Group Analytic Society Events
Mentalizing the Matrix.
New Perspectives of ´Ego Training in Action`
27th – 28th August 2010.
Venue: Thon Conference Vika Atrium
Oslo, Norway.
It is more than fifty years since Foulkes first described the process of group analytic psychotherapy as ´ego training in action` (1957). Drawing from the insights of self psychology and the object relations approach, the concept was taken up and reworded by Dennis Brown who spoke of ´self development through subjective interaction` (1994). Meanwhile our understanding of the metapsychology of the ego and its actions within the therapeutic process in indvidual and group analysis has become enriched even more by the findings of attachment theory as developped by Bateman, Fonagy, Main and Target and also by recent research into the neurobiological foundations of attachment behaviour, affect regulation and memory systems.
The 38th GAS Autumn workshop in 2009, on this topic became very popular and was soon overbooked. The workshop was very successful and it was decided to repeat it as a co-operation between GAS, London and IGA, Norway in 2010. The main themes will be the same, as well as most of the speakers. The workshop will last for two days (Friday-Saturday).
The aim of the workshop is to introduce the concept of mentalizing and mentalization based treatment (MBT) with particular reference to groups. The programme includes lectures and expert panel discussions as well as MBT skill training groups and small discussion groups. Invited key note speakers and staff members are Prof. Sigmund. Karterud, Øyvind Urnes (Norway), Thomas Bolm, Ulrich Schultz-Venrath (Germany), Catherine Freeman (UK).
There are limited places available so early registration is recommended.
Registration fee Members of GAS (London) and IGA (Norway) NOK 2900
including lunch:Non-members NOK 3400
For further information and registration visit:
www.iga.no/news-workshop-mentalizing-the-matrix-27th-28th-august-2010-in-oslo-norway/
or contact:
Institute of Group Analysis, Norway
Huitfeldts gate 9
N-0253 Oslo
e-mail: iga@iga.no
Breaking the Silence
Mending the Broken Connections
Summer Workshop of the GROUP-ANALYTIC SOCIETY (London)
in the Taunus mountains, Germany
30 July to 1 August 2010
Announcing
THE FIFTEENTH G.A.S. TRIENNIAL EUROPEAN
GROUP-ANALYTIC SYMPOSIUM.
CULTURES, CONFLICT AND CREATIVITY…
which will take place at
ST MARY’S COLLEGE in
RICHMOND-UPON-THAMES, LONDON, UK,
AUGUST 29TH–2ND SEPTEMBER 2011
The event is being organised by
THE GROUP-ANALYTIC SOCIETY (LONDON).
Symposium Sub-Committee Chairman: Kevin Power
Group-analysis seeks to understand the many facets of culture. An analytic group has a culture, and so does a family, an organisation, a community and a society. We live in a time when cultures are increasingly interconnected while also striving for separateness to preserve identity. Most cultures are anxious about the global economy, climate change, and how to live together in the context of continuing wars, genocide and terrorism. Not only must we work with our personal conflicts but also with those that arise in interpersonal relationships, in organisations, and within and between societies and nations. How can the creativity of group-analysis respond to and work with this complex matrix of cultures and conflict?
Other Non-GAS Events
Patrick de Maré’s Contribution To Mental Health:
Reclaiming the Mind
Bolzano, Italy, June 18th -19th , 2010
Social Dreaming Matrix.
19th June, 2010
Institute of Group Analysis, London
Values, Meaning, Identity: Individuals and Organisations in Flux
11/12th June
Institute of Group Analysis, London
2011 GAS Symposium
