May

The Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive with Philip Stokoe

by Wimbledon Guild Counselling Training

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A 2 hour ZOOM workshop with Philip Stokoe

About this event

Please note events are live stream only they are not recorded

About the event

This 2 hour online workshop is based on his new book: The Curiosity Drive: Our Need for Inquisitive Thinking.

Stokoe will outline the work of Freud, Klein, and Bion to provide a firm foundation to his exploration of individual development and how it relates to groups and organisations.

He will discuss why so many organisations are dysfunctional, take an in-depth look at the problems unique to psychoanalytic institutions, and give clear insight into how groups function as a separate entity to the individuals involved.

He will also investigate curiosities shadow side, detailing the alternative processes needed when it becomes a problem. There will be time for Q&A.

The trainer:

Philip Stokoe is a Psychoanalyst (Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, Training Analyst with the British Psychotherapy Foundation) in private practice working with adults and couples, and an Organisational Consultant, providing consultation to a wide range of organisations. He worked as a Consultant Social Worker and Senior Lecturer in the Adult Department of the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust from 1994 to 2012 finishing as Clinical Director. He writes and teaches on a wide range of topics including Psychoanalytic understanding of society and politics.

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