The Hamish Canham Essay Prize
Current and former students of M7, M9, M16, M33 & M34, and alumni are invited to submit a non-clinical paper or essay for The Hamish Canham (Applied) Prize. The judges are looking for an original paper and this might be a revised version of a submission for your course. We hope the prize winner will also consider submitting the entry for publication.
Prizegiving
The Hamish Canham (Applied) Prize – prizegiving presentation and discussion
Alumni, current students and staff are warmly invited to join us for the presentation of the prize, to hear the winning paper, and to participate...
In memory of Hamish Canham’s exceptional writing ability, we aim to encourage new writers and would be pleased to discuss the possibility and suggest relevant journals.
The subject could be on the themes of infant observation, work discussion, young child observation OR a paper on psychoanalytic thinking. This could include an approach to something in the arts or a social or political issue.
The judging panel will include someone from the wider professional community, a representative of the Tavistock Child Psychotherapy discipline, and one course lead.
Alumni, current students and staff are warmly invited to join us for the presentation of the prize, to hear the winning paper, and to participate...
Find out moreHamish Canham was an outstandingly gifted child psychotherapist. In his clinical work with severely disturbed children, in his role as a teacher...
To inspire you, below are the abstracts from past winners.
