Program of Studies 2019

THEORETICAL SEMINARS

Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory

This one year course examines key contemporary theorists in psychoanalysis who have been influential in the development of psychoanalytic ideas and clinical practice.

The seminar runs for 4 terms of 8 weeks each over the year. Terms generally correspond with school terms.

Participants are encouraged to enrol for the whole year. No previous experience is required.

Term 1: Psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of psychosomatic disorders

Even though the development of psychoanalysis has been saturated with the psycho-somatic problem since its inception, the understanding and treatment in this clinical field has significantly evolved in the last 50 years. This seminar revises this evolution by identifying and visiting key contributions that shape the current approach to psychosomatic disorders.

The coordinator of this seminar is Dr Jaime Yasky.

Time:              Monday          6.30pm – 8.00pm

Commences 11 February 2019

Fees:              $400 per term

For enrolment and further information contact the coordinator:

Dr Jaime Yasky        j.yasky@uq.edu.au or call 0468 571 140

Term 2: Contemporary Winnicott

These reading seminars will cover both the evolution and the application of Winnicott’s important psychoanalytic theories over the past decade.

Time:              Monday          6.30pm – 8.00pm

Fees:              $400 per term

For enrolment and further information contact the coordinator:

Margot Lynch            margoth@bigpond.com or call 0407137105

Sally Young             yngs@bigpond.com or call 0407162674

Term 3: Primitive mental states

Psychoanalysis has gradually made inroads into treating more severe forms of pathology and where pathology reflects disturbances of primitive mental states. This has led to realising the importance of listening in a different way to patients as well as finding ways of being with the patient that promotes the capacity for symbolic thought. In this term we will read papers from key contributors to this field, including Howard Levine, Cesar Botella, Marion Oliner etc.

Time:              Monday          6.30pm – 8.00pm

Fees:              $400 per term

For enrolment and further information contact the coordinators:

Dr Thea van Hees   dvanhees@bigpond.net.au or call 07 3832 1096

Sigrid O’Callaghan  sigridoc@aapt.net.au

Term 4: Thomas Ogden on the Classics

Thomas Ogden is a prolific            analytic writer and thinker who has influenced psychoanalysis around the world with his creative ideas. In his book, Creative Readings: Essays on Seminal Analytic Works, he presents re-readings of key psychoanalysts (Fairbairn, Winnicott, Bion, Loewald and Searles) who have contributed to contemporary psychoanalytic thinking. In this term we will read selections from this text in addition to other articles of interest by Ogden.

Time:              Monday          6.30pm – 8.00pm

Fees:              $400 per term

For enrolment and further information contact the coordinators:

Mary O’Brien             mobrien3@bigpond.net.au or call 07 3844 5855 or 0418 734 746

Bernadette Rosbrook  b.rosbrook@gmail.com or call 0410 219 675

CLINICAL SEMINARS - THEORY IN PRACTICE

Term 4: Working with difficult Adolescents

This is a course of 8 weekly seminars that will be based on the book “The Body in Adolescence” by Mary Brady [Routledge 2016]. This book examines the understanding of adolescent development in relation to adolescent patients who present with bodily expressions such as anorexia, bulimia, cutting, substance abuse and suicide attempts.  There will be ample opportunity to discuss relevant clinical and work related material.

Time:              Monday          6.30pm – 8.00pm

Fees:              $ 400 per term

For enrolment and further information contact the seminar leader:

Margot Lynch            margoth@bigpond.com  or call 0407137105

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 11/4 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 0407 137 105

Janet Rhind              jbrhind@gmail.com or call 3832 559

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

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 retired psychologist and psychotherapist. She has completed the BCPS Child Psychotherapy Course. She is a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association.

Mrs Mary O’Brien is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist in private practice. She is a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association and the Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists.

Mr Tom O’Brien is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist in private practice. He trained with the British Association of Psychotherapists. He works in Child and Youth Mental Health and as a Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Queensland.

Ms Sigrid O’Callaghan is a clinical psychologist, trained at Bonn University in Germany. She completed training as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association in 2015 and works in private practice. Her clinical interest is the treatment of disorders of self and understanding primitive anxieties and processes in their etiology. She is a member of the Clinical College of Australian Psychology Society (APS).

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 Bernadette Rosbrook is a psychologist at the Mater Mothers’ Hospital and a psychotherapist in private practice. She has a strong interest in psychoanalytically oriented therapies. She has also completed postgraduate studies in literature.

Dr Jaime Yasky is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, working in the Child and Youth Mental Health Service and in the psychotherapy stream of the Master of Mental Health at the University of Queensland. His PhD project investigated psychoanalytic treatments of patients with psychosomatic disorders. He is familiarised with the work of several authors from different traditions (French, Latin-American and Anglo-Saxon) in this field.

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 a member of the Queensland Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association.

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 HeesDirector of Studiesdvanhees@bigpond.net.au
Mrs Margot LynchSecretarymargotl@uq.net.au
Mrs Mary O’BrienPresidentmobrien3@bigpond.net.au
Mr Tom O’BrienTreasurertom.obrien.52@gmail.com
Ms Sally YoungMemberyngs@bigpond.com

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