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Bristol, CFAR/Bristol University, Clinical Structures, Culture, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment, Therapy

CFAR & Bristol University Lecture – May 16th 2026 – Luca Bosetti on ASD, ADHD and Neurodiversity

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CFAR in association with Bristol University

Luca Bosetti on ASD, ADHD and Neurodiversity

CFAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISTOL UNIVERSITY 2025/26
Saturday, May 16th  •  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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The third seminar of the series will focus in particular on the question of diagnosis and examine the differences between psychiatric diagnosis, psychoanalytic diagnosis and the phenomenon of self-diagnosis which has currently become prevalent within the neurodiversity movement. Considering some famous cases of both unquestionable and questionable diagnoses of autism – including the animal scientist Temple Grandin and the pianist Glenn Gould – the seminar will illustrate how key psychoanalytic concepts like identification, psychical causality and symbol-formation remain essential resources for clinicians who want to find their bearing when working with patients who present symptoms associated with ADHD or AS

Venue: Merchant Venturers Building, Room 1.11

Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB

Please address enquiries to

Conor McCormack at cmccormack16@gmail.com

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Bristol, CFAR/Bristol University, Counselling, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment, Therapy

CFAR & BRISTOL UNIVERSITY ASD, ADHD and Neurodiversity With Kristina Valendinova Saturday February 21, 2026

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CFAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISTOL UNIVERSITY 2025/26

ASD, ADHD and Neurodiversity

With rising diagnoses of ASD and ADHD in most countries around the world, can psychoanalysis contribute anything to the understanding of both social and clinical aspects of this changing landscape? These seminars will examine the place of ASD and ADHD in contemporary discourse and discuss psychoanalytic conceptualisations, showing their relevance to both clinical work and to research on themes such as attention, sensory sensitivity and communication.

With Kristina Valendinova

Saturday February 21, 2026

10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Registration: 10.00 am on the day

Kristina Valendinova is a practicing analyst, member of CFAR and of the Cercle Freudien in Paris.

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Venue: Merchant Venturers Building, Room 1.11

Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB

Please address enquiries to

Conor McCormack at cmccormack16@gmail.com

Upcoming CFAR speakers for 2026

Luca Bosetti

May 16, 2026

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Bristol, CFAR/Bristol University, Clinical Structures, Culture, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment, Therapy

28/01/23 CFAR Bristol Lectures: An Introduction to the Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real – Christos Tombras

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CFAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRISTOL UNIVERSITY 2023

An Introduction to the Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real

(Or was it the other way around?)

Speaker: Christos Tombras

Christos Tombras is a supervising psychoanalyst with a Lacanian orientation, practising in London. He lectures, runs workshops and facilitates reading groups; his main research interest is in a dialogue between continental philosophy and psychoanalysis.

No prior knowledge of Lacan is assumed and the seminars will all include clinical examples involving the kind of problems and questions common to diverse currents in contemporary psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

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Bristol University staff & students: free admittance

Venue: Merchant Venturers Building, Room 1.11

Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB

Date: Saturday 28 January 2023

Time: 10am – 12 midday

Registration: 9.30am on the day

Please address enquiries to

Conor McCormack at cmccormack16@gmail.com

Kurt Lampe at clkwl@bristol.ac.uk

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Bristol, CFAR/Bristol University, Clinical Structures, Culture, Freud, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment, Therapy

Public Lecture 26 11 2022 – CFAR & Bristol University ‘Who Am I?’ Psychoanalysis and Identity with Astrid Gessert

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The Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and Bristol University
Public Lecture Series 2022/2023

‘Who Am I?’ – Psychoanalysis and Identity with Astrid Gessert

Astrid Gessert is a psychoanalyst and a member of CFAR and of the
College of Psychoanalysts-UK. She has worked in the NHS, in
private practice and as a supervisor. She contributes regularly to the
CFAR public lecture and training programme and lectures and
facilitates seminars at other psychoanalytic organisations. She has
written articles and edited books on psychoanalytic concepts and
obsessional neurosis.

No prior knowledge of Lacan is assumed and the seminars will all
include clinical examples involving the kind of problems and
questions common to diverse currents in contemporary
psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

Attendance Fee: £15; students £10 (cash only) staff and students
at Bristol University free admittance.

Venue: Merchant Venturers Building, Room 1.11
Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB
Date: Saturday, November 26, 2022
Time: 10am – 12 midday
Registration: 9.30am on the day

Please address enquiries to
Conor McCormack at cmccormack16@gmail.com
Kurt Lampe at clkwl@bristol.ac.uk

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Darian Leader, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment, Therapy

Psychoanalyst Darian Leader on the Covid-19 Pandem

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Darian Leader - Covid-19–

[Read the full article here on the Huffington Post Site]

“I see a lot of people during the lockdown finding isolation more positive than negative in the sense that they want to have space of their own. Again, the socio-economic factors have to be recognised here. For most people in the world, a lockdown doesn’t mean being on your own because you are in a small place with a lot of other people. You might be living in one room with your family or people that you work with, so it’s only a privilege for some to be able to retreat. In terms of my practice, though, a lot of people say they find the lockdown a great relief.”

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CFAR/Bristol University, Counselling, Culture, Freud, Interpretation of Dreams, mental health, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, talking treatment, Therapy

Saturday 19th October 2019 – Taking the Royal Road: 120 years of working with dreams – Speaker: Christos Tombras

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CFAR in association with Bristol University 2019/2020

Interpretation of Dreams

Four public seminars on the theme of Dream Interpretation will take place throughout the year. No prior knowledge of Lacan is assumed and the seminars will all include clinical examples involving the kind of problems and questions common to diverse currents in contemporary psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

Saturday 19th October 2019

Taking the Royal Road: 120 years of working with dreams  

Speaker: Christos Tombras

A supervising psychoanalyst practicing in London, Christos is a member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research.  He lectures, runs workshops and facilitates reading groups.  His book

Discourse Ontology: Body and the Construction of a World, from Heidegger through Lacan (2019) is out from Palgrave.

Attendance Fee: £15; students £10; staff and students at Bristol University free admittance.

Venue: Merchant Ventures Building, Room 1.11

Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UB

Time: 10am – 12 midday

Registration: 9.30am on the day

Please address enquiries to

Elizabeth O’Loughlin at elizaariadne@blueyonder.co.uk

Jill Brown at mjillbrown@hotmail.com  

Kurt Lampe at clkwl@bristol.ac.uk

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