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All attendees will be sent a unique link to join the live event and the recording will be sent to all registrants 24 hours after the event, available for 1 month. It will take place from 4-6.30pm British Summer Time. Please check the time difference if you are not in the same time zone as UK.
“Presenting Problems” is a series of short films that address dilemmas faced by both patients and psychotherapists. The films do this not by portraying people with particular symptoms (depression, anxiety, etc.) or by illustrating diagnostic categories (masochism, narcissism and so on) but by using some unconventional figures within more conventional genres (children’s story, the myth/legend, gothic horror, a “thought-story”) as a way of describing something about an internal dynamic.
The films employ different visual idioms, literary forms, and types of media to convey the conditions upon which this particular world is felt operate. Each film could be seen simultaneously as a case study, a philosophical inquiry, a description of primitive states and a portrayal of an internal “situation” (among other things).
Taking the films as a point of departure, this workshop will open discussion within the group and raise questions about what facilitates, stalls, or prevents psychological change. They have been used for classroom discussions, clinical training, and for anyone else interested in such things.
The films were all made by psychoanalyst Garrick Duckler, who will also facilitate the workshop discussion.
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Garrick Duckler trained at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Previous to being a mental health clinician, Garrick taught literature after having received a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Chicago. He is a self-taught videographer, editor, voice actor and illustrator. Currently, he is serving on the board of PEP (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publications) where he is embarking on new projects involving film as a medium for conveying the ideas, history and problems of psychoanalysis for larger audiences.
Members’ Discount
From the 1 April 2022, Freud Museum Members will be able to receive a 20% discount on tickets with a special Members code. Details will be circulated to all Members via email.
