First Annual Conference on The Sexualisation of Childhood

Wednesday 20th August, 1.30-5.00 p.m.

The Family Systems Institute: Annual Conference

“Triangles: the building blocks of relationship systems” Key note speaker: Daniel Papero. PhD MSW. Faculty Bowen Centre for the Study of the Family Washington DC

Sexual Abuse In Religious Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Conference

This two day workshop will bring together experts from a range of disciplines: psychiatry, psychology,philosophy, ethics, law, theology, indigenous studies, religious studies and social sciences, to examine the issue of sexual abuse and exploitation in religious contexts.

Family Therapy Conference 2007

Tasmania's Family Therapy Association is proud to host the 2007 Family Therapy Conference beside Hobart's beautiful dockside. Put the dates in your diary and come and explore with us?

Working with Difficult Adolescents

This is a one term course of 8 weekly seminars to be held in Term 2 every Monday evening with the exception of public holidays. These seminars examine the current psychodynamic understanding of adolescent development and its application to issues such as self harm, suicide, eating disorders, bullying and violence, as well as thinking about issues of technique in dealing with the difficulties encountered in the therapeutic relationship.

Dr Pat Crittenden Workshop: Attachment and Pathways to Psychopathology, Growing Up Unprotected and Uncomforted

This two day workshop by Dr Patricia Crittenden will explore a developmental approach to risk for psychopathology tied to attachment relationships. Age appropriate assessments will be described and empirical evidence will be surveyed.

Dr Alan Cooklin Workshop 'Being Seen and Heard': The Needs of Children of Parents with Mental Illness

One Day Workshop by Dr. Alan Cooklin, Consultant in Family Psychiatry, Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care NHS Trust, and Hon. Sen. Lecturer, University College, London. Children with a parent with mental illness often fall through the professional net and are seen as nobody's responsibility.

VAFT Professional Development Workshop - Beyond Single Session Therapy

Beyond Single Session Therapy by Dr. Moshe Talmon, author of Single Session Therapy & Dr. Robert Rosenbaum, author of Zen and the Art of Psychotherapy.