Quarterly Meeting for Members And Colleagues (QMMAC)

Friday 12th June 2026, 9.30am – 4.00pm

Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh

Making/Taking Space:

QMMAC are very pleased to welcome two of our members who responded to the request to contribute on the theme of Making/Taking Space in relation to their own work and groups.

Kate Malcomes will share how she uses Nancy Kline’s approach to initiate collective thinking in Teams, Communities of Practice and Group Supervision. The origins of the Thinking Environment are steeped in one observation and one question. The observation is "The quality of everything we do depends on the quality of the thinking we do first", a statement that has powerful implications. The consequent question is: “What does it take for people to help each other to think well for themselves?” After a brief introduction, Kate will facilitate a Positive Opening Round.

Kate’s interest in thinking and decision-making began when she worked with families and family groups very early in her career as a speech and language therapist, leading to further training in group analysis and family therapy. Kate is best known for developing a way of supporting and evidencing professional reasoning and decisions. She now works full-time using her Care Aims Intended Outcomes Framework, as a consultant, facilitator, supervisor, mentor and coach, mainly for NHS and Local Authority services.

Pippa Rees Watson will feedback on the challenges of her experience of trying to prioritise postnatal groupwork in a charity setting with non-clinical managers, in which she has to take space/make space.

Pippa is a psychodynamic psychotherapist & clinical supervisor. She has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS, higher education, third sector & private practice working with individuals, couples and groups. An Occupational Therapist for 15 years, she trained as an Integrative Counsellor whilst working in community mental health. She continued into further training in Psychodynamic Practice & completed the IGA Foundation course in Oxford whilst facilitating post-grad groups at the University Counselling Service. Pippa moved to Scotland in 2018 with her family & for the last 5 years has worked in a charity perinatal service, alongside private practice.

QMMAC offers the exciting opportunity to meet colleagues and students from group analysis, psychoanalysis and related professional fields for a shared experience of large group work and presentations relevant to working in psychotherapy. This quarterly meeting provides an enjoyable and supportive space for thinking, dialogue and learning. The regular meetings aim to reduce feelings of professional isolation, stimulate creative discussion and develop a sense of community among those involved in psychodynamic work. Through shared learning and dialogue, we grow stronger and more confident about our work and its place in the psychotherapeutic milieu.

Fee: £40 (£25 for Students)

If you have any issues with the online booking, please call 020 7431 2693 or email coursesandevents@groupanalysis-uk.co.uk

Programme:

09.30am - Registration

10.00am - Large group

11.30am - Break

11.50am - Making/Taking Space

1.15pm - Notices

1.30pm - Lunch

2.30pm - Large Group

4.00pm - End

Future Dates:

4th September, 2026

4th December, 2026

QMMAC offers an enjoyable and supportive space for thinking, dialogue and learning The regular meetings aim to reduce feelings of professional isolation, stimulate creative discussion and develop a sense of community among those involved in psychodynamic work.

Through shared learning and dialogue, we grow stronger and more confident about our work and its place in the psychotherapeutic milieu. 

QMMAC is suitable for past and present trainees in group analysis, at any level, group analysts, individual analysts and colleagues in other fields with an interest in groups.

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