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Civilization and its Discontents: A Marathon Reading

Is it important for psychotherapy to be 'critical' and socially engaged?
What models of 'mental illness' and 'mental health' are appropriate for psychotherapy in the 21st century?
Have mental health services and the 'mental health agenda' become part of the ideological mechanisms of neo-liberal society?

Acclaimed author, Iain Sinclair joins us to discuss his latest book London Overground - a living history of London told through a long day's hike around the London Overground route, by Britain's master psychogeographer

Part of an exciting and imaginative season of talks and events accompanying the exhibition 'Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing' 22 October 2014 - 22 February 2015.

A Staged Reading of Selected Letters between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung - followed by a panel discussion

Speakers from Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, Psychosocial Studies, Art and Classics come together on St Valentine's Day to discuss Freud’s revolutionary ideas on Eros, and the ever intriguing and complex emotion of love.

This event will be an informal and loving discussion between amateurs on the subject of love. Using different aspects of love in Greek philosophy - agápe, éros, philía, and storgē - and Freud’s conceptualisations of Eros, we will think about why it’s so difficult to love.

Jay Sherry - talk followed by discussion with Gary Lachman

Performance: Gerald Davidson with Helen Clapp.