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O R G A N I S I N G C O M M I T T E E

ChristineHill,RosGlickfeld,MaryanaPodreka,GurliHughes,DamienPierce

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•AustralianAssociationofGroupPsychotherapists

•AustralianPsychoanalyticalSociety

•PsychoanalyticPsychotherapyAssociation ofAustralasia

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A psychoanalytical consideration of corruption, feminism and exclusion

8.30 – 17.00 Saturday 21st MayThe Melbourne Brain Centre Kenneth Myer Building 30 Royal Parade, Parkville

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A B O U T T H E S P E A k E R S

DRDAVIDMORGANisatrainingandsupervisinganalystwiththeBritishPsychoanalyticAssociationandConsultantpsychotherapistatPortmanClinic,andTavistockandPortmanNHSTrust–aspecialistserviceforpatientswithviolentandsexualbehaviours.HeisCo-EditorwithStanRuszczynskiof

Violence, Perversion & Delinquency(karnac,2007)andEditorofThe Political Mind (inpress).Davidhasbeenafrequentcommentatorinthemediaonvarioustopicsincludingperversion,whistleblowing,migration,love,incestandbigamy.HehasalsobeenorganizerofthePolitical Mind SeminarsfortheBritishPsychoanalyticSociety(2015),tobepublishedlaterthisyearinaneditedbook.

DRRUTHMCCALLisaFellowoftheBritishPsychoanalyticalSociety,supervisorandtrainingpsychotherapistformultipleBritishpsychoanalyticpsychotherapytrainings,andseveralyearsatutorfortheMScinPsychoanalyticStudies,UCL.Ruthhasaspecialinterestinhysteriaand

psychosomaticdisorders,andlecturesonFreudandWinnicott’swork.Herinitialcareerwasintelevisiondocumentaryproductions,andnowshebroadcastsandworksinprivatepracticeinLondon.

ReadingsBookstorewillbeavailableattheConference

FREUD CONFERENCE 2016 FREUD CONFERENCE 201608.30 Registration&Coffee

09.00–9.10 IntroductionandWelcome: DrChristineHill

M O R N I N G S E S S I O N S

09.10–10.45 Chair:DrRobGordon

DR DAVID MORGAN POweR AND CORRuPTION IN The INDIVIDuAl AND SOCIeTy InthistalkDavidwillexplorethelinksbetweenperversionintheindividualandcorruptioninsociety.Usingclinicalandresearchworkwithwhistle-blowers,refugeesandpoliticaltheoristshewillshowhowapsychoanalyticalunderstandingofdestructivenesscancontributetothecomprehensionoffundamentalistpolitics.

10.45–11.15 Morningtea

11.15–12.45 Chair:A/ProfDrFrances Thomson-Salo

DR RuTh MCCAll PSyChOANAlySIS AND FeMINISMRuthwilldiscusstherevolutionarybeginningsofthepracticeofpsychoanalysis,itschangingunderstandinganddepictionofthefeminine,andtowhatextentitstillremainsanormativeandanti-feministstance.DrawinguponFreud,Winnicott,kleinandcontemporarywriters,aswellaspresentingclinicalvignettes,shewilllookatthewaysinwhichpsychoanalysismirrorsitssocietalcontext.

12.45–14.00 Lunch

A F T E R N O O N S E S S I O N S

14.00–15.30 Chair:MsAnneJeffsDR RuTh MCCAllPSyChOANAlySeS AND The exCluDeD OnehundredyearsagoFreudwrote“Icannotimaginebringingmyselftodelveintothepsychicalmechanismsofhysteriainanyonewhostruckmeaslow-mindedandrepellentandwouldnotbecapableofarousingsympathy.Theprocedureisnotapplicableatallbelowacertainlevelofintelligence,anditismadeverymuchmoredifficultbyanytraceoffeeblenessofmind.”Ruthwillexploreissuesofclass,mentalcondition,raceandintellect,andhowfarpsychoanalysishasmoved,ornot,fromFreud’sinitialexclusions.

15.30–15.45 Afternoonbreak

15.45–17.15 Chair:DrPeterSmith

DR DAVID MORGANPSyChOANAlySIS AND PeRVeRSION Althoughmoreopen-mindednessisnowrequiredwithregardtohumanbehaviour,Davidaskswhendoesthisequatewith‘one’sbrainfallingout!’Hewillexplorehowcorruptionviatheinternet,workpracticesandmarketforces,impactupontheindividual,creatingwhathecalls‘theindustrializationofinternetspace’.Pornographyandotherdistractionsleadtoindividualsexperiencingintimacywithanotherand/orbeingalonewiththemselves,frightening,andsorealrelationshipsareavoided.Thesedistractionsbecomeapsychicretreatandtheordinaryuncertaintiesofhumanrelationships

andfactsoflifeareobliterated.

17.15–18.00 Drinks&nibbles

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