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Tales of Love from the Therapy Couch

03/08/2026
60 min
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Why do we struggle with love? Drawing on four decades of candid conversations with patients, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz asks what gets in the way of falling in love — and what it takes to stay there. The Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of The Examined Life returns withLove’s Labour: luminous, essential stories from the consulting room on desire, heartbreak, grief, and learning to love. Elizabeth Day calls him “the poet laureate of human emotion.” He will be in conversation with Daniel Glaser, director of science engagement at the Royal Institution.

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Stephen Grosz

Stephen Grosz is a practicing psychoanalyst – he has worked with patients for more than forty years. Born in America, he was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Oxford University, and now lives in London. His Number One Sunday Times bestseller, The Examined Life,has been translated into more than thirty languages.
Daniel Glaser

Daniel Glaser is Director of Science Engagement at the Royal Institution, was a Winston Churchill Fellow in 2019 and Founding Director of Science Gallery London. Image © Paul Wilkinson

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Tales of Love from the Therapy Couch

03/08/2026
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60 min

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Stephen Grosz

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Stephen Grosz is a practicing psychoanalyst – he has worked with patients for more than forty years. Born in America, he was educated at...

Daniel Glaser

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Daniel Glaser is Director of Science Engagement at the Royal Institution, was a Winston Churchill Fellow in 2019 and Founding Director of Science Gallery...