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Event	:	Questioning Identities: Philosophy in Psychoanalytic Practice; Gender/Sexualities: Different Voices
Venue	:	Tufnell Park, London
Date	:	15/10/2011
Duration	:	10.30-1.00 pm
Extra Info	:	In this seminar we will discuss the limitations of some psychoanalytic theories of gender and sexuality which do not allow for the fluidity of gender and sexual identities. We will consider how the perspectives of Merleau-Ponty (the phenomenologist), Foucault, and Judith Butler in relation to embodiment and language can contribute to the development of a clinical practice which takes into account the socio-historical and cultural in interpretations of gender and sexuality in the analytical relationship. 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).
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