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Event	:	Questioning Identities: Philosophy in Psychoanalytic Practice; Speaking our Minds? Language and Identity
Venue	:	Tufnell Park, London
Date	:	17/09/2011
Duration	:	10.30-1.00 pm
Extra Info	:	What is the "talking cure"? Wittgenstein writes of language as a "form of life". What is the relation between language and experience? Does psychoanalysis reveal to us the "contents" of our "inner" worlds or does the language (verbal and non-verbal) between analyst and patient itself open out possibilities of living differently? We will explore how the theorizing of Levinas and Foucault offers us new ways of thinking about the role of language in our experiences of our existences and our identities. Owing to demand we are rerunning these seminars, which will focus on key themes in our book, Questioning Identities: Philosophy in Psychoanalytic Practice (Karnac, 2010). We aim to explore the challenges posed by questions of identities and differences which emerge in the analytical relationship. In the first half of the session a theme from the book will be presented for discussion in the group. The second half will provide an opportunity for small group supervision of clinical work relating to questions of identity brought by course participants. The course can be booked as a whole (£90) or as individual sessions (£25). For booking form go to www.philospsyche.com/events.htm Noreen O'Connor and Mary Lynne Ellis are qualified analysts, each with over 25 years of clinical practice, practising in North London at Perspectives Psychotherapy. Experienced teachers and supervisors, they have contributed to a number of analytical trainings. Noreen has a PhD in Contemporary European Philosophy and, amongst other publications, co-authored (with Joanna Ryan) Wild Desires and Mistaken Identities; Lesbianism and Psychoanalysis (Karnac, 2003). Mary Lynne has Masters' degrees in Art Therapy and in Modern European Philosophy. Her publications include Time in Practice; Analytical Perspectives on the Times of our Lives (Karnac, 2010).
Organised By	:	PhilosPsyche
Web Link	:	http://www.philospsyche.com/events.htm