John Launer is a doctor, family therapist, educator and writer. His main areas of interest include narrative-based medicine, and clinical supervision for doctors. He works at the Tavistock Clinic in London and the London Department of Postgraduate Medical Education (the London Deanery)
John's most recent book is about the life and ideas of Russian psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein, "Sex versus Survival. The story of Sabina Spielrein: her life, her ideas, her genius". To purchase: click here. To download as an e-book: click here.
John is also co-editing a book with Lucia Sommers for Springer Publishing on "Clinical Uncertainty in Family Medicine: The Challenge of Engagement".
John has previously published five other books including Narrative-Based Primary Care: a practical guide (Radcliffe) and How Not to be a Doctor, and other essays (Royal Society of Medicine Press). He was a columnist for Doctor and Hospital Doctor for over twenty years, and contributed the Coda column to the international medical journal QJM from 2002 to 2008. He is now a regular contributor to the Postgraduate Medical Journal.
John lectures and runs workshops widely in the United Kingdom and abroad. In the last few years he has given invited presentations and workshops in Finland, Denmark, Norway, Turkey, Israel, Japan, the United States and Canada
This website includes full details of John's CV and all his publications, and some examples of teaching material from his workshops and conference presentations. It also gives some information about his freelance work in supervision and consultancy. For more information, click on the headings at the top of this page.
