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2012 NZAC Research Conference

You are cordially invited to attend the (nearly) annual NZAC Research Conference. We missed out last year due to the inaugural Counsellor Education Conference, but we are back due to popular demand. EIT will be hosting this popular conference which will follow the format established in previous years. All attendees are asked to present an aspect of their research which is done in a friendly and collegial environment. Finished research is welcome, but so too are projects in process and the germination of ideas. Opportunities for discussion and feedback make it a rich and supportive experience. Experienced researchers and newbies are most welcome!

Invitations are open for abstracts of 200 words or less for a 20 minute presentation until 1 October 2012.

When: 3 - 4 December 2012
Where: Eastern Institute of Technology, Taradale, Hawke’s Bay
Cost: $80 which will cover lunches and morning and afternoon tea on both days.
Contact: for registration and submission of abstracts email nzacresearchconf2012@eit.ac.nz

Family and Whanau

NZ Association of Counsellors (NZAC) Annual Conference

The 2013 Hui will provide an opportunity for all those interested in the well being of our Families, our Whanau, our children and our relationships. Meet with your colleagues to converse, learn and be stimulated by a wide range of inspiring and thought-provoking guest speakers, workshop and presentation facilitators, and upwards of 400 counsellors and others interested in promoting the very best of the work undertaken by the Members of this Association every day of the year.

After the powhiri to the hui, Liese Groot-Alberts will deliver an opening address. On Friday, we offer opportunities for 30 presentations and 14 workshops, plus a presentation from Nigel Latta on working with family and whanau. On Saturday morning we offer keynote addresses from Fran Hoover, the new CEO of Relationships Aotearoa.. After lunch, we invite you to “Meet the Judges”, as his Honour Principal Family Court Judge Peter Boshier, and his Honour High Court Judge Joe Williams offer their expert perspectives on Family and Whanau.

To top it all, our Post 2013 Hui Dinner presenters on Saturday evening will be New Zealand’s most loved twins, Jools and Lynda Topp, as they offer their unique perspectives of New Zealand Family and Whanau.

When: 23rd - 26th May 2013
Where: War Memorial Conference Centre, Napier
For full details: see www.nzachui.co.nz

Figure and Ground - Ko Rangitoto te Maunga, Ko Waitemata te Moana

New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Conference 2013

An NZAP conference is both a conference, and an opportunity to come together as an association, with all our similarities and differences. With this in mind the theme “Figure and Ground”, “Ko Rangitoto te Maunga, Ko Waitemata te Moana” has been chosen which invites us to consider what is significant in the foreground, and in the back ground in our clinical practice, our therapeutic communities and in our social contexts. We are inviting papers, presentations, and workshops on this theme from participants of all contexts and theoretical modalities. We hope that multiple perspectives can come together and be heard during our conference. Whatever perspectives you hold, we warmly invite you to attend and participate.

International Keynote Speaker

We are delighted to announce our international keynote speaker Dr Farhad Dalal from Devon in the UK. Farhad works as an analyst and group analyst in private practice and has done so for over twenty-five years. He is a training group analyst for the Institute of Group Analysis, London. He also works with teams and organizations as a facilitator and consultant.

Dalal is an authority on issues of psychoanalysis, group analysis, culture and racism. He is the author of three books: Taking the Group Seriously in which he argues against individualism and for the relational nature of human life. In his second book Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialization, Dalal focuses on the causes of the hatred of Others in general and of racism in particular. His current book Thought Paralysis – The Virtues of Discrimination (2012) is a constructive critique of the Equality movements. He also reflects upon the human condition in general.

When: 18 - 21 April 2013.
Where: Orakei Marae, Orakei, Tamaki Makarau - Auckland .
For full details: see www.nzap.org.nz