CFAR Annual Conference
CFAR ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Structures of Love: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Birkbeck College, Malet Street (Room B33)
(and via Zoom)
SATURDAY 5 JULY 2025
10.00 am – 5.30 pm
(Please book before Friday 4 July 2025 at 10.00 am at the latest)
Speakers:
Luca Bosetti, Gwion Jones, Rik Loose, Catherine Millot, Kristina Valendinova
Can psychoanalysis tell us anything new about love? Analytic work shows that we
can be in love without knowing it, and there is even a special kind of love that is
fostered by the psychoanalytic relation itself, that Freud called transference love. This
conference will explore psychoanalytic conceptions of love both within and beyond
the clinic, moving from how love operates in relationships to the question of divine
love.
Entrance fee: £110 in person attendance Zoom: £90
Concessions: £80 in person Zoom: £60
Please book online via Paypal or contact the Administrator at
[email protected]
Website: www.cfar.org.uk
PROGRAMME
9.15 – 9.45 am
***** Registration with Coffee and Tea *****
9:45 am – 10:20 am
| Welcome & Introduction | Astrid Gessert & Anne Worthington (Psychoanalysts, CFAR) |
Chair: Astrid Gessert
10.20 – 11.30
| In Love 2 is Odd | Rik Loose Psychoanalyst, NLS, Dublin |
| Structures of Love | Luca Bosetti, Gwion Jones, Kristina Valendinova Psychoanalysts, CFAR |
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
******* Lunch Break ********
Chair: Darian Leader
2.00 – 3.15 pm
| The Love of God. Variations: the Case of Madame Guyon |
Catherine Millot Psychoanalyst and Author, Paris |
3.15 – 3.45 pm
***** Tea break *****
3.45 – 5.15 pm
Chair: Darian Leader
Speakers Panel:
Luca Bosetti, Astrid Gessert, Gwion Jones, Rik Loose,
Catherine Millot, Kristina Valendinova