continuing this conversation at our Women’s Mental Health Conference (April 25, 2026).

🎟️ In Person: https://trtogether.com/events/womens-hormones-cycles-and-mood
🎟️ Online: https://trtogether.com/events/womens-hormones-cycles-and-mood-online

🔗 Read the blog post: https://trtogether.com/about-us/blog/why-psychotherapists-should-stop-ignoring-the-menstrual-cycle

Join us for an engaging event on the development of the clinician with Vik Sedlak, previous President of the British Psy...
17/03/2026

Join us for an engaging event on the development of the clinician with Vik Sedlak, previous President of the British Psychoanalytical Society.

📅 Friday, March 27, 2026 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/superegos-ego-ideals-and-blind-spots

“Psychoanalysis introduces the patient to the one person they will spend their whole life with — themselves.” In this se...
14/03/2026

“Psychoanalysis introduces the patient to the one person they will spend their whole life with — themselves.”

In this seminar, Vic Sedlak explores the emotional and psychological development of the clinician, and the unconscious forces that shape our work with patients.
Drawing on Freud’s insights into transference and the pressures it places on the analyst, the session will examine how clinicians’ own motivations, superegos, and ego ideals can influence clinical understanding — and at times create blind spots in the therapeutic process.

Through clinical material and reflection, the seminar will explore:
• Why we choose psychotherapy as a profession
• How superegos and ideal selves shape clinical work
• Countertransference difficulties that can impede understanding
• The role of supervision and collegial consultation in sustaining analytic work

📅 Friday, March 27, 2026 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/superegos-ego-ideals-and-blind-spots

Led by Vic Sedlak, Training and Supervising Analyst at the British Psychoanalytical Society and its President (2022–2025).

Today: The Loneliness of the Psychotherapist Therapists are deeply connected to the inner worlds of their patients — yet...
13/03/2026

Today: The Loneliness of the Psychotherapist

Therapists are deeply connected to the inner worlds of their patients — yet the profession itself can sometimes be a lonely one.

This afternoon, Aleksandar Dimitrijevic will explore the developmental and professional factors that can contribute to therapists’ loneliness, and how practitioners can build more sustaining forms of connection in their work and lives.

📅 Today | March 13, | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/the-loneliness-of-the-psychotherapist

Can't attend live? Register today and receive the recording within two weeks.

Freud showed that the patterns of our relationships inevitably emerge in the clinical encounter, in the transference, an...
11/03/2026

Freud showed that the patterns of our relationships inevitably emerge in the clinical encounter, in the transference, and in the pressures it places on the analyst. For clinicians, this means that our own unconscious predispositions are always present in the work.

In this seminar, Vic Sedlak explores the emotional development of the psychoanalytic clinician and the ways in which our motivations, superegos, and ego ideals can shape — and sometimes limit — our capacity to understand our patients.

Using clinical material and reflection, the seminar will examine:�• The personal motivations that draw clinicians to analytic work�• How superego pressures and ideals influence technique�• The experience of being perceived as a “bad object” by patients�• How supervision and consultation help us work with blind spots in practice

📅 Friday, March 27, 2026 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (UK)�
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/superegos-ego-ideals-and-blind-spots

With Vic Sedlak, Training and Supervising Analyst at the British Psychoanalytical Society and its President (2022–2025).

Psychotherapists spend their working lives in deep emotional engagement with others yet many experience a profound sense...
10/03/2026

Psychotherapists spend their working lives in deep emotional engagement with others yet many experience a profound sense of professional loneliness.

Join Aleksandar Dimitrijevic for a reflective online workshop exploring the developmental and professional roots of therapists’ loneliness and how it shapes both clinical work and personal wellbeing.

Drawing on research, clinical insight, and discussion, we will explore:
• Why therapists may be particularly vulnerable to loneliness
• How early relational experiences shape the therapeutic vocation
• The hidden risks of professional isolation
• Ways to cultivate sustainable connection with ourselves, colleagues, and the wider community

📅 Friday, March 13, 2026 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recorded
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD Credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/the-loneliness-of-the-psychotherapist

Read our blog here: https://trtogether.com/about-us/blog/the-loneliness-of-the-psychotherapist

If you can’t attend live, purchase your ticket before Friday and receive the recording within two weeks.

09/03/2026

Thank you to all of our inspiring women speakers!

International Women's Day may have been yesterday but we wanted to continue the celebration with a special appreciation to the women who inspire the world of psychotherapy and bring their knowledge to our CPD

Want to learn more from women in the field?

Here are a few of our upcoming events with female speakers:

Women’s Mental Health: The impact of physiology, hormones, cycles on mood and states of mind: https://trtogether.com/events/womens-hormones-cycles-and-mood

Working at the Intersection of Attachment, Trauma, and Chronic Pain Series: https://trtogether.com/events/chronic-pain

Compulsive Eating & GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs: https://trtogether.com/events/compulsive-eating-weight-loss-drugs

National Clinical Director for Women’s Health at NHS England – Dr Sue Mann | Speaker Spotlight This International Women’...
08/03/2026

National Clinical Director for Women’s Health at NHS England – Dr Sue Mann | Speaker Spotlight

This International Women’s Day, we are celebrating Dr Sue Mann, one of the UK’s leading voices in advancing women’s healthcare.

Dr Mann, a speaker at our upcoming Women’s Mental Health Conference, is National Clinical Director for Women’s Health at NHS England, where she leads national work to transform women’s health services and reduce inequalities in care.

Across her career at NHS England, Public Health England, and the Department of Health and Social Care, she has championed an integrated, population-based approach to women’s healthcare. Her work includes leading the development of a Women’s Health Equity Framework, aimed at reducing inequalities in care for menopause and heavy menstrual bleeding.

Alongside her national leadership, Dr Mann continues to practise clinically as a Consultant in Women’s Health and Clinical Lead in City and Hackney, where she leads an innovative neighbourhood service delivering specialist women’s healthcare. Through this work she has pioneered group consultations, supporting more than 3,000 women over the past five years.

At the conference, Dr Mann will present:

“Referrals to a Specialist Women’s Health Service”

Through two clinical case studies, she will explore the complex relationship between hormones and mood, examining how clinicians can broaden consultations beyond hormonal explanations and consider the wider psychological and social context affecting women’s mental health.

Her session highlights the importance of integrated thinking across physical and mental health, a key theme of this year’s conference.

🗓️ Saturday, 25 April 2026 I 10:00am - 5:00pm (UK)
📍 In-person & online options (recording included)

🎟️ In Person: https://trtogether.com/events/womens-hormones-cycles-and-mood
🎟️ Online: https://trtogether.com/events/womens-hormones-cycles-and-mood-online

Today! Understanding Fears of Engulfment and Abandonment The Claustro–Agoraphobic Dilemma in Therapy Psychoanalytic coup...
06/03/2026

Today! Understanding Fears of Engulfment and Abandonment
The Claustro–Agoraphobic Dilemma in Therapy

Psychoanalytic couple psychotherapist Kate Thompson will explore the tension between intimacy and autonomy that shapes both relationships and therapeutic work.

Drawing on the work of Bion, Winnicott, Britton, Emanuel, and Steiner, the seminar examines how the claustro-agoraphobic dilemma can emerge in the transference, the therapeutic frame, and patients’ relational lives.

Through clinical vignettes from couple and individual psychotherapy, the session will explore how patients may cling, withdraw, or oscillate between closeness and distance and how therapists can work with these powerful dynamics and hold on to their analytic stance.

📅 Friday, March 6, 2026 I 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (UK)
📍 Zoom & Recording
📚 Ticket includes: Certificate (3 CPD Credits), & Recording
🔗 Register here: https://trtogether.com/events/understanding-fears-of-engulfment-and-abandonment-online

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