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Noreen Giffney

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Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist & Psychosocial Theorist. Author of ‘The Culture-Breast in #Psychoanalysis: Cultural Experiences & the Clinic’. Joint Editor-in-Chief of #NewAssociations psychoanalytic magazine

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Nov 18

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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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · 16d

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...

Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

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 · Jul 30

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...

Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jul 21

#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 [email protected] & [email protected] for a copy of our editorial

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jun 22

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...

Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jun 11

‘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 · Jun 5

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 · May 19

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · May 19

#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 · May 16

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · May 16

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 [email protected] for info

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Tom Fielder @tjfielder.bsky.social · May 9

Congratulations to the editors of this exciting new collection, which interrogates psychosocial studies as a scholarly praxis of “creative disruption”. Including a playful piece of my own about Brexit, drawing on @profcand.bsky.social work on political culture: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Association for Psychosocial Studies @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social · Apr 17

Please join us for our next reading group! Writer and podcaster Alasdair Cannon will be presenting a psychosocial perspective on fascism, based on his timely new book. Thursday 1 May, 6pm.
@profcand.bsky.social @tjfielder.bsky.social @heidis-ann.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-allure...?

The Allure of Fascism: Infinite Discontent with Alasdair Cannon

Join us for our next APS online reading group, with Alasdair Cannon on the allure of fascism in contemporary societies.

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Association for Psychosocial Studies @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social · Feb 12

The Journal of Psychosocial Studies invites submissions for a special section dedicated to examining the ongoing political crisis marked by the results of the elections in the USA, and the rise of populism and authoritarianism across the USA and Europe.

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Apr 7

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...

Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Apr 1

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 · Mar 24

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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Tom Fielder @tjfielder.bsky.social · Feb 5

Do join us for the next @assocpsychosocial.bsky.social reading group on 19 Feb! Prof Fintan Walsh will be presenting his latest research on theatre, performance and post-pandemic grief @noreengiffney.bsky.social @profcand.bsky.social @jacobjohanssen.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performing...

Performing (Post) Pandemic Grief: Prof Fintan Walsh

Join us for our next APS online reading group, with Prof Fintan Walsh on responses to death and loss in (post) pandemic theatre.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Feb 1

Thanks very much for such a generous blurb re your experience of reading the book @tswingard.bsky.social! It was a very enjoyable collaboration with colleagues @dianewatt.bsky.social & Michelle Sauer

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harrietmossop.bsky.social @harrietmossop.bsky.social · Feb 1

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 · Jan 31

Thanks to Ruth for the photo!

Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jan 31

I’ll be reflecting on the film, Freud’s Last Session, tomorrow with @harrietmossop.bsky.social, Raluca Soreanu, @hzeavin.bsky.social & Patricia Gherovici www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-... Organised by Harrie & hosted by @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social

Queer Encounters with psychoanalytic history at the Freud Museum – the relationship between Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham (Online Symposium) - Freud Museum London

All registrants will receive their link to join via ZOOM. Attendees will also receive access to the recording on the Monday after the event, available to

www.freud.org.uk

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Noreen Giffney @noreengiffney.bsky.social · Jan 31

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 · Jan 21

Harriet is also organising an in-person event on Friday 31 January at the Freud Museum, London. Harriet & Agnes Meadows will be speaking & the event includes an exclusive tour of the Museum www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-...

Queer Encounters with psychoanalytic history at the Freud Museum – the relationship between Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham (In-House Tour) - Freud Museum London

In the 1970s and ‘80s, when the Freud Museum archive was being established, conservative social attitudes about lesbian relationships meant that Anna