Carlos Sapochnik, MA(RCA) MA PhD FCSD FISTD FHEA, is a London-based graphic designer, artist, teacher, researcher, and organisational consultant trained at the Royal College of Art and the Tavistock Clinic, active in group relations in the UK and abroad, having directed conferences at the British Association of Psychotherapists, the British Psychotherapy Foundation, and the Tavistock Centre. Between 2004 and 2018 he was a member of staff in the postgraduate course Consulting and Leading in Organisations: Psychodynamic and Systemic Approaches, at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. He has published papers on learning and teaching in Higher Education as well as three collections of poetry- So far so good, Drawing strength, and Wear & Tear (desgaste y lagrima). He completed his doctoral project in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths College, University of London, entitled Drawing from the site of absence: Observing, forgetting, and representing groups.
This book examines the Tavistock tradition of using group relations conferences as temporary training organizations for groups and institutions, and how those can inform and enrich the theory and... (more)