Not just for OU - Open to all
TANTRA: IT’S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS
OR IS IT?
Sexuality is a fundamental and extraordinary feature of human life.
Without it, of course, none of us would be here. But it can also be
the source of both our highest and lowest experiences. On one hand, it
can cement intense biological, social and even spiritual connection
between lovers. On the other, it can provoke jealousy, abuse or even
rape. It provides a fertile study ground for those interested in the
psychology of human behaviour and experience.
The Open University Psychology Society have risen to the challenge and
are offering for their summer conference a international set of
speakers who cover the psychology of Sexuality from a range of
perspectives. Professor Erick Janssen flies over from the Kinsey
Institute (where the serious study of human sexuality began) to
discuss the psychophysiology of sex. Dr Glen Wilson from the Maudsley
Institute, University of London, will be talking about sexuality and
the brain. Other topics include sexual health (Dr Richard de Visser
from Sussex University) and the effects of sexual abuse in childhood
(Dr Yvonne Verburg from the Riagg Institute in the Netherlands).
Sexual intimacy and fulfilment will also be explored by Dr Bo Mills, a
psychiatrist at the Priory Clinic, and Leonore Lightwoman, the leading
teacher of Tantric approaches to sexuality in the UK (and an
experimental psychologist). The panel is rounded off by two well-
known OU psychologists, Dr Frederick Toates and Dr Richard Stevens,
who will be looking more broadly at the psychology of sexuality and
how it relates to human life.
This promises to be yet another stimulating, interactive and
relatively inexpensive summer conference organised by OUPS. Speakers
in previous years have included some of the most eminent names in
their respective areas - B.F.Skinner, Noam Chomsky, Colin Blakemore,
Richard Gregory and Philip Zimbardo.
To find out more or join OUPS (only £15) contact Irene Baumgartl
([log in to unmask]: Tel 0208 876 9803)
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