Featured Live Webinars
Dr Joan Haliburn on Psychotherapy for Adolescents
Dr Joan Haliburn
Saturday, 8th February, 25
11.00 a.m to 12.30 p.m (AEDT)
The paradox is that the more one tries to become who one is not, the more one stays the same (Yontef & Jacobs, 2008, p329).
Psychotherapy for adolescents requires an active, engaged therapist who recognizes the importance of involving parents when necessary and is attuned to the presence of transference early on. The therapy needs to be structured into three phases—beginning, middle, and end—each with clear objectives, all within a trauma-informed framework. Special attention also needs to be given at the conclusion of therapy, focusing not only on the adolescent but also on the parent, if involved. This comprehensive approach ensures that both the adolescent and their family receive the support they need throughout the therapeutic process. In this webinar, Dr. Joan Haliburn will explore the complexities of adolescent psychotherapy, using case studies to illustrate the practical application of key concepts and techniques.
Luminaries in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis - Erich Fromm
Dr Kevin Keith
Saturday, 22nd February, 25
11.00 p.m to 12.30 p.m (AEDT)
Erich Fromm [1900-1980] was a truly an exceptional figure. He lived through eight decades of the 20th Century. We still have much to rediscover from his life’s work, which actively engaged a fracturing world. Fields as broad as psychoanalysis, sociology, economics, critical theory and philosophy have all benefited from his accessible style and courageous focus. Indeed, his highly influential ideas—including ‘love’ ‘listening’ ‘hope’ and ‘social justice’—expressed throughout his prolific career have gained rightful recognition decades after his death.
The three webinars will roughly follow a chronological order: (1) his early life, key influences and emergence of a refined social-theoretical psychoanalytic foundation, (2) key clinical contributions and technique from love and listening, and finally, (3) how his ideas match with contemporary issues and have been taken up by current scholars and therapists to address global concerns. Central ideas, select publications, and comments by Fromm scholars will be curated throughout the series to bring back to life relevant practical applications for work in 2025.
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Trailblazers of Dissociation & Psychotherapy III: Carl Jung
Prof Andrew Moskowitz
Saturday, 8th November, 25
11.00 a.m to 12.30 p.m (AEDT)
Carl Gustav Jung certainly needs no introduction. His ideas and theories profoundly influenced 20th century psychology, religion, literature and the arts, and remain highly influential today. In the popular mind, he is often characterized as a ‘disciple’ of Freud, yet this is clearly inaccurate. During the intense seven years (1906-1913) that they were friends and colleagues, Jung was already known for his research and writings; for a time, he willingly aligned himself with Freud’s ambitions, but his thinking was always independent. The influence of the dissociation pioneers Pierre Janet and the Swiss psychologist Theodor Flournoy on Jung’s ideas ultimately won out.
Though volumes have been written by Jung and about Jung, here we will focus on only one aspect of his work and life, albeit a most important one – Jung’s role as a pioneer in the field of trauma and dissociation. We will trace his life and work in three areas: 1) Biographical and autobiographical writings focusing particularly on his early life and sense of himself as divided into more than one part, 2) Jung’s concept of the complex, its relation to trauma and dissociation and its influence on Bleuler’s (1911) construct of schizophrenia, and 3) Jung’s view of normal personality as characterized by personality types and as being inherently dissociative, with the concept of archetypes complementing the concept of complexes. This final section will discuss Jung’s views on the Self and the process of individuation, and will include a review of contemporary ‘multi-mind’ theories of personality directly influenced by Jung, such as Hal and Sidra Stone’s Voice Dialogue and Dick Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems therapy.
Featured On-demand Webinars
Dr Nick Bendit on Trauma and Memory Systems
Dr Nick Bendit
In the webinar Dr. Nick Bendit will provide some didactic information about suicidality, and then explore why patients become suicidal, and what the function of suicidal thoughts and urges are. Dr. Bendit will develop a general psychodynamic hypothesis about the origins of suicidal thoughts, and the relationship between deliberate self harm and suicidal thoughts. He will then differentiate between acute suicidality and chronic suicidality, and briefly outline the different treatment needs of each group. Dr. Bendit will also discuss how the fear of suicide structures the therapy, and influences the therapist’s response. Finally, some important prevailing myths about suicide prediction, assessment and prevention will be described.
Vulnerability & Grandiosity: Related forms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Dr Joan Haliburn
‘SELF’ and ‘SELF AND OTHER’ are inseparable – whether in early development, or in the psychotherapeutic relationship. Developmental Theory is a Relational Theory and forms the basis of most psychodynamic psychotherapies. The term narcissism is most often regarded as a triad of vanity, exhibitionism and arrogant ingratitude, but it also needs to be seen as a state of developmental arrest, vulnerability, where the sense of SELF lacks sufficient inner resources to give meaning to life, simply through living it fully. The role of relational trauma needs to also be understood in the precocious attainment of autonomy, early idealization and identification with the other, seen in the developmental psychopathology of some narcissistic personality disorders. They occur on a spectrum and cannot all be lumped together. We must develop this understanding in the psychotherapy of Narcissistic Personality Disorders.
Engaging Men in Therapy: What the Literature Says (Free Webinar).
Zern Liew
Men and boys represent 50% of the population who may be overlooked by the therapy industry. The APA released their first ever guidelines for working with men and boys in 2019 – not even five years ago. The level of psychological distress experienced by men appears to be increasing. Suicide levels remain unacceptably high. Men appear less willing to engage with health practitioners. This is especially so when it comes to mental health services. Most practitioners are women. It is not unusual to encounter those who believe that men are alexithymic and uncooperative clients. Men harbour fears, misinformation, and unhelpful beliefs about therapy. This webinar presents what the literature says about men and therapy. Understanding how men cope and seek help is important for practitioners who are serious about serving this population.
Featured Short Courses
Understanding Dissociation and How to Work with It
Dr Nick Bendit
Dissociation is an area of mental health that few practitioners know much about. It is shrouded in mystery and controversy, but in the last 10 years there is an increasing literature of the science and clinical practice of dissociation. In particular, complex dissociation appears in clients with severe borderline personality disorder and clients with dissociative identity disorder. This Online Course will introduce you to dissociation, discuss cognitive neuroscience of dissociation, clinical syndromes in dissociation with both PTSD and BPD subtype, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
Personality, impacts on mental health and practical implications for treatment
Dr Kevin Keith
Personality research remains a vibrant, yet relatively untapped resource for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and other mental health workers. Research continues to offer more robust integrative life-span approaches to human difference. And along the way, new insights for care in mental health settings continue to emerge. This Online Course addresses ‘research to practice gaps’ and highlights current perspectives on personality, impacts on mental health and practical implications for treatment.
Practical & Ethical Framework for Online Therapy
Dr Kris Rao
The Internet has offered therapists a new medium through which they can deliver psychotherapeutic interventions. Yet, online therapy has brought up a plethora of ethical challenges for therapists not previously encountered in face-to-face therapy. Digital skills are not just enough. Good ethical standards and knowledge of legal requirements are paramount to providing effective online therapy. This online course will introduce you to a range of ethical issues you are likely to encounter in when delivering online therapy, and help you develop practical techniques to manage them.
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