Speakers

Tim Snelson is Associate Professor in Media History at the University of East Anglia.

Dr Adrian Sutton is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Psychodynamic Organisational Therapist. He recently retired as Director of The Squiggle Foundation, and is a Squiggle Foundation Fellow.

Jennifer Davids is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a supervising analyst for child and adolescent psychoanalysis, and psychotherapy, as well as a member of the ACP UK.

Play is a core part of child and adolescent psychoanalytic work but is often overlooked in adult settings. We as therapists may also struggle to allow ourselves to experience play. Recent research has highlighted the importance of play for learning and has revealed the negative impact on development of a lack of free and risky play.

This conference aims to help us to think about themes of play in our own individual therapy contexts, the importance of play throughout the lifespan and how in the digital age play has come to mean different things for all of us.