The Freud Museum Public Programme
Saturday 24 june 9.30 am - 5.00 pm
at University College London
Psychoanalysis and
Midwifery - revisited
A second conference exploring how psychoanalytic ideas and
therapeutic
insight can contribute to the practice of midwifery. The conference
themes
and talks have been based on questions and reflections submitted
by
midwives themselves. Introductory talks will be followed by
discussion and
time for questions.
Session 1: working Relationships
Jennifer Johns (Psychoanalyst)
the idea of transference in psychoanalysis
Jane Bloom (Midwifery lecturer and group analyst)
between ourselves: Midwives' emotions in training groups
Session 2: Unconscious communication in
pregnancy and labour
Joan Raphael-Leff (Psychoanalyst)
listening to hidden meanings
followed by discussion with members of the panel
Session 3: Coping with uncertainty
Mavis Kirkham (Professor of midwifery)
midwives coping
Ricky Emanuel (Child psychotherapist)
the concept of "negative capability"
Annette Mendelsohn (Child psychotherapist)
control, uncertainty and loss in a premature baby unit
Registration
(includes lunch and refreshments)
£50 Full price / £40 Trainees
Student midwives £35
(10% discount for Friends of the Freud Museum)
To register for the conference please send a cheque payable to The
Freud Museum:
Conference Secretary, The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens,
London NW3
5SX Tel: 020 7435 2002 Email: [log in to unmask] You can also
apply online
at www.freud.org.uk Please include your name, address, daytime
telephone
number and profession
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Mavis Kirkham, Professor of Midwifery
Women's Informed Childbearing and Health Research Group
School of Nursing and Midwifery
University of Sheffield
Bartolome House, Winter Street, Sheffield, UK S3 7ND
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 9707
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 9712
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/wich
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