MPDT Autumn Webinar Women in the Independent Tradition Speakers: Emily AlsterDiscussant: Ken RobinsonChair: Marion Lindsay 10-11.30am, Saturday 15 November 2025 A webinar that highlights the work of three women psychoanalysts … Read more

MPDT is committed to increasing access to continuing professional development and training for people who find themselves with barriers to such learning. 

MPDT Conference 2024 Reveries: Dreaming Across the Life Cycle Saturday 6 July, St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FZ and also online We invite you to join us … Read more

Freud considered dreams and dreaming as central to the workings of unconscious life. In July 2024, the MPDT Conference will explore this endlessly fascinating human experience. Reveries: Dreaming Across the … Read more

MPDT Seminars 2024 Clinical Seminars with Dr Helen Barker We’re very sorry, but we have taken the decision to postpone the start of the series. We will inform you when new … Read more

Reveries: Dreaming Across the Life Cycle Saturday 6 July, St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester M12 6FZand also online Our 2024 conference will feature presentations from four eminent clinicians, who … Read more

One of the MPDT’s main aims is to ensure that trainees and students who want to learn more about psychoanalysis can access our training events, regardless of their background. We … Read more

We’re absolutely delighted to announce the publication of a new book, co-edited by one of our trustees, Simon Cregeen.  Finding a Way to the Child: Selected Clinical Papers 1983-2021 is a … Read more

In preparation for our 2022 Conference – A Critical Companion: Superego Across the Life Cycle on July 9th 2022, we’ve been reading more about the superego. One of the best authors … Read more

Two of our intrepid trustees – Simon and Katharina, along with friend of the MPDT, Muneer – will be taking part in the Manchester Half Marathon on Sunday May 22nd, … Read more