The Orchard Street Open House Event on Sunday 23^rd April, held to mark and celebrate the purchase of the building as ‘A Home for Severnside’ went well. 

For the Open House event, we put together a short presentation describing the course and benefits of our ‘A Home for Severnside’ campaign, and the plans for future development and use of the building, to further SIP’s aims and values - for those who'd like to learn more, you can watch the full presentation here on our website.

In particular, disability adaptations, more funding to support reduced-fee therapy and better outreach can be underpinned by the physical and financial base SIP now has in 11 Orchard Street.

If you'd like to consider supporting our 'A Home for Severnside' campaign or SIP's Subsidised Treatment & Training Fund, you can make an online donation via PayPal (see below).

• When: Saturday 13th May 2023, 10 AM – 1 PM BST
• Where:  Online & in person (The Watershed, Bristol)
• Cost: £25 - £39
• Who's it for? Training and qualified counsellors and psychotherapists

The Bridge Foundation are delighted to be back bringing you an in-person clinical conference on working with autistic and learning disabled clients. Pamela Bartram will be presenting 'Is it Worth It? Psychotherapy with Learning Disabled and Autistic Adults', Matthew Jenkins will presenting 'Creating a Space for Meaning: Therapeutic work with children and young people with a primary diagnosis of autism' and the event will be Chaired by Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Rowena Mahmud.

All profits from events go towards our Bridge in Schools service which helps the most vulnerable children and young people access psychotherapy from our highly trained staff, where mainstream support is inaccessible or unavailable. Find out more about our services on our website or donate now to help improve a child’s life chances.

• When: Sunday 21st May 2023, 2 PM - 5 PM BST
• Where: Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
• Cost: £8 - £10

The Analytic Film Group of the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy is proud to present a collaboration between Flatpack Festival and Andrea Sabbadini.

This event will bring together Andrea’s psychoanalytic reflections on film with Flatpack’s expertise and invite the audience to apply a psychological lens to a film viewing together. Following the viewing Andrea and one of the Flatpack team will discuss their perspectives on this piece and extend the invitation to the audience to contribute their reflections.

The film we will be watching is Mediterranean Fever Winner of the Best Screenplay award at Cannes 2022. Maha Haj’s Mediterranean Fever explores masculinity and mental health with considerable warmth and gentle humour.

• When: Saturday 27th May 2023, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM BST
• Where: Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute (16-18 Queens’ Square, BATH, BA1 2HN)
• Cost: £12 (refreshments provided)

This talk will examine what Jung meant by “the Shadow”, how it operates in our daily lives including his development of the concept, differentiating Personal and Collective Shadow. Film clips will be shown to help illustrate Jung’s Confrontation with his own Shadow in the Red and Black Books, the problem of Evil, the Trickster, the Shadow and Alchemy, and the Shadow in Dreams.

• When: Saturday 17th June 2023, 9 AM - 12:30 PM BST
• Where: Orchard Street Therapy Rooms (11 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH)
• Cost: Full fee £35; Trainee fee £25 

We are delighted to be able to offer a study morning this summer, at 11 Orchard Street between 9am and 12.30pm on Saturday 17th June.

The event is open to clinicians from a range of disciplines working locally and further afield. It will include an introduction to Balint and participatory Balint groups, organised to suit the Balint experience of the participants. This will be a fairly small event so we would encourage early registration to avoid disappointment.

Leaders will include Judy Malone, Clare Harris and Anne Patterson.

Conveniently situated just off the bottom of Park Street in central Bristol, Orchard Street Therapy Rooms offers attractive consulting rooms for use by psychotherapists and counsellors, and space for events or meetings during the weekend.