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| Early Bird - Qualified Member | £180.00 |
| Trainee Fee | £140.00 |
ACP Conference 2025
Tickets Now On Sale! Secure the Early Bird Price before the end of April.
Sexuality Through a Modern Lens:
Shifts and inhibitions in the psychosexual development of children and young people and their impact on clinical thinking within child psychotherapy.
Arrivals from 8:45 am
Conference starts at 9:15 am
Conference ends at 5:00 pm
Location: Radisson Park Plaza, London Victoria (in-person)
We are looking forward to coming together for the ACP Conference 2025, where we’ll dive into the evolving landscape of sexuality and its influence on young people, their sexual identity, their relationships, and our clinical practice. This year’s theme will aim to examine sexuality in all its contemporary expressions - inside and outside the consulting room. Throughout the day and over a range of exploratory papers and presentations we’ll be considering:
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Challenges in adapting psychoanalytic frameworks, including rethinking traditional concepts like the Oedipus complex through non-heteronormative perspectives.
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The influence of internal defences and professional inhibitions on how we think, write, and talk about sexuality.
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The role of technology in shaping psychosexual development: from sexting to digital intimacy.
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The impact of societal changes, including the discourse on gender identity and the influence of LGBTQ+ awareness.
The ACP Conference 2025 is an invaluable opportunity to contribute to a lively discourse, connect with peers in person, and shape the future of clinical thinking in child psychotherapy.
You spoke, we listened
Based on feedback from last year’s conference, we have understood that an in-person event was most preferable. To keep accommodation and travel expenses down, we have opted for a 1-day event, but aimed to fit plenty of engaging and interactive content into the programme – which will only be accessible by attending the conference in-person. We really hope to see you there!
Confirmed Chairs:
Elizabeth Murphy & Andrew Dawson
Confirmed Speakers:
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Presentation Title |
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Ian Paton |
“I’m a pervert, aren’t I?” Addressing the trauma of growing up queer |
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Jeanne Magagna |
Dreaming with Expressions of Love and Hate: The Journey towards Sexual Identity |
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Eliza Newell and The Portman Clinic child and adolescent team |
‘That’s just how it is these days’: Sexualization online in latency and early teens, and its legacy in late adolescence |
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Kate Mills |
Using the creative coupling of the therapeutic relationship to support young people moving into adolescent sexual development |
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Claudia McLoughlin |
Experiential body awareness workshop |
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Stuart Hannah |
Should it be penis envy, pride or shame in 2025? Reflections on work with boys, men and masculinity with reference to group work in boarding schools |
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Carlotta Bozzetti |
Living in a cyclical body: Un silencing the menarche and the menstrual cycle |
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Maeve Doherty, Lee Snowden, Sophie Robson, Mollie Hodge and Oliver Hawthorne |
Group Sex: on coming and not coming together - a collective reflective discussion on group sexuality through the prism of group work with Looked After Children and Adolescents |
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Dr Nikolaos Tzikas |
The ‘Hera Complex’: No Link, Yet All One - Latency Children’s Paradoxical Phantasies of De-sexualisation and Bi-sexuality |
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Dr Eva Crasnow, Dr Sarah Peter & Colleagues |
In the face of 'bad sex' how can we as psychoanalytic child psychotherapists engage in creative coupling? Thinking together as a clinical tool |
* Ticket sales end at 11pm on Sunday 15th June 2025