Introductory Year

Applications are now open for the 2023/24 Introduction to Psychoanalysis course, a year-long programme consisting of weekly seminars and an experiential group. The course is intended to provoke a way of thinking psychoanalysis differently, and is held on Thursday evenings in central London from 7pm to 9.45pm. More details and information about the seminars can be found here.

To register your interest please email enquiries@the-site.org.uk. The fee of £1,200 is payable when your application is accepted. This fee will not be refunded unless the course is cancelled or cannot go ahead.

Summer series: In relation

We are pleased to announce a series of talks and films on Zoom exploring what it means to be In Relation with each other. The programme starts on Saturday 19 June and runs for seven weeks on either Wednesday nights or Saturday afternoons.


• Week one: Saturday 19 June, 2-4pm

Laura Chernaik: Having something, having nothing, and standing in relation


• Week two: Saturday 26 June, 2-4pm

Angela Kreeger: In conversation


• Week three: Wednesday 30 June, 6.30-8.30pm

Nick Blackburn: The bomb that will bring us together – on psychoanalytic writing


• Week four: Saturday 10 July, 2-4pm

Shalini Masih: Under the banyan tree – psychoanalytic engagement with an indigenous healing site


• Week five: Wednesday 14 July, 6.30-8.30pm

Jane Haynes and Jutta Laing: In conversation. The breath of life – celebrating our mortality


• Week six: Wednesday 21 July, 6.30-8.30pm

Niya B: Ekdysis. Film and talk


• Week seven: Wednesday 28 July, 6.30-8.30pm

Luisa Pretolani Bloom: They’re looking at you … LOOK BACK! Film and talk


Further information and booking is available on Eventbrite.

Tickets can be bought individually (£10-20) or as a package (£60-120). Discounts are on offer for Site members and trainees, and members of the international community. Selected sessions will be available as recordings.