Rupture and repair - working with negative transference
About the workshop
This interactive and experiential workshop, aimed at individual, group, family and couple psychotherapists and counsellors, will explore the nature of rupture and repair in the therapeutic journey between psychotherapist and client(s). We will examine how and why rupture occurs in the consulting room, and look at ways in which the therapeutic alliance can be repaired.
Most therapists will have experienced a sense of 'getting it wrong', feeling caught in an ethical dilemma, a negative transference or counter-transference, or a boundary error. How we manage both the clients' and our own feelings can be difficult. We will explore the various ways in which the experience of rupture can occur in the treatment of individuals and couples, and consider a range of strategies that may be deployed to offer containment and to secure the progress of treatment.
This workshop is dynamic, and will include theoretical understanding of the analysis of negative transference in the context of case presentation. Psychoanalytic and attachment-based models will be kept in mind. Participants are encouraged to attend with a case in mind for discussion in small groups later in the day.
About the trainer
Jenny Riddell is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working with individuals and couples. She is registered with The British Society of Couple Psychotherapists and Counsellors and The Bowlby Centre. Her specialist interests are in how a couple grieves, infertility, affairs, and working with couples in later life. She has a private practice and supervises, trains, teaches, and is an academic supervisor for masters dissertations on a variety of psychotherapy training. She has previously worked with Tavistock Relationships, Relate and WPF and is a member of BPC, UKCP, and BAPPS.
Book here: https://tavistockrelationships.ac.uk/forthcoming-events/1232-rupture-and-repair
Please note, the event will take place on the fourth floor, and lift access will not be available until late 2019.