Welcome to the Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy
ANZAP was formed in 1987 to improve opportunities for the exchange of ideas, to establish a regular training program in contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and from time to time a supervisor training program for those who have received training.
History: It arose out of the psychotherapy program developed and run since 1983 by the Psychotherapy Unit, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital; where the ideas of Russell Meares and the late Robert Hobson which began to develop in 1965 in the United Kingdom, linked here in Sydney with those of Kohut’s Self Psychology, the humanistic tones of which resonated with their ideas. Based on their many years of combined clinical experience, and the early clinical experience developed within this unit, it took a new direction – being process oriented rather than structural, and came to be known as the Conversational Model – named by Robert Hobson.
The Conversational Model
Self is conceived as a particular form of mental activity, or process, the dynamic and moving form of which is manifest in the stream of consciousness (William James) and in certain kinds of conversation. The theoretical framework of the Conversational Model depends mainly on the development of self in relatedness, and the integration of unconscious traumatic memory. It has rigorously integrated psychoanalytic understanding with research in the fields of trauma and developmental theory, linguistics, and memory along with neurophysiology, in a way that is applicable in day to day psychotherapeutic practice, and can be taught through the supervision of audio-taped sessions with patients, complemented with didactic seminars and reading material. It has been and continues to be scientifically tested and published. It continues to evolve while maintaining it basic and core features.
Seminars & Publications: ANZAP publishes a quarterly bulletin, a yearly journal ‘Self in Conversation’ and presents bi-monthly seminars on contemporary issues with a mix of clinical and theoretical content, and from time to time an interesting range of seminars pertinent to important psychoanalytic topics of the day.
The Annual Conference, with invited and submitted papers, interesting key-note speakers and workshops is the highlight of the year and attracts quite considerable interest in the psychotherapy community.
Several Training programs have been successfully conducted over the years in Christchurch, Melbourne, Townsville, Canberra, and currently in Hobart.
FROM MANY INTO ONE: INTEGRATION, CONTRADICTION & PARADOX
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Applications are invited from mental health practitioners for the ANZAP Diploma in Adult Psychotherapy commencing in March 2009 in Sydney. Download PDF Flyer
DISTANCE COURSES - Applications are invited from mental health practitioners for the ANZAP Diploma in Adult psychotherapy commencing in March 2009 in Hobart
& Newcastle.Download PDF Flyer
The Self in Conversation Volume VI Edited by Russell Meares and Pauline Nolan
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The Self in Conversation Volume V Edited by Russell Meares and Pauline Nolan
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The Self in Conversation Volume IV Edited by Russell Meares and Pauline Nolan
Download order form below The Self in Conversation Volume IV
The Self in Conversation Volume III Edited by Russell Meares and Pauline Nolan
Download order form below The Self in Conversation Volume III
For information please contact: Ms Lorraine Taylor
Ph: (02) 8399 3787
Fax: (02) 9209 4323
Email:info@anzapweb.com For more information about the training course go to ANZAPtrainingpage on the website.
The Unethical Hypothetical!
