Noreen Giffney
@noreengiffney.bsky.social
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist & Psychosocial Theorist. Author of ‘The Culture-Breast in #Psychoanalysis: Cultural Experiences & the Clinic’. Joint Editor-in-Chief of #NewAssociations psychoanalytic magazine
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...
September 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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...
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...
Attend in person or online freudlacaninstitute.com/research-sym...
July 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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...
Attend in person or online freudlacaninstitute.com/research-sym...
#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
July 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#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
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...
June 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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...
‘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)
June 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
‘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)
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...
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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...
#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
May 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#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
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
May 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
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...
April 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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...
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...
March 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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...
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-...
January 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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-...
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerr’s evocative & reflective article, ‘Culture as the Bad Object’ @ our 3rd session. It’s available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed Nini Kerr’s evocative & reflective article, ‘Culture as the Bad Object’ @ our 3rd session. It’s available open access & well worth reading link.springer.com/article/10.1... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho... @ninikerr.bsky.social
I have been appointed Joint Editor-in-Chief (with Emmanuelle Smith) of #NewAssociations, a #psychoanalytic magazine published by the British Psychoanalytic Council, that brings psychoanalytic thinking to social, cultural & political issues: www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new... Email for more info
January 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have been appointed Joint Editor-in-Chief (with Emmanuelle Smith) of #NewAssociations, a #psychoanalytic magazine published by the British Psychoanalytic Council, that brings psychoanalytic thinking to social, cultural & political issues: www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new... Email for more info
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed a chapter on aesthetic experience & the uncanny from Gregorio Kohon’s book ‘Reflections on the Aesthetic Experience: Psychoanalysis & the Uncanny’@ our 2nd session www.routledge.com/Reflections-... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho...
December 14, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group discussed a chapter on aesthetic experience & the uncanny from Gregorio Kohon’s book ‘Reflections on the Aesthetic Experience: Psychoanalysis & the Uncanny’@ our 2nd session www.routledge.com/Reflections-... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho...
Call for research proposals for a fully-funded PhD in #Psychoanalysis & Culture @ Ulster University, Belfast
3-year research projects with an emphasis on the object relations tradition of psychoanalysis.
I will supervise the project.
Further details: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
3-year research projects with an emphasis on the object relations tradition of psychoanalysis.
I will supervise the project.
Further details: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
December 5, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Call for research proposals for a fully-funded PhD in #Psychoanalysis & Culture @ Ulster University, Belfast
3-year research projects with an emphasis on the object relations tradition of psychoanalysis.
I will supervise the project.
Further details: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
3-year research projects with an emphasis on the object relations tradition of psychoanalysis.
I will supervise the project.
Further details: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcoll...
Congrats to @lynnfroggett.bsky.social who has been appointed a Visiting Professor in the School of Communication & Media at Ulster University in Belfast! Listen to Lynn talking recently about the soundscapes in her daily life on.soundcloud.com/qS7ZMNNk3zvD...
November 25, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Congrats to @lynnfroggett.bsky.social who has been appointed a Visiting Professor in the School of Communication & Media at Ulster University in Belfast! Listen to Lynn talking recently about the soundscapes in her daily life on.soundcloud.com/qS7ZMNNk3zvD...
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group is back this morning & we’re discussing a chapter on ‘Art & Attunement’ from Rita Felski’s ‘Hooked: Art & Attunement’ @ our 1st session press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho...
November 22, 2024 at 8:14 AM
The #Psychoanalysis & the #Psychosocial Group is back this morning & we’re discussing a chapter on ‘Art & Attunement’ from Rita Felski’s ‘Hooked: Art & Attunement’ @ our 1st session press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... & www.bpc.org.uk/event/psycho...
Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Starter Pack go.bsky.app/UJV7CvG
November 19, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Psychoanalysis & the Psychosocial Starter Pack go.bsky.app/UJV7CvG
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
November 18, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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