Developing Identity

Who and what made you who you are? Early experiences, traumas and culture are among the many factors influencing your sense of self. Join us as we explore identity through films and discussion.

Part 1: short films and discussion

Three programmes of new short film looking at normal development, trauma and the impact of new technologies on the contemporary sense of self.

Part 2: feature screening

Walkabout
Dir. Nicholas Roeg, 1971, 100 mins

Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They meet an Aborigine on “walkabout”: a ritualistic separation from his tribe.

Speakers

Robin Anderson is a training analyst at the Institute of Psychoanalysis. He is also trained in child and adolescent psychiatry and was formerly head of the Adolescent Department of the Tavistock Clinic, London.

Elizabeth Bradley is a practising psychoanalyst and a Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis. She was a consultant child psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic for 20 years, and has a special interest in family dynamics and parenting.

David Morgan is a psychoanalyst in private practice, a Fellow of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, a consultant psychotherapist and a clinical psychologist. He has written and edited various books and articles and has been involved in TV documentary work.

Event organised by:
Institute of Psychoanalysis in partnership with Rich Pickings
Part of the London Short Film Festival

This event supports the Science Museum’s exhibition Psychoanalysis: The Unconscious in Everyday Life.

Image: Jacob Perlmutter

This event is part of Psychoanalysis series