Francois Louw in discussion with Aikaterini Fotopoulou on Pain actually!

Abstract: The talk will focus on psychoanalytic concepts that pertain to the connection between mind and body, which the speaker has found particularly helpful in psychotherapeutic work with patients in a NHS Pain Management Service. Starting with Freud’s notion of drives and distinction between psycho- and actual neuroses, the talk will touch on Winnicott’s developmental perspective and on the framework of the Paris School of Psychosomatics. Brief clinical examples will be offered to illuminate concepts.   

Bio: Francois Louw is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Psychoanalyst. He is employed by the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust as the Psychological Therapies Lead for Pain Management Services of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He also works in Private Practice in London and teaches on the Tavistock’s ‘Interdisciplinary training in adult psychotherapy’, and at the Institute of Psychoanalysis and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families.