Saturday 29th March 2025, 9:00am to 5:30pm Institute of Group Analysis, 1 Daleham Gardens, London, NW3 5BY
Part I. An IGA Open Workshop, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Part II. A Book Launch (free of charge), 3:30pm – 5:30pm
This workshop explores key aspects of man-made human suffering from a psychoanalytic, group-analytic and group attachment standpoint. It argues that, when unresolved trauma remains untreated, it is a fuel for vicious cycles of hatred, terror and destruction, as in the intractable Israel-Palestine conflict. With a diversity of presentations, as well as experiential small and large groups, delegates might reflect on the Jewish Holocaust and the Palestinian Nakba, and their tragic reverberations today.
A clinical case study of an older woman (Margaret, a Holocaust survivor) is presented. She struggled with her unresolved trauma and, after a suicide attempt, benefited from combined individual and group psychotherapy, to be able to come to terms with her traumatic past.
The aim of the workshop is to encourage working harder for peace, endeavouring a deeper understanding of unconscious individual and group psychological defence mechanisms, as well as their sociopolitical context.
Speakers: Arturo Ezquerro (consultant psychiatrist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and group analyst) is a senior assessor and trainer at the IGA, honorary member of the International Attachment Network and of the World Association of International Studies, and former Head of NHS Medical Psychotherapy Services for Brent, London. He has over 100 publications in six languages, including Encounters with John Bowlby: Tales of Attachment.
María Cañete (consultant psychotherapist, psychiatrist, and group analyst), trained at the Tavistock Clinic, is a senior trainer at the IGA and former director of NHS group psychotherapy programmes for University College, St Charles and Mile End Hospitals, London. She has published widely in English, German and Spanish, including Group Analysis throughout the Life Cycle.
Workshop Programme
09:00 – 09:15, Registration
09:15 – 09:20, Introduction, Arturo Ezquerro
09:20 – 10:15, Diverse views on Israel-Palestine conflict Earl Hopper, Gabrielle Rifkind, Dick Blackwell, Sue Einhorn
10:15 – 10:45, A clinical case study, Arturo Ezquerro
10:45 – 11:00, Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00, Small groups
12:00 – 12:30, Standing up for humanity, Maria Canete
12:30 – 13:30, Lunch break (not provided)
13:30 – 15:00, Large Group Plenary
15:00 – 15.30, Coffee Workshop fees
Students IGA, SRF and Bowlby Centre: £75
Members IGA, SRF, Bowlby Centre and IAN: £85 Public fee: £95 Book Launch: The Power of Group Attachment
15:30 – 16:30, Brief presentations on The Power of Group Attachment
16:30 – 17:30, Networking
The Book Launch is free of charge, but you need to register for this event.
Copies of the book (retail price £30) will be available at a discounted price: £25. No card payment facility. Please bring cash or a cheque.
You may register for workshop only, for book launch only or for both. If you wish to attend both events, you would, need to make two separate registrations, as places are limited.
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