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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

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Susie Orbach

Thursday, 7 March

Beyond the Couch: Psychoanalyst Perspectives with Susie Orbach

The Brent Centre presents an enlightening evening with Susie Orbach, where we’ll delve into fascinating psychoanalyst perspectives.

Location

Freud Museum London 20 Maresfield Gardens London NW3 5SX

Full details and tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the-couch-psychoanalyst-perspectives-with-susie-orbach-tickets-807658888477?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendees

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“Psychotherapy at Play”

with Dr Susie Orbach

Medical Psychotherapy Trainees and Trainers Conference 2023 – “Psychotherapy at Play”

Friday 26th May, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham

We are excited that the 2023 Medical Psychotherapy Trainees and Trainers Conference is fast approaching. It promises to be an interesting and inspiring day featuring a rich diversity of renowned speakers. Programme highlights include Dr Susie Orbach, the world acclaimed psychotherapist and author, in conversation about her work and her writing; Prof Adrian Sutton, Director of the Squiggle Foundation, speaking about the importance of play in his work with children and adolescents; Dr Haroula Konstantinidou on relational prescribing and Dr Simon Heyland on the use of language in working with medically unexplained symptoms.

This year for the first time we are hosting a collaborative conference, organised jointly by medical psychotherapy trainees and PsychArt, a trainee-led organisation celebrating the arts in psychiatry.  We are pleased to be able to welcome professionals working in or interested in the disciplines of Psychotherapy, Psychiatry and the Arts as well as offering a great discounted rate for students. 

We are pleased to invite submissions for an art competition where we encourage you to express what being alive means for you. All artistic media are welcome. 

Book your tickets here before they sell out as places are limited. 

We look forward to welcoming you,

The Conference Committee 2023 and PsychArt

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The Contribution of Psychotherapy to Wider Social Change – Dr Susie Orbach

This Event is a part of the Therapy and Social Change Seminar Series

What can the world of psychotherapy and counselling contribute to wider social justice and progressive social change? Lynne Gabriel and Kate Smith interview one of the most socially influentially psychotherapists in the world, Dr Susie Orbach

Book your place at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-contribution-of-psychotherapy-to-wider-social-change-dr-susie-orbach-tickets-579893897257

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‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’

Susie Orbach interviewed by Hephzibah Anderson

The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/23/susie-orbach-fat-is-a-feminist-issue-new-edition-interview-bodies-diet?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Weight Watchers wins when our diets fail – it won’t change society’s broken thinking around food

Susie Orbach

Guardian – March 16th 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/16/weight-watchers-diet-society-food-industry-customer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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We are all vulnerable: that’s where a new conversation about masculinity begins

Susie Orbach

Guardian 10th February 2023

The likes of Andrew Tate want to return to an imagined idyll in gender relations. It would be a disaster for everyone.

Can we think a bit more deeply about masculinity? Toxic masculinity has a certain usefulness and punch as a phrase. It expresses what some men put out into the world but it doesn’t address the whys deeply enough.

Continue reading here

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Intersectional Perspectives of Eating Disorders

Understanding the symptom as an expression of intrapsychic, interpersonal, and cultural experience

Saturday 11 February 2023

A live webinar or In Person event with Dr Mazella Fuller, Maimunah Mosli, Dr Susie Orbach, Fajariah Saban and Dr Charlynn Small, Chaired by Karen Carberry

https://web.archive.org/web/20230602004342if_/https://www.confer.uk.com/event/perspectives.html/embed#?secret=kavS41FX1V#?secret=Ljb7m9fGWE

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HONORARY FELLOWSHIP FOR PROFESSOR BRETT KAHR.

We are very pleased to announce that the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy has awarded Professor Brett Kahr an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the mental health profession.

Kahr has contributed to the organisation since its founding in 1993 and has, over the years, served as its Special Media Adviser, as a member of the Board of Trustees, and as a member of the Chief Executive Officer’s Creative Strategy Group.  He also became Spokesperson for the organisation’s campaign on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cate Blanchett’s Tár is an abusive boss, but her story has much to tell us about feminism too

Susie Orbach

Beyond the superficial row, there is a debate to be had about progress, pitfalls, and a character who seems emblematic of her generation

Full article in the Guardian at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/24/tar-film-cate-blanchett-controversy-feminism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other