THE THERAPY RELATIONSHIP:

Cutting edge or cliché in today's

psychotherapy and counselling?

Surveys of psychotherapists and counsellors show they hear more from their clients than they used to about the political world - there are links between what is seen on the news and our emotional lives. This two-day workshop will explore and challenge what we take for granted in our work as therapists, and includes a consideration of how to work with political, social and cultural material in the therapy session.

The therapy relationship is central to thinking about client work. Most psychotherapists and counsellors would say that their work is ‘relational’ in some way, though people mean very different things. At the same time, critiques of ‘the relational turn’ in therapy have also arisen. It’s argued that this can lead to the depth aspects of the work being downgraded and to the rise of a whole set of moralistic rules about relationships in general and the therapy relationship in particular. Moreover, as clients bring relationship difficulties to therapy more often than any other problem, the workshop will move on from the therapy relationship to other personal relationships, culminating in an exploration of the more-than-personal dimensions of spiritual and political relations. But the therapy relationship is so central to thinking about client work that, recently in Britain, a serious proposal was made in Britain for a promotional campaign to raise the profile of psychotherapy and counselling under the slogan ‘It’s the Relationship, Stupid!’

In this challenging and informative workshop, Andrew will look in turn at where the stress on the therapy relationship has become a restrictive cliché, where it is still at the healing cutting edge of clinical thinking – and at where it is both cutting edge and cliché.

FREE ARTICLE and INTERVIEW

The renaissance of western politics: The 'good-enough' leader, relational economics
and an empathic foreign policy. To view or download article click here

Working with political, social and cultural material in the therapy session:
An interview with Andrew Samuels. To view or download article click here

WATCH TWO OF ANDREW'S 'RANTS' BELOW:

14 HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PsychOz Publications offers high quality professional training events with a clear focus on psychotherapy and counselling for a range of clinicians in the field. The trainers selected for these events are highly qualified senior Australian and International members of the psychology and psychotherapy community. On this basis, formal professional association endorsement is not necessary. Certificates of Attendance detailing 14 hours of professional training and the qualifications of trainer will be supplied at the mid-afternoon break on the final day. Certificates MUST be collected IN PERSON. Delegates can use the Certificates to document their selected activities relevant to their learning needs.
Did you know that professional training events do not need to be endorsed by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) to be considered acceptable for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements set by the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA)? More information

PROFESSOR ANDREW SAMUELS D.H.L

Andrew is a frequent visitor to Australia and his previous workshops for Psychoz Publications were very well received. His workshop style is direct, expressive and participatory. Andrew is recognised internationally as one of the leading commentators on social, cultural and political issues using therapy thinking. In his latest work on relationships, he challenges many of the conventional 'truths' of therapy and works the relational interface between private and public dynamics. Clinically, he seeks to integrate approaches from Jungian and Post-Jungian analysis, with humanistic psychology, and with relational psychoanalysis.

He is Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex University, Visiting Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychoanalysis at New York University, Visiting Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and Honorary Professor of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies at Roehampton University. He is a Training Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology. He is Chair of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. Samuels is a Founder Board Member of the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. He works internationally as a political consultant, was co-founder of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, and created the journal Psychotherapy and Politics International. Formerly, he was Honorary Secretary of the International Association for Analytical Psychology, a Scientific Associate of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, and 2003 winner of the Hans W. Loewald award of the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education.

His books have been translated into 19 languages and include Jung and the Post-Jungians (1985), The Father (1986), Critical Dictionary of Jungian Analysis (1986), The Plural Psyche: Personality, Morality and the Father (1989), Psychopathology (1989), The Political Psyche (1993), and the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis Gradiva prize-winning Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life (2001).

TRAINING AND REGISTRATION BROCHURE
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DATES AND LOCATIONS

MELBOURNE

Friday 15th & Saturday 16th April 2011
Oaks on Market, Melbourne
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BOOKS BY ANDREW SAMUELS

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