David Morgan (psychoanalyst)

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David Howell Morgan (BAHons Msc.Clin.Psych. FBPAS FPBPA SMBPF. Training Analyst Supervisor IPA. AMBPS. MBPC) is a psychoanalyst and consultant psychotherapist who has worked at the Portman Clinic London and Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust for 25 years. [1]

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Publications/contributions

Morgan's writing, as with his political and social contributions, tends to focus on the intersection between psychoanalysis and the political, social. [2] He has also written on Pat Barker, Jorge Luis Borges, and repeatedly on the works of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott. [3] His co-edited volume Lectures on Violence, Perversion and Delinquency. The Portman Papers Series deals extensively with the role of violence in patients at the Portman Clinic. [4]

Books

Multi-media

Morgan has contributed to public debate and hosts discussions with leading academics in the political, social, and psychoanalytic fields, on his radio show "Frontier Psychoanalyst". [5] Along with the recurring radio show, Morgan has made many television appearances [6] and frequently appears as a discussant on BBC Radio. [7] Morgan also appeared in a documentary called "Married to the Eiffel Tower" investigating the psychological condition objectum sexuality. The documentary investigates the famous case of Erika Eiffel. [8]

Conferences

Morgan has hosted, spoken at, and arranged many conferences, seminars and lectures, both nationally and internationally. [11] In January 2017 Morgan delivered the prestigious Bob Gosling memorial lecture in Bristol. [12] He has also spoken at the Acropolis, Athens, Georgia, China, Poland, The Freud Memorial Lecture, Melbourne, Australia.

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