Events | British Psychoanalytical Society

Upcoming events

Featured event | Knowing / Not Knowing

What does it mean to know? And what lies beyond what is knowable? Join philosophers, analysts and artists as we try to work this out.

Friday 28th November

In person event at the Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis and Racialisation

Monday 22nd September 2025, 7:00pm to Monday 8th December 2025, 8:30pm

This hybrid event, gives an overview of psychoanalytic thinking on subjects relevant to the themes of Race and Diversity.

Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis 2025 - 2026

Wednesday 24th September 2025, 5:45pm to Wednesday 1st July 2026, 7:35pm

Discover key psychoanalytic concepts and how they apply in the consulting room and beyond.

Therapeutic Relationships in Forensic and Adult Mental Health Settings

Thursday 25th September 2025, 8:00pm to Thursday 20th November 2025, 9:30pm

A psychodynamic dimension to psychiatry

Benevolent and Toxic Aspects of Object Relationships

Saturday 4th October 2025, 10:00am to Saturday 15th November 2025, 1:30pm

A four part seminar series with Gianna Williams and Roberta Mondadori

Political Mind Special | Indignity: Historical Trauma, Dignity, and the Transmission of Truth with Prof Lea Ypi and Chair: Jonathan Sklar

Tuesday 4th November 2025, 8:15pm

Join us online for this Political Mind special with Professor Lea Ypi (LSE)

Child and Adolescent Analysis - Clinical Work Discussion Seminar | 21st November

Friday 21st November 2025, 4:00pm

Clinical Discussion Workshops for Work with Children, a Continuation from The Maudsley Lectures in Child Psychoanalysis Theory and Practice.

Knowing / Not Knowing

Friday 28th November 2025, 7:00pm

An event in the Questioning the Obvious series for the general public presented in collaboration between the Institute of Psychoanalysis and the Centre for Philosophy and Arts at King’s College London.

Political Mind Special | Art in a State of Siege How Art Bears Witness in Times of Crisis

Tuesday 2nd December 2025, 8:15pm

Join us online for this Political Mind special with Prof Joseph Koerner..

Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis Spring and Summer 2026

Wednesday 7th January 2026, 5:45pm to Wednesday 1st July 2026, 7:35pm