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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Issue 49 (2026) of ‘New Associations’ psychoanalytic magazine has been published by the British Psychoanalytic Council. For a copy of our editorial, which includes details of the articles in this issue, email noreen.giffney@bpc.org.uk and emmanuelle.smith@bpc.org.uk

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The ‘Cultural Encounters’ experiential event at the Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC) in Belfast on Saturday 10 October is fully booked www.artsandhealth.ie/2026/09/23/c... To join the waitlist in case a place becomes available, please email me at n.giffney@ulster.ac.uk

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Association for Psychosocial Studies @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Our latest APS newsletter brings together news, events, calls, opportunities and updates from across the psychosocial community. If you’d like to keep up with what’s happening at APS and hear more from us, you can join APS today through the APS website. www.psychosocial-studies-association.org

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For the event brochure and to register, email me at n.giffney@ulster.ac.uk Places are free but limited so early registration is advised. This is an in-person event. It is not possible to join online. The event will not be recorded.

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

New issue of #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine on relationality with @jilltba.bsky.social’s article on #WorldComesAlive VR experience on page one. Illustration by Allen Fatimaharn. For info re the issue: noreen.giffney@bpc.org.uk & emmanuelle.smith@bpc.org.uk www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/our...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Looking forward to speaking at the Freud Lacan Institute’s hybrid event on #psychoanalysis & research this Saturday 4 October in the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Dublin freudlacaninstitute.com/research-sym...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I’ll be giving a talk re #psychoanalysis, reflective practice and #VR as part of the Irish Forum for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy’s clinical seminar series on Saturday 20 September at 10 am-1pm Irish time. The hybrid event will take place in Dublin, Ireland & online www.eventbrite.ie/e/our-attune...

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Our Attuned Countertransference: can virtual reality experiences develop it

Online attendance tickets: Our Attuned Countertransference: can virtual reality experiences develop it?

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I’ll be speaking @ a symposium re #psychoanalysis & #research on 4 October in Dublin. Speakers include clinical practitioners & researchers in psychoanalysis, #psychiatry & #psychology to discuss the place & importance of research. Attend in person or online freudlacaninstitute.com/research-sym...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#NewAssociations 46 (2025) has been published. This is the 1st complete issue of the #psychoanalytic magazine Emmanuelle Smith & I have edited. We’ve framed this issue around the themes of conflict & trauma. Email emmanuelle.smith@bpc.org.uk & noreen.giffney@bpc.org.uk for a copy of our editorial

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I enjoyed working with my talented colleagues at the #WorldComesAlive: VR & #Psychoanalysis event @ the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London this week: (l-r) me, @lynnfroggett.bsky.social, @jilltba.bsky.social, @gailkenning.bsky.social & Anna Harvey www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/06/11/w...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

‘World Comes Alive: #Psychoanalysis & Virtual Reality’, London, Thursday 19 June www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/06/11/w... We will be focusing on how #VR experiences might be incorporated into clinical training & CPD training re reflective practice. (Photo from #WorldComesAlive, the fEEL Lab 2025)

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Interested in writing an article or review for #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine, published by the British Psychoanalytic Council? Listen to this new podcast with Emmanuelle Smith (Co-Editor), Niamh Downes (Managing Editor) & me (Co-Editor) re how to pitch s301.podbean.com/pb/653013c43...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

#Psychoanalysis Meets Virtual Reality: Experiential event re #WorldComesAlive, a new Virtual Reality (VR) experience & the 1st underpinned & framed by psychoanalytic thinking. Thur 19 June 3-8 pm in the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust, London www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-come... DM me for the brochure

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Join Jill Bennett, Gail Kenning, Lynn Froggett, Anna Harvey & me for ‘World Comes Alive’, a new Virtual Reality (VR) experience & the 1st VR app underpinned by #psychoanalytic thinking. Thursday 19 June 3 pm-8 pm in the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, London. Email n.giffney@ulster.ac.uk for info

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The Psychoanalytic Writing for Publication Workshop taking place on Tuesday 13 May at 7 pm-8.30 pm is almost fully booked. Register for one of the remaining places at www.bpc.org.uk/event/new-as...

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New Associations: Writing for publication workshop - British Psychoanalytic Council

Join the new Editors of New Associations to learn how to turn an idea into an article or review, and how to do this with an emphasis on psychoanalysis.

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The new issue of #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine has been published by the British Psychoanalytic Council. It is the first issue published in my role as joint editor-in-chief with Emmanuelle Smith. Subscribe @ www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new... Back issues @ www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Emmanuelle Smith & I will talk through how to turn an idea into an article or review for #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine, published by the British Psychoanalytic Council. Join us for an online workshop on Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 7 pm-8.30 pm (UK time): www.bpc.org.uk/event/new-as...

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harrietmossop.bsky.social @harrietmossop.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

See us online at 2pm today with Patricia Gherovici, @noreengiffney.bsky.social @hzeavin.bsky.social and chair Raluca Soreanu for a discussion about how Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham’s relationship is portrayed in the movie Freud’s Last Session - tickets from @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Congrats @harrietmossop.bsky.social & Agnes Meadows on a thoroughly engaging & enlightening tour @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social re Anna Freud & Dorothy Burlingham’s relationship (l-r) Harriet, Raluca Soreanu, me, Agnes. Still time to sign up for tomorrow’s online www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerr’s evocative & reflective article, ‘Culture as the Bad Object’ @ our 3rd session. It’s available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Really looking forward to these 2 #psychoanalytic events @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social, organised by @harrietmossop.bsky.social, on 31 Jan-1 Feb on the relationship between Anna Freud & Dorothy Burlingham & its portrayal in the film #Freud’sLastSession . Join us in London (also online on 1 Feb)

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I have been appointed Joint Editor-in-Chief (with Emmanuelle Smith) of #NewAssociations, a #psychoanalytic magazine published by the British Psychoanalytic Council, that brings psychoanalytic thinking to social, cultural & political issues: www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new... Email for more info

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed a chapter on aesthetic experience & the uncanny from Gregorio Kohon’s book ‘Reflections on the Aesthetic Experience: Psychoanalysis & the Uncanny’@ our 2nd session www.routledge.com/Reflections-... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho...

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Jill Bennett @jilltba.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

So many amazing people are coming together for #TransformingTrauma - co-creating #VirtualReality experiences, led by remote and regional First Nations communities - proud to work with you all! www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

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Virtual reality project healing indigenous trauma receives $2.8m MRFF grant

The funding will broaden the use of virtual reality tools which have already used to help regional communities deal with trauma.

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Call for research proposals for a fully-funded PhD in #Psychoanalysis & Culture @ Ulster University, Belfast 3-year research projects with an emphasis on the object relations tradition of psychoanalysis. I will supervise the project. Further details: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...

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Candida Yates @profcand.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Today the British Psychoanalytic Council gave me an award at their annual PPNow conference for ‘Dedication to Psychoanalytic Scholarship’. Thanks to all who nominated me!

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Congrats to @lynnfroggett.bsky.social who has been appointed a Visiting Professor in the School of Communication & Media at Ulster University in Belfast! Listen to Lynn talking recently about the soundscapes in her daily life on.soundcloud.com/qS7ZMNNk3zvD...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group is back this morning & we’re discussing a chapter on ‘Art & Attunement’ from Rita Felski’s ‘Hooked: Art & Attunement’ @ our 1st session press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho...

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Starter Pack go.bsky.app/UJV7CvG

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I research the formative & enduring influence of our engagement with cultural objects (film, art, literature, music) on our lives. I’m interested in our emotional & unconscious attachments to cultural objects, what they might tell us about ourselves & how psychoanalysis might help

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