Are sessions recorded?

No, even though it's been anonymised there may be discussion of clinical material.

Will I get a certificate?

We will issue a CPD certificate on completion.

What time zone is the course held in?

We are BST (GMT+1)(UTC+1). We are UK-based, however, regularly have participants from around the world.

Saturday, 17 May

Splitting, Projection & its relevance to individual, group& social dynamics

Linda Buckingham's seminar on Klein's theory of Splitting and Projection & its relevance to individuals, groups & social dynamics. CPD

By The Society for Social and Critical Psychoanalysis

Date and time

Sat, 17 May 2025 02:00 - 04:00 PDT

Location

Online

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

Melanie Klein's theory of Splitting and Projection and its relevance to individuals, groups and social dynamics.

Join the Society for Social and Critical Psychoanalysis for this seminar given by Linda Buckingham. Splitting and projection starts in infancy and continues throughout life in different degrees according to individual personalities and the groups to which we belong. The theory helps us understand the trends of national and international politics, for example, the growing tensions between democratic and authoritarian systems and the erosion of freedom of expression in the US and elsewhere.

As this will be more of a seminar than a lecture, with pauses for discussion, Linda is grateful for help in thinking about certain questions. For instance;

What are the unconscious forces that fragment human groups and those that unite them? Is extremism popular with many people because it is simplistic compared with pluralism?

Register now for this online (Zoom) CPD event to secure your spot!

For all general enquires, please email enquiries@sscp.uk

About Linda Buckingham:

With an academic background in Philosophy and English Literature. She is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and worked in the NHS for 30 years. She is affiliated with the Guild of Psychotherapists and the SSCP.

Organised by

The Society for Social and Critical Psychoanalysis

The Society for Social & Critical Psychoanalysis (SSCP)

The SSCP offers a range of events exploring the rich and diverse field of psychoanalysis. Our programme includes an Introductory Course and a series of stand-alone lectures, delivered by a range of psychoanalytic clinicians most of whom are involved with the SSCP clinical training. The SSCP training is well known for its critical and comparative engagement with the different traditions of psychoanalytic thought. Rather than being rooted in one body of psychoanalytic theory, the training explores the different psychoanalytic schools – Lacanian, Object Relations, Kleinian, Relational, Jungian, and Freudian – and reflects on the place of those schools within the contemporary social field.

Who would these events interest?

If you are already working as a counsellor, it is an opportunity to broaden your knowledge base within the field of psychoanalysis and to enhance your clinical practice.

If you are thinking of doing a psychoanalytic training, then these events offer a broad introduction to the ideas and practices that a training will involve.

These events will also be of interest to those who want to find out more about the relevance of psychoanalysis to the dilemmas and conflicts of contemporary life.

At the conclusion of the course attendance certificates are available for CPD purposes.