Online Workshop 3: Can psychoanalysis and Jungian psychotherapy evolve to respond to contemporary life?- Hierarchies and Fragmentations in Psychoanalysis

British Psychotherapy Foundation (bpf) & UK Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis College (CPJA)

Online Workshop 3: Can psychoanalysis and Jungian psychotherapy evolve to respond to contemporary life?

When: Thursday 2nd July 2026

Time: 19.30 – 21.30

Facilitator: George Taxidis (he/him) (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Ticket costs:

 

• £25 (Standard)
• £15 (Concession for students and retired individuals)

Maximum attendees: 80

Schedule:

• 19:30 - 19.40: Dr Frances Gillies (bpf CEO) and Gwion Jones (Chair of CPJA) welcome attendees, provide background on project and its aims, and welcome the speaker.
• 19:40 - 20:30: Speaker outlines workshop themes.
• 20:30 - 21:00: Breakout groups.
• 21:00 - 21:30: Group discussion.

The emergence and resurgence of hateful rhetoric – particularly misogynistic, racist, anti-migrant and anti-trans hate – is creeping into state and institutional policies, threatening the lives and wellbeing of millions. In this context, this session will explore the ways in which the hierarchies in our profession are often reflecting and even reinforcing inequalities and injustices in the wider world. What might intersectional queer, feminist and decolonial thinking have to offer contemporary psychoanalysis and Jungian analysis? What kinds of defences does psychoanalysis itself employ against learning and adapting to the 21st century? What might depth psychology have to offer those who long for a more just world?

 

Speaker Bio

George Taxidis (he/him) is a Jungian analyst (BJAA, IAAP) and supervisor working in private practice in East London. He is a lecturer in psychodynamic counselling and psychosocial studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he also facilitates a support and study space for queer and trans trainee therapists. He was the co-founder of the International Queer Jungian Initiative. He writes, speaks and leads seminars both in the UK and internationally, and has run Social Dreaming Matrix workshops with trainee therapists, the queer community, and artists. He is currently writing a book on queering Jungian psychology, to be published by Routledge in the Jung, Politics and Culture series. 

 

Hierarchies and Fragmentations in Psychoanalysis

The bpf and CPJA are collaborating on an innovative project designed to promote open, ongoing discussions about psychoanalysis and Jungian psychotherapy in the 21st century. This project focuses on addressing professional and institutional challenges that have previously contributed to hierarchy, rivalry and division within the field.

The project features three online workshops followed by an in-person conference. The online workshops, held prior to the conference, will highlight key debates and set the stage for deeper conversation. Ideas and themes from these workshops will be examined further during the conference.

Each online workshop, led by a distinguished academic or expert, will be 2 hours long. The structure of each online workshop will be as follows:

• 19:30 - 19.40: Dr Frances Gillies (bpf CEO) and Gwion Jones (Chair of CPJA) welcome attendees, provide background on project and its aims, and welcome the speaker.
• 19:40 - 20:30: Speaker outlines workshop themes.
• 20:30 - 21:00: Breakout groups.
• 21:00 - 21:30: Group discussion.

Recordings of the workshops will be analysed to identify central themes, which will be used to shape the conference's programme and ensure the continuation of in-depth discussions about how we might resolve divisions and rifts within the profession. Workshop attendees will also be given the opportunity to lead talks at the conference.

The project aims to unite analytic scholars, clinicians, researchers, and organisations. By creating a space where differences are valued and explored, the project seeks to foster curiosity and appreciation for varied professional perspectives.

 

Image(s) Copyright.

Our event image combines fragmented sections of the following images:

• Freud Tavistock.jpg – photographed by Sara Richards on 27 March 2007 (Flickr upload). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution‑Share Alike 2.0 Generic (CC BY‑SA 2.0) license.

• Sigmund Freud in Hampstead – geograph.org.uk – 485705.jpg – taken on 4 July 2007 by ceridwen for the Geograph project. Copyright owned by the photographer and available under CC BY‑SA 2.0; credit as “ceridwen – Sigmund Freud in Hampstead”.

• Sigmund Freud statue – 2025‑10‑24.jpg – image taken on 24 Oct 2025 by Matt Brown (Flickr user “Matt From London”). Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).

• Sigmund Freud statue, Hampstead.jpg – own photograph by JRennocks, taken 16 Feb 2019 in Hampstead. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

• Sigmund Freud statue, London 1.jpg – photograph by Mike Peel (mikepeel.net) shot on 25 April 2010. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution‑Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY‑SA 4.0) license; attribute as “Photograph by Mike Peel”.

• Sigmund Freud statue, London 2 (cropped).jpg – cropped version of Mike Peel’s 25 Apr 2010 photo. Also released under CC BY‑SA 4.0; credit “Photograph by Mike Peel”.

• Sigmund Freud statue, London 2.jpg – original version of the above, photographed by Mike Peel on 25 Apr 2010 and licensed under CC BY‑SA 4.0.

• Sigmund Freud statue, London.jpg – another view taken by Mike Peel on 25 Apr 2010. Available under CC BY‑SA 4.0; credit “Photograph by Mike Peel”.

• Sigmund Freud statue, South Hampstead – geograph.org.uk – 4933039.jpg – Geograph photo taken 29 Apr 2016 by Jim Osley. The image is under CC BY‑SA 2.0; attribute as “Sigmund Freud statue, South Hampstead by Jim Osley”.

• Sigmund Freud statue, South Hampstead – geograph.org.uk – 4933055.jpg – another view from 29 Apr 2016 by Jim Osley (Geograph). Licensed under CC BY‑SA 2.0; credit as above.

• Statue of Sigmund Freud – geograph.org.uk – 1106151.jpg – photographed 17 Dec 2008 by Mike Quinn for Geograph. Reuse permitted under CC BY‑SA 2.0.

• Statue of Sigmund Freud – geograph.org.uk – 2327196.jpg – Geograph photo taken 27 Mar 2011 by Robin Webster. Available under CC BY‑SA 2.0; credit “Statue of Sigmund Freud by Robin Webster”.

• Statue of Sigmund Freud, Hampstead.jpg – own work by Stanislav Kozlovskiy photographed 9 Aug 2014. Licensed under CC BY‑SA 4.0.

• Tavistock and Freud statue – cropped.jpg – photo of the statue with Tavistock Clinic behind, taken 8 May 2009 by Iridescenti and cropped by Rav. Dual‑licensed: the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 or later and Creative Commons Attribution‑Share Alike versions 3.0/2.5/2.0/1.0; you may reuse it under any of those licenses.

• Tavistock and Freud statue.JPG – original photograph of the statue at Tavistock Clinic by Iridescenti on 9 May 2007. Because the statue is in a public place in the UK, the photo is exempt from copyright restrictions, but the photographer additionally releases it under the GFDL 1.2 or later and CC BY‑SA 3.0 (and 2.5/2.0/1.0) licenses.

• The Tavistock Centre, Belsize Lane, NW3 – geograph.org.uk – 1106143.jpg – context photo showing the Tavistock Centre, taken 17 Dec 2008 by Mike Quinn (Geograph). It is released under CC BY‑SA 2.0

 

*If you are a psychotherapist or counsellor residing in an active conflict zone, you are eligible to attend this event free of charge (regardless of whether you are a bpf member or not). Please email events@bpf-psychotherapy to enquire about a ticket.