Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and author Susie Orbach on how to make a life full of substance and sustenance
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We are very pleased to announce that the British Psychoanalytic Council has recently awarded its “Outstanding Professional Leadership Award” to Professor Brett Kahr, one of our Consultant Psychotherapists at The Balint Consultancy, in recognition of his contributions to the mental health profession.
Lee Smith, the Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council, presented this award to Professor Kahr at the organisation’s annual conference on “Psychoanalysis, Ethics, Regulation and the Law; Tensions and Interactions”, held on 23rd November, 2024, at the headquarters of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in South London.
The British Psychoanalytic Council generously paid tribute to Kahr’s multi-decade work as a clinician, as an academic, as a researcher and writer, as a mental health broadcaster, and as an organisational worker.
Balint Events
British Psychoanalytic Council
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Now 2024
23 November
https://www.bpc.org.uk/event/ppnow-2024
Freud Museum Event
Expanding Psychoanalysis: The Contributions of Susie Orbach
A dialogue between Dr Susie Orbach and Professor Brett Kahr to celebrate their new publication
19 November
Freud Museum Exhibition
Women and Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists
30 October 2024 – 5 May 2025
Freud Museum Event
What do Women Want (of Freud and Therapy)?
An in-house conversation between Susie Orbach and Lisa Appignanesi
16 December
A dialogue between Dr Susie Orbach and Professor Brett Kahr to celebrate their new publication.
19 November, 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Freud Museum, London
For more information, visit:
Dr Susie Orbach
at IAHIP – Keynote Speaker
26th October, Clontarf Castle, Dublin
https://iahip.org/conference2024
Join us for a transformative one-day conference centred around the theme “The Changing Face of Psychotherapy,” featuring renowned psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach. This exclusive event is designed to provide space for insights, knowledge, discussion and connection in the ever-evolving landscape of psychotherapy.

An audience with Susie Orbach
November 16 @ 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
How The Light Gets In London 2024
Susie Orbach will be appearing a panel discussion ‘It’s A Woman’s World’ and will also be ‘In Conversation” Further retails to be announced.
With Special Guests:
Professor Brett Kahr & Baroness Sheila Hollins
16 July 2024
5PM-7PM UK / 12PM-2PM ET
https://mindinmind.org.uk/event/dr-valerie-sinason-live-legacy-interview
The distinguished American bibliophilic website, Shepherd.com, has kindly chosen Professor Brett Kahr’s book on sexual fantasies, Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head?: The Secret World of Sexual Fantasies (New York: Basic Books) – published in the United Kingdom as Sex and the Psyche (London: Allen Lane / Penguin Books) – as one of its core titles.
In response, Professor Kahr has supplied brief reviews of his five favourite books on the “secret underbelly of sexual psychology”.
Please click on the following link:
https://shepherd.com/best-books/the-secret-underbelly-of-sexual-psychology
The best books on the secret underbelly of sexual psychology
By Brett Kahr
Why am I passionate about this?
I have worked in the mental health profession for over forty years. Currently, I serve as Senior Fellow at the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology in London, and as Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health at Regent’s University London, as well as Honorary Director of Research at the Freud Museum London. I also hold posts as Chair of the Scholars Committee of the British Psychoanalytic Council and as Honorary Fellow of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, and I have authored eighteen books and have served as series editor for some eighty-five further titles. Read more…
The Writer’s Dilemma
A New Podcast with Susie Orbach

https://www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/search-books?keyword=%22the+writer%27s+dilemma+podcast%22&page=1
