Seminars

Seminars

Clinical Seminar
The clinical seminar program will be guided by the ethics of clinical practice specific to the practice of psychoanalysis as founded by Freud and elaborated by Lacan. The seminar will show how this unfolds for the analyst and analysand using the presentation of analytic cases by members of the ACP.
Please contact the convenor prior to your initial attendance.
When
Semester One
March 1, March 29, May 10, May 31
Semester Two
August 9, September 6, October 18, November 8
Time
Where
Contact
Seminar on the Formation of the Analyst
This Seminar focuses on questions pertaining to the formation of the analyst and analytic discourse. It operates via the development of cartels and/or individual contributions, which are orientated around the theme of the formation of the analyst. This is a joint seminar of the Forum of Melbourne and the ACP.
Forum of Melbourne
The Forum of Melbourne is a member of the International Forums of the School of Psychoanalysis of the Lacanian Field (IF-SPFLF). Cartel work will be organised by the ACP and the Forum of Melbourne. This work will include the work of the Seminar on Formation.
When
Semester One
February 15, March 15, April 12, May 17, June 14
Semester Two
August 2, August 23, September 20, October 25, November 22
Time
Where
Contact
Study Group on Psychoanalysis with Children and Adolescents
The study group on Psychoanalysis with Children and Adolescents studies questions relating to the clinical and conceptual field of psychoanalysis with children and adolescents. All interested members and students of the ACP are invited to participate. Please contact the Convenor before the first meeting to express your interest.
When
Begins April 29 (8 meetings)
Time
Where
Contact
Tuesday Seminar
Love and the ethics of psychoanalysis
We have been working on desire, love and jouissance, and it is now pertinent to address the ethical dimension of love in psychoanalysis. All interested colleagues are welcome. If you have not participated in the Tuesday Seminar before, please contact the Covenor, Leonardo Rodríguez.
When
Semester One
Begins August 26 (10 meetings)
Time
Contact
The Seminar for Contemporary Studies in Freud and Lacan
The four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis and the Real (Réel) unconscious.
The seminar will take place at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in Sydney, and online, every two weeks on Friday, beginning 28th February.
When
Semester One
Begins February 28
Semester Two
Begins August 1