14th September 2024
WORKSHOP with Dr. Andrew Briggs
The historical absence or neglect of the father in the contemporary psychoanalytic literature leaves a theoretical gap which influences our understanding and the treatment of our patients. In modern societies the role of the father is potentially diversely occupied. The male father at conception may be present or if absent leaves the role vacant for the child’s mother or new partner. Single fathers and mothers are solo but optimally need to provide parenting as a parental couple. Same sex female and male parental couples are faced with a comparable necessity. But what is the consequence on parental and child development when none of these parents occupy the father’s role? Drawing upon over thirty-five years work with couples and families Dr Briggs presents in this workshop what he has found to be a successful clinical instrument for re-establishing the father, thus enabling the parental couple to exist for this diverse spectrum of parents.
Andrew Briggs, PhD is Member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and the Association of Child Psychotherapists, London, UK. He is now working in private practice and through provider contracts with mental health care organisations. Previously he was Head of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy for North East London Foundation Trust. He has been a visiting lecturer to Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and Teaching Fellow in the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Kent Institute for Medical and Health Studies, University of Kent.
Books edited by Andrew Briggs at Karnac:
Waiting To Be Found: Papers on Children in Care (The Tavistock Clinic series)
Surviving Space: Papers on Infant Observation (The Tavistock Clinic series)
Towards Belonging: Negotiating New Relationships for Adopted Children and Those in Care (The Tavistock Clinic series)
Venue: Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Vienna
The workshop including the two case supervisions is held in person,
but it is also possible to join the lecture and discussion (not supervision) via Zoom.
1:00pm Lecture by Andrew Briggs
1:45pm Discussion
2:30pm Break
2:45pm Case 1 Supervision by Andrew Briggs
3:45pm Break
4:00pm Case 2 Supervision by Andrew Briggs
5:00pm Final remarks and end.
Fees:
50 EURO (Lecture and Supervisions)
20 EURO (Online lecture only)
The workshop is organized in cooperation with the
Austrian Society for Transference Focused Psychotherapy, TFP-Austria.
