The final Semester in our popular Reading Group series for 2013 will commence on 17 October and will run for five consecutive Thursday evenings until 14 November.  Cost for the Semester is $180.
 
If you would like to join us please download a registration form from the link below.  Numbers will be limited to 10 so please book early

 

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ANZAP VII book

The Self in Conversation (Vol. VII)

Edited by Russell Meares and Pauline Nolan

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SYDNEY 2014-2016

TRAINING COURSE IN THE CONVERSATIONAL MODEL OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
 
ANZAP will be offering a three year part-time course in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Sydney from March next year.
 
ANZAP has held training courses in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Canberra, Townsville, Brisbane, Newcastle and New Zealand since 1990.  The ANZAP course is provided by an experienced psychoanalytically-trained multidisciplinary Faculty with additional invited specialist lecturers from time to time.
 
Click on the “training link” for further information on the course, including an application form, or email Anne Malecki info@anzapweb.com for further information.
 
Applications close on 15 November to allow interviews to be held in early December.

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“Dreaming at the Intersection of Psychoanalysis and Spirituality”

Professor Gillian Straker & Julian Zanelli
9.30 am – 12.30 pm, Saturday, 30 November, 2013
Garvan Institute, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
 
To book for this event on-line, please go to http://www.trybooking.com/DUFV
 
In this paper Professor Straker will present the analysis of a dream of a group of township activists who were traumatised by a dream that was dreamt collectively on one particular night. In doing so she will explore her own reverie and struggle toward emotional congruence as the group’s understanding of the dream went beyond the realm of the unconscious to the transpersonal and spiritual.
 
This paper leaves the question of the transpersonal open but paves the way for the following presentation by Julian Zanelli that explores the meaning of dreams within a sufi framework where the existence of realms beyond the earthly is a given.

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Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy

ANZAP was formed in 1987 to improve opportunities for the exchange of ideas, to establish a regular training program in contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and from time to time a supervisor training program for those who have received training.

History
ANZAP arose out of the psychotherapy program developed and run since 1983 by the Psychotherapy Unit, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, where the ideas of Russell Meares and the late Robert Hobson which began to develop in 1965 in the United Kingdom, linked here in Sydney with those of Kohut’s Self Psychology, the humanistic tones of which resonated with their ideas. Based on their many years of combined clinical experience, and the clinical experience developed within this unit, it took a new direction and came to be known as the Conversational Model.

The Conversational Model
Self is conceived as a particular form of mental activity, or process, the dynamic and moving form of which is manifest in the stream of consciousness (William James) and in certain kinds of conversation. The theoretical framework of the Conversational Model depends mainly on the development of self in relationship, and the integration of unconscious traumatic memory. It has integrated psychoanalytic understanding with research in the fields of trauma and developmental theory, linguistics, memory and neurophysiology, in a way that is applicable in day-to-day psychotherapeutic practice, and can be taught through the supervision of audio-taped sessions with patients and clients, complemented with didactic seminars and reading material. It has been and continues to be scientifically tested and has been recognized internationally as a significant development in the treatment of those with severe emotional disorders. It continues to evolve while maintaining its core features.

Seminars & Publications
ANZAP publishes a Bulletin three times a year and presents a bi-monthly seminar on contemporary issues in psychotherapy with a mix of clinical and theoretical content. It has published 7 editions of The Self in Conversation, a yearly journal of articles related to the Conversational Model. Although this is no longer being published it is possible to purchase past editions (see below).

The Annual Conference
With invited and submitted papers, interesting key-note speakers and workshops is the highlight of the year and attracts quite considerable interest in the psychotherapy community.

Training
Several Training programs have been successfully conducted over the years in Christchurch, Sydney, Melbourne, Townsville, Canberra, and currently in Hobart.