[csaa-forum] Inaugural lecture: Canberra psychoanalytic centre

[Paul Magee]

Posted on behalf of the Canberra Psychoanalytic Centre:

      Australian
    Psychoanalytical
     Society       



Psychoanalysis, Meaning, and Mind

Inaugural Lecture by Dr. John McClean to launch the Canberra Psychoanalytic
Centre


The lecture will focus on psychoanalysis as a method of discovering
unconscious meaning, and the significance of this for the development of
mind. Examples will be drawn from the realms of symptoms, dreams, play,
transference and counter-transference. Some of these themes will be
illustrated with reference to the film Lars and the Real Girl.  A particular
focus will be the problem of the traumatised patient who cannot think
symbolically, and on the current understanding of factors that facilitate
this development.
 
Dr. John McClean is Vice-President of the Australian Psychoanalytical
Society, and a senior analyst with the Sydney Institute for Psychoanalysis.
He is active in teaching and training, and has a particular interest in the
relationships between psychoanalysis and literature and film.
 
The lecture will be followed by the inaugural meeting of the Canberra
Psychoanalytic Centre, which has been set up under the auspice of the
Australian Psychoanalytical Society.


 
Date:     Saturday, 22nd August, 2009 at 9.30am
              (registration from 9.15am)


Venue:  Seminar Room at the Rheinberger Centre,
             Cnr. Weston and Loch Sts, Yarralumla
             (enter via car-park in Loch St.)
  
Cost:     $40   ($25 for students)
               (Includes morning tea)
           


 RSVP to Deborah McIntyre (0400 002 684) or Georgia Tayler (6282 1399),
 or by e-mail to psychoanalysiscanberra at gmail.com 

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