Program of Studies 2013
THEORETICAL SEMINARS
Psychoanalysis and Development
This course focuses on understanding development throughout the lifecycle, from infancy to old age, and may be taken as a one-year course or in individual terms. Each term will focus on current thinking within psychoanalysis and how theoretical insights inform clinical practice.
There are 4 terms over the year and each term runs for 8 weeks. No previous experience is required.
Term 1: Working with “hard to reach†children
This term will be based on “The Thinking Heart: Three levels of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with disturbed children†by Anne Alvarez. This text draws upon contemporary psychoanalytic and developmental psychology. It particularly focuses on working with “hard to reach†children and finding ways of staying alive to the task. Anne Alvarez offers a structured schema to help therapists find the right level to communicate with the disturbance and despair within the child.
The coordinators of this seminar are Sally Young and Jenny Bache.
| Time: | Monday 5.00pm – 6.30pm |
| Fees: | $350 per term |
For enrolment and further information contact the coordinator:
Sally Young sally.young@mater.org.au or call 3163 3871 or 0407162674 Jenny Bache jenny.bache@mater.org.au or call 3163 1926
Term 2: Working with difficult Adolescents
These seminars examine the current psychodynamic understanding of adolescent development and its application to issues such as suicide, eating disorders, bullying and violence, as well as thinking about the difficulties encountered in the therapeutic relationship. There will be ample opportunity to discuss relevant clinical and work related material.
| Time: | Monday 6.30pm – 8.00pm |
| Fees: | $350 |
For enrolment and further information contact the seminar leader:
Margot Lynch margoth@bigpond.com or call 07 3832 1089
Term 3: Growing Old
These seminars will be drawing on a book (“Growing Old: a journey of self discoveryâ€, Routledge, 2009) by psychoanalyst Danielle Quinodoz who shows how much work can be done with elderly patients to enrich the remainder of their lives.
The coordinator of this seminar is Thea van Hees
| Time: | Monday 6.30pm – 8.00pm |
| Fees: | $350 per term |
For enrolment and further information contact the seminar leaders:
Dr Thea van Hees dvanhees@bigpond.net.au or call 07 3832 1096
Term 4: Working with Mothers and Infants
This course will focus on the current psychoanalytic understanding of infant development and its implications in therapeutic interventions with mothers and babies.
The coordinators of this seminar are Neil Alcorn and Janet Rhind.
| Time: | Day and time TBA |
| Fees: | $350 per term |
For enrolment and further information contact the seminar leaders:
Neil Alcorn neil.alcorn@mater.org.au or call 07 3163 2178
Dr Janet Rhind jbrhind@gmail.com or call 07 3832 5599
CLINICAL SEMINARS - THEORY IN PRACTICE
CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDIES
This course provides an overview of some important clinical issues in psychoanalysis which impact on the practice of psychoanalysis today. It may be taken as a one-year course or in individual terms.
There will be 4 terms and each term runs for 8 weeks. No previous experience is required.
The first term in this series is shown below. Details of the following terms will be posted as these are finalised.
Term 1: Dreams in contemporary psychoanalysis
This term will examine the place of dreams within contemporary psychoanalytic practice. We will discover how developments in neuroscience and other areas have influenced our understanding of the function of dreams and how we use them in psychotherapy to enrich our understanding of our patients, the therapeutic relationship, transference and countertransference. It will draw primarily from chapters in “The Significance of Dreams: Bridging Clinical and Extraclinical Research in Psychoanalysis†(2012) Edited by Peter Fonagy, Horst Kaechele, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and David Taylor. It will be of interest to clinicians and others interested in developments in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
| Time: | Thursday 6.30pm – 8.00pm |
| Fees: | $350 per term |
For enrolment and further information contact the seminar leaders:
Dr Thea van Hees dvanhees@bigpond.net.au or call 07 3832 1096
Mary O’Brien mobrien3@bigpond.net.au or call 07 3844 5855
OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
Infant Observation
This is a one or two year course of weekly seminars where participants bring detailed accounts of their weekly observations of an infant in his or her home environment from birth onwards. The course aims to develop observational skills and an understanding of the infant’s emerging relationships. This course is one of the best ways of learning about the observer’s own involvement in clinical situations.
This is an ongoing weekly seminar of 1 & 1/4 hours. Participants are expected to enrol for at least one year. There is no prerequisite for this course. There will be a maximum of 4 participants in this seminar.
| Fees: | $50 per seminar |
| Time: | To be arranged with the seminar leader. |
For enrolment and further information contact the seminar leaders:
Margot Lynch margoth@bigpond.com or call 07 3832 1089
Janet Rhind jbrhind@gmail.com or call 3832 5599
ENROLMENT DETAILS
Terms correspond with school terms and are generally of 8 weeks duration:
For enrolment and further information contact the Coordinator of the seminar as shown in the program.
Post-Graduate Studies
Students may be eligible for credit towards the Masters in Mental Health – Psychotherapy, University of Queensland upon satisfactory completion of Theoretical seminars offered by the BCPS.
Professional Training Programs
Students may satisfy the theoretical components of psychotherapy training programs offered through the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association and the Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists, through satisfactory completion of appropriate Theoretical Seminars and Infant Observation Seminars.
Continuing Professional Education
We are able to supply confirmation of attendance at lectures and seminars for Continuing Professional Education purposes.
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TEACHING STAFF
Mr Neil Alcorn is a Social Worker in Child and Youth Mental Health. He has undertaken post graduate studies in the area of infant mental health and is a member of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMHI).
Dr Thea van Hees is a psychiatrist in private practice. Her main area of interest is psychoanalytic psychotherapy. She is a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association.
Mrs Margot Lynch is a psychologist and psychotherapist in private practice. She has completed the BCPS Child Psychotherapy Course. She is a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association.
Mrs Mary O’Brien is a social worker and psychotherapist in private practice. She is a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association and the Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists, and Chair of Training of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association and the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australia.
Mr Tom O’Brien is a social worker and psychotherapist in private practice. He trained with the British Association of Psychotherapists. He is a Consultant Psychotherapist in the Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service and a Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Queensland.
Dr Janet Rhind is a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association and the Australian Association of Infant Mental Health. She works as a psychotherapist in private practice with adults, as well as consulting to several Infant Parent programs, reflecting her interest in Infant Mental Health.
Ms Sally Young is a Senior Social Worker in Child and Youth Mental Health and works as a psychotherapist in private practice. She has done post-graduate training at the Tavistock Clinic, London and has completed the BCPS Child Psychotherapy Course. She is the President of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australasia.
The Brisbane Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies
Psychoanalysis has enormously influenced our understanding of psychological processes and has given birth to many different elaborations of Freud’s original theories and to varied forms of treatment. The clinical practice of treating patients belongs to trained practitioners but, as a theory of the mind, anyone who is interested enough can have access to it. It was in this spirit, at the point of confluence of clinical and theoretical practice, that the Brisbane Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies was established.
The BCPS offers seminars of both a practical and theoretical nature to teachers, social workers, psychiatrists, general practitioners, nurses, psychologists and others in the helping professions. Some of the courses offered are open to others who are interested in the contributions of psychoanalysis to modern thinking.
The BCPS operates independently as a non-profit educational body to promote the development of psychoanalytic thinking and its application in clinical and other disciplines.
The BCPS was founded by Gregorio Kohon and Valli Shaio Kohon in 1988. Since their return to London in December 1994, the BCPS has been run by a small group of psychotherapists from Brisbane.
The Brisbane Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies is currently run by:
| Dr Thea van Hees | Director of Studies | dvanhees@bigpond.net.au |
| Mrs Margot Lynch | Secretary | margotl@uq.net.au |
| Mrs Mary O’Brien | President | mobrien3@bigpond.net.au |
| Mr Tom O’Brien | Treasurer | tom.obrien.52@gmail.com |
| Ms Sally Young | Member | yngs@bigpond.com |
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