Welcome to the website for APPWA – the Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Western Australia.
On this website you will find information about psychoanalytic psychotherapy, about APPWA and its activities, about the members of APPWA, and links to bodies with which APPWA is affiliated.
APPWA organises a number of training and professional development activities for counsellors and psychotherapists. If you would like to receive an e-mail alerting you to forthcoming events, please complete this form.
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Download the APPWA e-Community Newsletter:
No. 1 ~ August 2009 - click here
No. 2 ~ February 2010 – click here
No. 3 ~ April 2010 – click here
1. APPWA Seminar by Allan Shafer
“Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets.”
(Macbeth)
How we dream what we should not know and how we speak
what we have known
Allan Shafer is a clinical psychologist and socio-analyst with over thirty years experience as an adult (and formerly, child) psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and teacher. He has over 20 years’ experience as an organization consultant. He works privately in Perth. His work is primarily long term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults. He supervises clinicians from various disciplines, where his focus is on
“thinking psychoanalytically.”
As a socio-analyst, he has consulted in the health and mental health sectors, and with educational and religious organizations – public and community – in Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Israel, the USA, and the UK. He has also published and lectured widely. Allan is currently President of APPWA.
Date: Tuesday 27th of July 2010
Time: 7pm for registration. Prompt start at 7.30pm.
Venue: St John of God Conference Centre
Level 3, 25 McCourt Street
Subiaco
Click here for brochure and application form
2. The Never Ending Story:
Working with
Traumatised and Disturbed Adolescents
A workshop offered by
Roslyn Webb
Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
and Clinical Psychologist
Roslyn Webb is currently working in private practice with adolescents and adults in Melbourne and she provides a consultation service to Mental Health Workers in the Riverland, South Australia. She also teaches and provides supervision related to adolescent development, assessment and psychotherapy. She is a lecturer and supervisor in a range of post graduate courses associated with Monash University, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine.
Ros has presented many papers and workshops within Australia and internationally in relation to adolescence. Her work spans over 30 years within public (in inpatient and outpatient settings), private and community sectors. She was the Senior Clinical Psychologist at Austin CAMHS (Victoria) for 13 years from 1984 to 1997. Roslyn was President of the Victorian Child Psychotherapists Association from 1997 to 2002.
Roslyn will use a film linked to her clinical work with an adolescent who presented many dilemmas for reflection and learning.
Venue: St John of God Conference Centre, Subiaco
Date: Friday 13th August, 2010
Time: 9.00am – 5.00pm
Click here for brochure and application form
[updated 7/7/2010]