British Psychoanalytic Council

The BPC are one of 30 organisations supporting @UKCP_Updates' campaign calling for an urgent and thorough update to the NICE anxiety guideline. We’ve signed a joint statement which has gained support from stakeholders across the mental health sector. bpc.org.uk/calling-for-an…

BPC Renewals are open! If you're a BPC Registrant , to remain on the Register, complete your renewal form by 31 March. Find the renewal form via your My Account area. Please note: this renewal period is for BPC Registrants only. Other members will be reminded when to renew.

Save the dates and book your place for Institute of Psychoanalysis events in the New Year. Registration is open! 🔗psychoanalysis.org.uk/events

Happy New Year! From everyone at the BPC Team. As a reminder, the BPC office will close at 5pm on 24th December 2025 and reopen at 9am on 2nd January 2026.

Happy Holidays from everyone at the British Psychoanalytic Council. We hope you have a restful and restorative winter break. As a reminder, The BPC office will close at 5pm on 24th December 2025 and reopen at 9am on 2nd January 2026.

Authors ask questions around the nature of relationships between humans and technology, and what advancements in technology mean for the future of intimacy and psychoanalysis more broadly. Explore your copy now or subscribe for access: bit.ly/subscribetoNA

“What unsettles us now is the sudden presence of a machine that not only speaks but appears to be able to respond to our desires” In Issue 45 of New Associations, contributors explore themes around AI and technology through a psychoanalytic lens.

“It’s a challenge for therapists because there is a much wider range of ways to be in a couple now,” she said. “A monogamous lifelong relationship is simply not what a lot of people, in particular women, want.” Read more here: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

“the idea of the couple is shifting radically” Registrant and author Juliet Rosenfeld is quoted in a recent article from the @guardian discussing @lilyallen's new album and the increase in open relationships.

But it doesn’t end there." Brilliant new article from Moya Sarner for The Guardian on the ways in which psychotherapy can help us build a better world. Thank you for mentioning our new website feature that allows therapists include whether they're open to low fee work.

"People often think that psychoanalysis and its NHS-friendly grandchild, psychodynamic psychotherapy, are all about looking inwards. And it’s true – good therapy should give us the time and space, the frame and the containment, to look inside and listen to ourselves.

🎥 Watch Liz Allison introduce this year’s UCL Psychoanalysis Unit Conference on Memory! 🧠✨ Join us 29–30 November 2025, at UCL & online via Zoom. Book your place ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis…

The contributing witnesses provided insightful and valuable testimonies that sparked fervent deliberations amongst the round table, including contributions from our representatives, BPC Chair Lee Smith and Professor Alessandra Lemma. Find out more: bpc.org.uk/commission-for…

The BPC Team attended the first session of the Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy last week. Discussions traced the systems, policies, workflows and structures in place in the current counselling and psychotherapy sector.

At this year’s AGM, we hosted a drinks reception for our Registrants and Member Institutions as an opportunity to celebrate this year's BPC Awards. Each year, we ask our registrants to nominate the colleagues they felt deserved celebrating. bpc.org.uk/bpc-awards-202…

The BPC gathered in Liverpool alongside @UKCP_Updates & @BACP to stage a policy roundtable on: The vital role of mental health in Get Britain Working. The aim was to discuss the under-explored benefits of psychotherapy in assisting people, unable to work bpc.org.uk/bpc-at-labour-…

We’re in Liverpool today at the Labour Party Conference, hosting a roundtable with BACP and @BritPsyCouncil on why mental health must be central to ‘Get Britain Working’. #LabourPartyConference (1/2)

Next week, UKCP will be at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. We’ll be hosting a roundtable in partnership with @BACP and @BritPsyCouncil on the vital role of mental health in 'Get Britain Working'. (1/3)

Interesting in joining the staff team at the British Psychoanalytic Council? We're hashtag #hiring now that our wonderful team mate is moving on to run their private practice full time. We are looking for a part time Membership Officer. Find out more: lnkd.in/enCzAmNG