The deadline for nominations has now passed but we are extending the period for nominations for the Psychoanalysis and Culture award to Friday, 6 August: mail [at] psychoanalytic-council.org
The Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy NOW conference will once again feature an awards ceremony to celebrate achievement in the psychoanalytic community. Two of the awards presented last year are on a two-yearly basis and so will be presented next year. The three awards for this year will be:
Early Career Achievement Award
This award recognises an outstanding contribution to advancing psychoanalytic knowledge or practice from someone in the early stages of their career as a psychoanalytic or psychodynamic practitioner (normally within 7 years from qualification). The award will be to an individual for a contribution within a period of 3 years before the award.
Award for Innovative Excellence
This award celebrates a striking example of ground-breaking work. The innovative nature of the work could be in terms of clinical practice (e.g., new psychoanalytically-informed treatment approaches), research, or socially inclusive practice (e.g., working with sections of the community who may traditionally find access to therapeutic treatment difficult). The award will be to an individual or project or organisation for innovative work conducted within a period of 3 years before the award.
Psychoanalysis and Culture Award
This is an award to someone outside the profession for a special contribution to the understanding of psychoanalytic or psychodynamic work (broadly understood) through a cultural work (in its widest sense). The work could be a novel, a play, a newspaper or magazine article, a piece of music, a film or TV programme or any other cultural form.The award will be to an individual or group for work produced or presented within a period of 3 years before the award.
Nominations for the awards
Nominations can come from individuals or groups and all nominations will be considered by the Panel on their merit independent of the number of supporting letters. Nominations should be no longer than 250 words presenting succinctly the reasons why an individual, group, project or organisation should receive a particular award. Where relevant the nomination should identify evidence the Panel can consult in relation to specific achievements.
The awards are focused on the UK. Individual award recipients will live or work primarily in the UK; groups, projects or organisations will be based in the UK. The awards are honorific, with a commemorative object to be presented at the ceremony by the chair of the respective selection panel.
Nominations for each award will need to reach the BPC office by Friday, 30 July: mail [at] psychoanalytic-council.org