Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Couple Relations |
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| Venue | : | Online |
| Date | : | 29/01/2026 |
| Duration | : | 6 - 7:15pm GMT |
| Extra Info | : | With Mary Morgan & Aner Govrin (Chair) This free series offers open and reflective dialogues with authors from the Routledge Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis collection. Each session invites participants to explore how contemporary psychoanalytic ideas are evolving across theory and practice. Rather than formal lectures, these conversations create a space for curiosity, exchange, and shared thinking where ideas unfold through dialogue between authors, editors, and participants. Our first session is with Mary Morgan and Aner Govrin. In this dialogue, Aner invites Mary to reflect on how her book 'Couple Relations: A Contemporary Introduction' both consolidates and extends the field of psychoanalytic couple theory. Building on the rich traditions of British object relations and couple psychoanalysis, Mary re-examines the couple relationship as a dynamic emotional system, rather than merely the interaction of two individuals. Drawing on aspects of Link theory, she illuminates the link itself, the living connection between partners, as the primary site of psychic activity. This perspective opens new ways of understanding how unconscious phantasy, projection, and mutual influence shape intimacy, conflict, and repair. The conversation will explore how this theoretical evolution affects clinical practice: how therapists can attend to the shared psychic field of the couple, the interplay of love and hate, and the creative potential that emerges when partners tolerate difference and otherness. Participants are warmly encouraged to engage throughout via the Q&A function, sharing reflections, asking questions, and contributing to the evolving conversation. This is a space to listen, think aloud, and participate in an active exchange of ideas. |
| Organised By | : | Tavistock Relationships |
| Web Link | : | https://trtogether.com/events/between-sessions |