"Re-Evaluating Freud and The Talking Cure"

"Re-Evaluating Freud and The Talking Cure"
With Professor Mark Solms

Summary
Mark Solms is the editor and translator of Freud’s complete works, but he is also a neuroscientist. In this talk, he will evaluate the current status of Freudian ideas in light of modern neuroscientific knowledge. He will also review the evidence for how surprisingly well talk therapy works in comparison to drug therapy. He will comment along the way on why Freud and psychoanalysis have always been mired in such controversy.

Bio
Professor Mark Solms is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is also Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the St Bartholomew’s Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and South African Psychoanalytic Associations. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Sigourney Prize. He has published 350 scientific papers, and nine books, the latest being The Only Cure (2026). He is the authorized editor and translator of the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 volumes) and the forthcoming Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 volumes).

Venue:
The Hare & Hounds, Islington
181 Upper St
N1 1RQ

Event Running Time:
(we recommend arriving at 6:30pm if you're eating, and 7pm if drinks only)
Doors from 6pm
Introduction: 7:25pm
Lecture: 7:30pm
Q&A: 8:10pm

Food:
If you plan on eating at the venue, we recommend arriving as early as possible so the kitchen can get your order out before the talk starts.

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