RANZCP Darwin Congress Psychotherapy highlights

 

PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS

  • Psychotherapy Supervision Workshop (Jeffrey Streimer)

SYMPOSIUM

  • Dealing with Difficulty: a theoretical and Practical Guide to Working with Complex Cases in Psychotherapy Practice (Jeremy Holmes) (Wednesday 1 June)

MONDAY 30 MAY SESSIONS

  • The Many Faces of Courage – An Exploration of a ‘Heroic’ Journey of a Manic Patient  (Marta Morawiecka)
  • Close Encounters of the Canine Kind: The Use of Dogs as 'Canine Co-Therapists' in Psychotherapy Modelling the ECE Preparation Workshop. (Anne-Marie Swan)
  • The Effect of a Midwife-led Counselling on Mental Health Outcomes for Women Experiencing a Traumatic Childbirth: A RCT (Debra Creedy)
  • Egalitarianism: Virtue or Modern Day Curse? (Andrew Frukacz)
  • The researcher and the consulting room: how research shapes psychotherapy practice and vice versa. (Jeremy Holmes)

 

TUESDAY 31 MAY SESSIONS

  • Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Clinical Perfectionism: Two Controlled Trials Within Australian Community Samples (Sue Waite)
  • Attachment to Country-- Close Relations to the Natural Environment in Tropical Northern Territory and the Role of the Natural Environment in Psychic Life. (Charles Le Feuvre)
  • Recent Trends in Psychotherapy Training Among Psychiatrists in Victoria (Asiri Rodrigo)
  • Mooditation- Mindfulness of Moods (Anthony Durrell)

 

WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE WORKSHOP

  • Dealing with Difficulty: a Theoretical and Practical Guide to Working with Complex Cases in Psychotherapy Practice - a 3-hour workshop with Professor Jeremy Holmes

 

THURSDAY 2 JUNE WORKSHOP

  • Close Relations Role Reversal in the Developing and Managing of Closeness (Neil Hucker)

 

 

The Psychotherapy Section AGM will be held at Congress on Tuesday May 31; you are warmly invited to attend and have your say.

SECTION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY DINNER – TUESDAY 31 MAY

An optional Section dinner will take place on Tuesday 31 May at Evoo (Sky City Complex), commencing at 7.00pm. The dinner is NOT included in the Congress registration fee, and those wishing to attend must contact Dr Andrew Leggett directly on aleggett@powerup.com.au to book. RSVPs are required by 24 May; the cost of the dinner is $120 per head. Those attending MUST pay in advance, either by EFT prior to Sunday May 29, or by cash on the night (bringing the correct money to give to Dr Leggett upon arrival).

For further information please refer to http://www.ranzcp2011.com/social-program/

We look forward to seeing you in Darwin.