International PGR Conference on Psychoanalytically Informed Trainings
Saturday, 26 September 2026 at 00:00
Theme: "Innovation, Inclusion, Integrity"
Event details
Adult psychoanalytically-informed trainings are increasingly being challenged to innovate and adapt in order to remain accessible and resilient amid global disruptions such as pandemics and wars, and socio-cultural changes. While scientific and technological advancements have opened up new possibilities, they have also introduced significant challenges to a model of training historically grounded in stable and traditionally rigid frameworks.
Today’s global context is marked by volatility, insecurity, and contradictions - more interconnected yet increasingly fragmented, with shifting financial and geopolitical boundaries. As accessibility is constantly challenged, individuals who may have not been able to train in the past, have the right for provisions that are genuinely inclusive and not only performative.
In this complex landscape, it is more urgent than ever to ask: What unconventional challenges do contemporary training institutions and trainees face, and how can training models evolve to meet them? This conference seeks to explore how such challenges can be met-not only with practical solutions but also with openness to the ways they might enrich the training process itself.
We invite speakers and delegates to reflect on their experiences as trainees or training providers, both in terms of the logistical adaptations required and the reflective practices that have emerged in response. Together, we aim to consider how flexibility, creativity, and critical engagement can help shape the future of psychoanalytic education.
Abstract Submission
We invite trainees and trainers of psychodynamically/psychoanalytically-informed trainings to submit an abstract by 6th June midnight UK time.
The themes of the papers will relate, among others, to the following issues:
- Sign/spoken language diversity
- Personal Therapy
- Supervision
- Conducting therapy/infant observation in non-standard conditions
- Cultural, social, gender, and sexual diversity
- Neurodiversity
- Consistency of training criteria across borders
- Major events (Covid-19, war, revolution, natural disasters, terrorism)
For further information on registration and programme please visit the or contact Lucy Taylor.
Organiser
General University event
Location
Registrations will be free and the conference will be held online