Dear Scholars,

We hope you had a restful summer and have enjoyed a smooth return to your desk for the new academic year. Keep reading for updates from the BPC Scholars' and wider psychoanalytic community.

If there's anything you'd like to suggest or see in the Scholars' Study going forward, do get in touch.
BPC Awards now open!

We are excited to open nominations for the BPC Awards 2025. 

These awards are an important opportunity to recognise and celebrate outstanding individuals and organisations within our psychoanalytic community. Please do submit your nominations for any categories, especially the Dedication to Psychoanalytic Scholarship category which was introduced in 2024 to celebrate the core contributions to the advancement of psychoanalytical scholarship.

We look forward to the opportunity to recognise the excellent work happening in our community at the BPC drinks reception on 3 October 2025. This event is now sold out but please contact us if you'd like to join the waiting list.

Submit your nominations now
My Psychoanalytic Story: with Valerie Sinason

"The privileged way we were given access to someone, how precious that was. So, I'm very grateful to reflect on that."

In our fourth installment of My Psychoanalytic Story, we speak to Valerie Sinason who went from an English literature degree into child therapy. Valerie later went on to work with adults alongside her PhD on disability and trauma before founding a clinic for dissociative studies. We spoke to Valerie about the constant learning, unlearning and relearning involved in working with the severely traumatised. 

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The Past in the Present: Difficulties in Mourning

September 27, 2025

Birkbeck, University of London

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Psychodynamic psychotherapy for mood disorders – what’s the evidence?

October 9, 2025

University College London (UCL)

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Published any research you'd like us to share? Contact us and let us know.
Jung, Bion and the Crucible of War, Ann Addison

Scholar Ann Addison from the University of Essex published an article in The Journal of Analytical Psychology in July around the transformative effect of World War I had on both Carl Jung and Wilfred Bion. Addison discusses the intense and life-changing experiences they carried with them and reflects on the consequences of those experiences. Click below to read this open access article.

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PhD Members

Are you a Scholar currently working on a PhD or do you know of any PhD candidates working on psychoanalytic projects? We want to start including updates on the current research developments and papers of PhD candidates in the UK specialising in psychoanalysis as part of our newsletter. We'd love to hear what you're working on, to have this included in our next mail-out, contact us with the details.
 
Women are Mad: Podcast with Scholar, Jennifer Cox

Listen to podcast Women are Mad that is co-hosted by BPC Scholar Jennifer Cox and writer Salima Saxton, where each week they discuss different topics around female mental health with a guest.

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Masculinity and Psychoanalysis: Karl Figlio
in Conversation with Deborah Wright

An interview between two BPC Scholars: Karl Figlio and Deborah Wright is now available in the free archive of New Associations. The Scholars discuss toxic masculinity within the context of anxiety, society and relationships.

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Dr Andrew Howe, psychiatrist, psychodynamic therapist and scholar

Andrew Howe is a consultant psychiatrist and psychodynamic therapist working in NHS Crisis Services. He is undertaking a PhD and is an honorary lecturer at the University of Essex, particularly interested in analytical psychology and how this can be used in contemporary healthcare.

Andrew's academic interests and publications include bringing analytic thinking into the NHS, helping us think about acute mental illness, hallucinations, psychotic experiences and applying Jungian thinking to contemporary psychiatry. His current PhD is investigating the use of short-term psychodynamic therapy for hallucinations.

Would you like to feature in our next Scholars' Spotlight? Feel free to contact us to let us know.

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