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New Decade - New Directions: developments in the treatment of eating disorders

Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders Annual Conference

ANZAED's 2010 Conference Committee, led by ANZAED Committee Member Dr Roger Mysliwiec, are in the final planning stage for the 8th Annual ANZAED conference. We are excited to be able to offer both national and international presenters. Our keynote speakers will be Dr Kate Tchanturia, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, from Kings College, London and Professor Peter Joyce, Dean of the University of Otago, Christchurch, and Director of the Psychological Medicine Research Unit. For the first time the conference programme will include 90 and 45 minute workshops on a broad range of new treatment developments. By offering 3 tracks we have been able to increase the number of oral presentations as well.

On the Clinical Training day on Thursday 26th August, Dr Kate Tchanturia will present a workshop on "Cognitive Remediation in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa?" followed by a workshop in the afternoon by Dr Virginia McIntosh, PhD and Dr Jenny Jordan PhD on "Specialist Supportive Management Care of Anorexia Nervosa".

australia and new zealand academy for eating disorders

When: 27 - 28 August 2010
Where: Hilton Auckland
For full details: see www.anzaed.org.au

Pacific Counselling Hui 2010: nations coming together as whanau/family in the great ANZAC tradition

Joint NZAC – ACA Conference 2010

An exciting new conference collaboration will be held in Auckland in 2010 - this is the combined ACA and NZAC Conference. The details of keynote speakers, workshops and papers are being developed and more details will be posted on the website as soon it is available.

When: 4 pm Thurs 30 Sept to Sat 2nd of October 2010
Where: Auckland, New Zealand
For details: see www.nzac.org.nz
Brochure: » download now

Community, Practice and Life

Gestalt Australia New Zealand (GANZ) 7th International Conference

Gestalt! A part of the whole, a part to play.

This conference will be a lived experience of community building. The conference vision is to create a residential, community gathering that supports dialogue, inclusions and particiaption. The theme of the gathering will be explored using open space technology with self organising processes and structural experiential activities supported by a team of conference facilitators.

The invited guest facilitator will be Dr Malcolm Parlett. Malcolm practiced Gestalt therapy and consultation for 30 years before retiring in 2008. He co-founded Gestalt SouthWest and also the Gestalt Psychotherapy and Training Institute (GPTI) in the UK in the 1980s. Malcolm was editor of the British Gestalt Journal for fifteen years until 2006, when he also retired from being a visiting professor of Gestalt psychotherapy at the University of Derby and from being a chartered psychologist in the UK. He has taught and led Gestalt groups in Britain and overseas, and has written extensively about Gestalt therapy, field theory, and ‘the five abilities’.

When: 2-5 September 2010
Where: Heritage Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand
For details: see www.ganz.org.au

Celebrating the New Zealand Chapter of International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP)

All participants are invited to the social events which are drinks and a meal both Friday and Saturday nights.
All participants will receive a Certificate for Continuing Education purposes.

When: 11th and 12th September 2010.
Where: The Symposium will be held in the Upstairs Room at The Drake, Freemans Bay, Auckland . This is on the Link Bus route and a short walk from Queens St. Numbers are limited so early registration is advised.
Cost: for the two days is $100 which includes Morning and Afternoon Tea. It will be possible to order a Pub Lunch each day (for $18.50)and there are also a range of Cafes and other eating places very close by. There is also Victoria Park Markets across the road (and parking is available there for cars).
Contact: Sarah Calvert (027) 272 6447 email calverts@iconz.co.nz

Attachments

Child and Adolescent Mental Helath Conference

The theme of the conference is Attachments – those important attachments that support children and youth to reach their full potential. The conference is an opportunity to showcase programmes and innovative ways that families and communities help secure those important attachments. We hope to enhance your own models of working with children and youth in the mental health sector with outstanding keynote speakers who understand the challenges of today’s young people and ways of us all working together for a better world.

When: 15 - 17 September 2010
Where: The Rutherford Hotel, Nelson
For full details: » see conference website

Home Is Where We Start

NZ Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) Annual Conference

The conference organisers had many thoughts as we came up with this title:

attachment theory and the secure base of home/relationship for the child
that NZAP should be a "home" for us and the hope that even though changes are ongoing, NZAP still does feel like that home or secure base for members
concepts around "home" in terms of country/ethnicity/nationality; Maori concepts of home, of turangawaewae, and that this country is first home to its indigenous people

So we encourage thoughts and reflections and ultimately papers around the them and its myriad possibilities.

When: 11 - 13 February 2011
Where: Dunedin
For full details: see www.nzap.org.nz