Matthew Chuard
Educational Psychologist and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and course lead
Matthew originally worked as a secondary school teacher and trained as an educational psychologist before going on to qualify as a child and adolescent psychotherapist. As a child psychotherapist he has worked in a number of NHS and educational settings with children, young people and their families. He is the course lead for the Working with children, young people & families: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7) course and also teaches on other pre-clinical and clinical courses at the Tavistock and Portman.
His current research interests are the work of Melanie Klein, the use and function of drawings in child psychotherapy and unconscious processes in groups and institutions.
His most recent publication is ‘Primitive anxieties and the small group: multi-agency working and the risk of collaboration’ in the Journal of Child Psychotherapy (2021).
Courses
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Working with children, young people & families: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7 Daytime)
This flagship course aims to provide professional development to people working with children, young people and families. The focus of the course...
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Working with children, young people & families: a psychoanalytic observational approach (M7 Evening)
This course aims to provide professional development to people working with children, young people and families. The course focusses on learning...
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Psychoanalytic observation and the social matrix: implications for the learning and teaching of infant observation and its application
The 9th International Conference for Teachers of Infant Observation and its applications will focus upon the way social forces and structures...