Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist & Psychosocial Theorist. Author of ‘The Culture-Breast in #Psychoanalysis: Cultural Experiences & the Clinic’. Joint Editor-in-Chief of #NewAssociations psychoanalytic magazinehttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3m7k4pg4eb22cNew issue of #NewAssociations #psychoanalytic magazine on relationality with @jilltba.bsky.social’s article on #WorldComesAlive VR experience on page one. Illustration by Allen Fatimaharn. For info re the issue: noreen.giffney@bpc.org.uk & emmanuelle.smith@bpc.org.uk https://www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/our-work/new-associations/about-na/09 Dec 2025 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7k4pg4eb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lzxx43prjc2bLooking 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 https://freudlacaninstitute.com/research-symposium-202529 Sep 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxx43prjc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lwwvishbx22aI’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 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/our-attuned-countertransference-can-virtual-reality-experiences-develop-it-tickets-151223628242921 Aug 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwvishbx22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lv6trs4kkk2qI’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 https://freudlacaninstitute.com/research-symposium-2025/30 Jul 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6trs4kkk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3luiytzta7s2k#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 emmanuelle.smith@bpc.org.uk & noreen.giffney@bpc.org.uk for a copy of our editorial21 Jul 2025 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3luiytzta7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3ls7wl3asmk2oI 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 https://www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/06/11/world-comes-alive-psychoanalysis-and-virtual-reality/22 Jun 2025 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7wl3asmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lre37qpph22r‘World Comes Alive: #Psychoanalysis & Virtual Reality’, London, Thursday 19 June https://www.artsandhealth.ie/2025/06/11/world-comes-alive-psychoanalysis-and-virtual-reality/ 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)11 Jun 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lre37qpph22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lqtuhjd3es2sInterested 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 https://s301.podbean.com/pb/653013c430a56601ed928accdc464dcc/684035cc/data1/fs171/20799651/uploads/NA_Workshop_Podcast_1_ab8jo.mp3?pbss=59f5981f-cfcc-5c68-9d89-e865ed8cd2e505 Jun 2025 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtuhjd3es2shttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lpkezkdd4c2n#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 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-comes-alive-vr-and-psychoanalysis-experience-and-discussion-tickets-1320901484899?aff=oddtdtcreator DM me for the brochure19 May 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkezkdd4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lpce3ozves2cJoin 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 n.giffney@ulster.ac.uk for info16 May 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpce3ozves2chttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lmae6xbug22pThe 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 https://www.bpc.org.uk/event/new-associations-writing-workshop/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmae6xbug22phttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3llr344ccgk22The 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 @ https://www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new-associations/about-na/ Back issues @ https://www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new-associations/archive-of-new-associations/01 Apr 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr344ccgk22https://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3ll5mzx2qj22bEmmanuelle 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): https://www.bpc.org.uk/event/new-associations-writing-workshop/24 Mar 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5mzx2qj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lh33zouzec2zCongrats @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 https://www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-encounters-at-the-freud-museum-online-symposium/31 Jan 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh33zouzec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lgbuv5qzvs2fI’ll be taking part in a discussion re the film Freud’s Last Session & Anna Freud & Dorothy Burlingham on Sat 1 Feb. Organised by @harrietmossop.bsky.social & hosted by @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social Speakers incl. Raluca Soreanu, Patricia Gherovici & Hannah Zeavin https://www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-encounters-at-the-freud-museum-online-symposium/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2025 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbuv5qzvs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lfx5dpwomc2uThe #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 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41282-023-00415-3 & https://www.bpc.org.uk/event/psychoanalysis-the-psychosocial-discussion-group-2/ @ninikerr.bsky.social17 Jan 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfx5dpwomc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lffpd67e4c2dReally looking forward to these 2 #psychoanalytic events @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social, organised by @harrietmossop.bsky.social, on 31 Jan-1 Feb on the relationship between Anna Freud & Dorothy Burlingham & its portrayal in the film #Freud’sLastSession . Join us in London (also online on 1 Feb) [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffpd67e4c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lfdawbqxqk22I 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: https://www.bpc.org.uk/about-us/new-associations/archive-of-new-associations/ Email for more info09 Jan 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdawbqxqk22https://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3ldbmegxmwc2bThe #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 https://www.routledge.com/Reflections-on-the-Aesthetic-Experience-Psychoanalysis-and-the-uncanny/Kohon/p/book/9781138795426?srsltid=AfmBOorPJAekg5QEyTgYjb775wzwt-ALU0cR66ZJNNo2sp4SPD7TFgsh & https://www.bpc.org.uk/event/psychoanalysis-the-psychosocial-discussion-group-2/14 Dec 2024 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbmegxmwc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lckqer5pns25Call 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: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/34-communication,-cultural-and-media-studies,-library-and-information-management/168086105 Dec 2024 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckqer5pns25https://bsky.app/profile/noreengiffney.bsky.social/post/3lckqer5pns25Call 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: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/find-a-phd/34-communication,-cultural-and-media-studies,-library-and-information-management/168086105 Dec 2024 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:czpxcghspbssiibr4r2j3hpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckqer5pns25