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Freud Conference

The Freud Conference is an annual Melbourne event which applies psychoanalytic thinking to the broader psychosocial context, combined with clinical material. Based on different themes each year, and linked with current affairs, eminent international and local speakers from the psychoanalytic community and related academic fields are invited to present their work. This Conference was originally established and organized for 21 years by Douglas Kirsner, Deakin University. Since 1999 representatives from three of the major clinical Australian Psychoanalytic Associations have taken over organizing the Freud Conference which attracts very wide attendances from all over Australia and internationally.

Advance Notice

Freud Conference, Saturday 19th May, 2012

Treacy Centre, 126 The Avenue, Parkville, Melbourne

Key speakers

Dr Elyn Saks: Professor of Law and Psychiatry, University of Southern California; psychoanalyst, and noted author of "The Centre Cannot Hold" - a personal journey through psychoses (presentation via satellite).

Dr Carine Minne: Consultant Forensic Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital and the Portman Clinic; psychoanalyst, acclaimed author and international speaker on working with severely disturbed psychotic patients.

Watch this space!