OPEN MONTHLY MEETING

Date to be confirmed

DR. BEGUM MAITRA

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Grasping the nettle: The problem with culture

Dr. Begum Maitra will use material from popular culture, ethnography and her clinical practice with individuals and families in multicultural London to explain why 'culture' remains a central preoccupation for her. She hopes to engage participants in a discussion as to whether psychotherapy can continue its claims, however cautiously these might be framed, to be based on 'universal' human truths.  What, if any, effects  do globalisation and Western postmodern constructions of the individual, have on the discipline, its core beliefs and training methods?  

Dr. Begum Maitra is Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the East London and the City Mental Health Trust, and a Jungian analyst in private practice. She is co-editor (with Dr Sami Timimi) of Critical Voices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Free Association Books, 2006) and is involved in a study of culture and parenting practice among South Asian families with Surrey University .

This meeting is open to practicing analysts and trainees. 

Advance booking is essential as space is limited

 AJA Tel:  020 7794 8711 - email: aja@dircon.co.uk

Tickets for non-AJA members: £10