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Life and Death: Loss and Mourning Across the Life Cycle

Manchester and online St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green, Manchester

MPDT Conference 2026 We all suffer loss in multiple forms throughout life, from ordinary and expectable losses, to devastating and unforeseen ones. Our presenters - Psychoanalyst Becky Hall, Prof Paul Hoggett, Dr Pauline Lee and Dr Sharon Numa - will share their clinical work and ideas on this most human of experiences, personally, professionally and […]

Turning a Deaf Ear: Impediments to Listening in the Clinical Situation

Royal College of Physicians 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh

The IOPA Conference 2026 The Edinburgh Conference is the second in-person conference IOPA will hold in Edinburgh. Listening is at the heart of our work with people in psychic distress however there are times when the way we listen to and hear those we work with is hindered or can be distorted. The topic Turning […]