One-off events & workshops
Exploratory Encounters is a series of ten monthly workshops that bring together qualified therapists from all modalities with students and trainees to explore the encounter between patient and therapist.
Each workshop will examine a particular aspect of the work that can challenge our hearts and minds. How can psychoanalytic thinking help us to understand what is happening?
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First Encounters
10th January 2026
11 Orchard Street in central BristolWhat happens when two people meet, and what is special about a first meeting between a therapist and patient?
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The Setting
7th February 2026
11 Orchard Street in central BristolThe “ideal” setting for our work is one which contains, supports and facilitates; however, the setting can also impinge on and disrupt therapy.
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What’s money got to do with it?
NEW DATE: 11th July 2026
11 Orchard Street in central BristolWithout money there is no therapy. It is how we earn our living and what we live on.
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Breaks
18th April 2026
11 Orchard Street in central BristolWhatever helping role we hold and whatever context we work in, breaks in the contact between us and our clients/patients always have an impact on the relationship between us, and so on the work.
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Thinking Differently: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Neuro-diversity
16th May 2026
11 Orchard Street in central BristolWorking with neuro-divergent people often raises complex emotional and relational dynamics in the consulting room.
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It’s all a Dream
6th June 2026
11 Orchard Street in central BristolDo we do anything differently as therapists when a client or patient tells us a dream?
Artwork by Holly Warburton