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No. 1 ~ August 2009 - click here
No. 2 ~ February 2010 – click here
No. 3 ~ April 2010 – click here
1. 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
2. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE PERSON
a series of five seminars
given by
NEVILLE SYMINGTON
Psychoanalyst, Training Analyst with the Australian Psychoanalytical Society, Fellow of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, international lecturer and author of thirteen books including “Becoming a Person Through Psychoanalysis”, “The Analytic Experience” and “The Making of a Psychotherapist”.
Lecture titles:
Friday 15th October:
I -What is a Person?
Saturday16th October:
II - A Creative Principle
III- The Act of Understanding
IV - Creation of One Person to Another
V - Transformation of Paranoia
Dates: Friday 15th October 2010 ~ 6.30pm – 8.30pm
and
Saturday 16th October 2010 ~ 10.am – 5.30pm
Venue: Duxton Hotel, 1 St George’s Terrace, Perth
Cost: $330 (inc. GST) ~ includes morning and afternoon tea
and lunch
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[updated 6/8/2010]