First Annual Conference
Friday and Saturday, 28th and 29th March, 2025.
Modern workplaces face complex organisational issues. The psychodynamic and systemic approach to working with organisations combines psychodynamic theory with systems thinking to improve overall organisational effectiveness.It is an innovative, deeper and wider approach to working with individual leaders, groups and organisations.
The psychodynamic approach helps leaders, managers, coaches, consultants, psychologists and psychotherapists to gain clarity of vision, mission, strategy, values and goals, as well as providing an opportunity to more effectively manage the emotional aspects of organisational life.
This first annual conference of Psychodynamics at Work will be an exciting blend of experiential exercises as well as talks, discussions and interviews with experts in the field of psychodynamic and systemic consulting. There will be an opportunity for you to bring a real-lifeissue or challenge that you currently have as a manager / leader in your group or organisation or a challenge that you have as a coach / consultant working with individuals, groups and organisations.
Keynote Speaker and Conference Director: Dr. Evelyn P. Gilmore
Evelyn is a psychodynamic and systemic organisational consultant, a chartered psychologist, an accredited psychotherapist and a business and executive coach, coach trainer and coach supervisor. Evelyn has an honours degree in psychology from the University of Galway and a first class honours masters in work and organisational psychology from Dublin City University.
She has completed a professional doctorate with the Tavistock in “Consultation and the Organisation”. She is founder and director of Psychodynamics at Work, and joint director of Coach Institute of Ireland. Evelyn has lectured to masters students in the department of management in the University of Galway and has also been a visiting lecturer to doctorate students in the Tavistock.
She has recently published an article entitled “Creating a holding environment in an organisational setting: A systems psychodynamics first person action research perspective” in the Organisational and Social Dynamics journal.
Evelyn will focus on “Creating a Holding Environment in an Organisational Setting and on helping Leaders to manage the Emotional Aspects of Organisational Life During Times of Change”
Evelyn, drawing from her Tavistock doctorate research, will explain the psychoanalytic concept of holding. She will provide an opportunity for conference participants to understand how the emotional aspects of organisational life can create resistance and interfere with the overall effectiveness of organisational life.
Most importantly, Evelyn, drawing from her own organisational consultancy experience, will further discuss how managers, leaders and consultants can understand and manage the emotional aspects of organisational life and how they can help individuals and teams to overcome those moments ofanxiety, uncertainty and confusion that can interfere with the overall effectiveness in organisations.
Special Guest Speaker and Conference Consultant: Dr. Martin Lüdemann
Martin holds an MA in Organisational Analysis from the University of East London and is a graduate of the Psychology Diploma Programme (industrial and organizational psychology) of the University of Darmstadt, Germany. He recently finished the Professional Doctorate Program at Tavistock Consulting and the University of Essex.
Martin has been working as a psychologist and supervisor for 30 years. He consults, supports and guides groups and individuals in organizations – mostly in the business sector, but also groups in the social sector.
Martin began his professional life as a consultant at Lufthansa Consulting in Cologne and co-founded Dr. Sourisseaux, Lüdemann and Partners in 1996. He was a partner in the firm of consultant business psychologists in Darmstadt for 17 years before going into business on his own in 2013. In addition, he has also completed further training courses in group dynamics, systemic consulting, large-group techniques, supervision coaching, group analysis and group relations (Tavistock Consulting and Grubb Institute).
Martin will focus on “The Psychodynamics of Groups and how The Concept of Group-as-a-Whole can Support Leaders in engaging with groups in Organisations”.
The concept of Group-as-a-Whole is a psychoanalytic concept. It is an applied branch of group dynamics research and theory. So, what is this concept of Group-as-a-whole? A Group-as-a-whole is a living organism in itself. It is as distinct as the individuals comprising it.
The Group-as-a-Whole has moods, reactions, spirit, atmosphere, and climate. When individuals form a group, the resulting union becomes an entity in its own right with developmental, structural, dynamic and relational properties that both reflect and transcend the individuals that make it up. In Martin’s talk and discussion, he will draw on his own doctorate research to illuminate the concept of group-as-a-whole.
He will also draw on a consultancy case. Most importantly, Martin will show how the concept of the group-as-a-whole can be useful for today’s leaders and consultants, especially when confronted with tensions, various anxieties, unhappiness, discontent, and ineffectiveness.
He will show how the understanding and use of this concept can help facilitate the developmental process at both the group and individual level in order to have more effective organisational outcomes.
The full programme will be available soon. Another Guest Speaker / Consultantwill be involved in the Conference. Visit www.psychodynamicsatwork.iefor updates.
Dates, Times, Venue and Cost
Friday, 28th March, 2025. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, 29th March, 2025. 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
The Psychodynamics at Work First Annual Conference will be held in The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Dublin. The total cost of the Conference is €690.00 plus 23% VAT of €158.70. This amounts to a total of €848.70 per person.
Reservation Details
The number of participants is limited. If you are interested in reserving a placeat the Psychodynamics at Work First Annual Conference,you can log onto www.psychodynamicsatwork.ie where you can reserve your place and buy your tickets.
Alternatively, you can send a query through the Psychodynamics at Work website or contact the Conference Director, Dr. Evelyn P. Gilmore, on 087 – 7944048. You can also email Evelyn directly on evelyngilmore15@gmail.com
