Seminars

Clinical Seminar

 

The clinical seminar program will be guided by the ethics of the clinical practice of psychoanalysis. The seminar will show how this unfolds for the analyst and the analysand using the presentation of analytic cases by members of the ACP.

Please contact the Convenor before the first meeting to express your interest in attending.

Saturdays
1pm – 2.30pm

Semester 1: March 4, March 25, April 22, May 13, June 17
Semester 2:August 12, August 26, September 9, October 21, November 25

Venue: Treacy Conference Centre, Parkville
Contact: Carmelo Scuderi (Convenor)
T: 0438 281 789
E: carmelo.scuderi@psychoanalysis.org.au

Seminar On The Formation Of The Analyst

 

This Seminar will continue to work in 2023 according to the new modality it has adopted: in cartels and/or by individual contributions presented at plenary sessions. The research projects for the year generally concern the analytic discourse and the formation of the analyst, but other questions may emerge from the participants’ work in progress. For further information, please contact the convenor, Dr Leonardo Rodríguez.

Saturdays
1pm – 2.30pm

Semester 1: April 15 and June 24
Semester 2: September 2 and November 11

Venue: Treacy Conference Centre, Parkville
Contact: Danny Bryant (Convenor)
E: dannybryant@y7mail.com 

Forum Of Melbourne

 

The Forum of Melbourne will work this year on contributing to the discussion of the transmission of psychoanalysis and other fundamental questions, which are the object of psychoanalytic research in Australia and other countries.

Saturdays
1pm – 2.30pm

Semester 1: March 18, April 29, June 3
Semester 2: September 16, October 28, December 2

Venue: Treacy Conference Centre, Parkville
Contact: Delegates of the Forum of Melbourne

Contact: Marina Connelly (IF-SPFLF delegate)
E: marinamaconnelly@gmail.com
 Contact: Carney Lee (IF-SPFLF delegate)
E: carn.p.lee@gmail.com

 

Study Group On Psychoanalysis With Children

 

The study group on Psychoanalysis with Children works with questions relating to the clinical and conceptual field of psychoanalysis with children and adolescents. The group continues to meet in the first half of the year. All interested members and students of the ACP are invited to participate.

Please contact the Convenor before the first meeting to express your interest.

Tuesdays
8.00pm – 9.30pm

Semester: Begins May 2

Venue: To Be Announced
Contact: Dr Helena Sandahl (Convenor)
T:(03) 9380 4458
E: helena.sandahl@psychoanalysis.org.au

Tuesday Seminar

 

This seminar will continue to work on the concept of desire. Topics of interest include desire in the different clinical structures, in psychoanalytic treatment and in the interpretation of works or art and literature, while at the same time studying the established contributions of Freud and Lacan.

All interested colleagues are welcome. Those who have not participated in the Seminar before, please contact the Convenor before the first meeting.

Tuesdays
8.00pm – 9.30pm

Semester: Begins August 15th

Venue: To Be Announced
Contact: Dr Leonardo Rodríguez (Convenor)
T:(03) 9349 3462
E: leonardo.rodriguez@psychoanalysis.org.au

Cartels

 

The cartel is a small study group that researches topics of clinical and theoretical interest. Members and others work together, but each member pursues their own independent study and has an opportunity to present the work. The duration of a cartel is usually two years.


Contact: Carney Lee
E: carn.p.lee@gmail.com