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Berry Street Yooralla are pleased to partner with the Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australia (CPPAA) Event details: Link below Monday, 23 November, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm (AEDT) Online $230.00 (incl. GST) per person https://www.berrystreet.org.au/events/the-diversity-of-neurodiversity-cppaa-november-2026

Friday 18th September, 2026: Online https://www.berrystreet.org.au/events/mourning-meaning-cppaa-september-2026 Berry Street Yooralla are pleased to partner with the Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australia (CPPAA), to offer a series of webinars, delivered by CPPAA members, that will showcase the contemporary application of Child Psychotherapy. Titled ‘The Unconscious at Work’ the series poses the question: What is happening within the therapist when they w

Berry Street Yooralla are pleased to partner with the Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australia (CPPAA), to offer a series of webinars, delivered by CPPAA members, that will showcase the contemporary application of Child Psychotherapy.

Dear CPPAA Members We are pleased to announce a CPPAA Professional Development Event: Child Psychotherapy practice in Australia today A...

Dr Mishel McMahon, a Yorta Yorta woman, completed research centering on First Nations worldviews and ontology, and specific research looking at continuing sovereign perspectives for child rearing, health and ethical Aboriginal research principles. Dr Mishel McMahon leads Nurturing Beginnings Forum. We invite you to attend this event focussing on the critical role early intervention plays in supporting the developmental health and long-term resilience of our youngest & most v

In June 2023 I was very fortunate to join a “Kaffee und Kuchen” morning on a sunny summer’s day at the Freud’s London home at 20...

https://mailchi.mp/mindinmind/latest-mindinmind-event-13875958?e=e5d5c1ef95 Isca Wittenberg, the world's oldest living Child...

14 December 2022 at 7:15pm. To obtain Zoom link email admin@cppaa.org.au

The CPPAA Clinical Training Program is planning a new intake for 2023

Anne was not only generous with financial resources and philanthropy, for example, the Dara Foundation, she was also very generous with...

The theme for December’s Happy Hour is paper from Psychoanalysis Down Under: Vivien Elton, Trauma and the transition to Motherhood Here is the link to the paper: https://www.psychoanalysisdownunder.com.au/articles/tag/Vivienne+Elton

The theme for November’s Happy Hour is Christopher Bollas’ presentation about the primitive processes around the COVID 19 pandemic in a US context. Here is the youtube link of Chistopher Bollas’ presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eBWG_DgRAo

“This text, published in 2011 concerning the attack of the psychoanalytical setting in war conditions, has revealed the interest of many psychoanalysts during the Covid-19 pandemic which attacks also the setting.” Link to the podcast: https://talksonpsychoanalysis.podbean.com/e/marie- therese-khair-badawi-being-thinking-creating/ Have a listen beforehand if you can, but still come along if you have not. All members and trainees welcome.

Discussion papers by Sharyn Brew, Olivia Dwyer, & Alexis Aytekin

Disconnected and Unreachable: work with shut-down states of mind 8pm on Zoom - all welcome To receive the Zoom link email us at admin@cppaa.org.au Graham Music is a child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist, who has worked at the Tavistock Clinic for over a decade. He is a leader in training in child development, neuroscience and attachment theory, and has a particular interest in linking cutting-edge developmental research with therapeutic practice. He has published exten

A warm welcome is extended to all CPPAA and VAPP Members and Candidates Creating Space for Meaningful Moments Held in the Virtual Frame of Online Child and Family Psychotherapy An Illustrated Conversation Presented by Carolyn Coburn and Andrea Oldham Monday, 5th October 8.00pm (by Zoom) The VAPP and CPPAA invite their joint communities of Members and Candidates to a presentation by Carolyn Coburn and Andrea Oldham as they share conversations about working with children and f

An opportunity to gather together and discuss Taika Waititi’s 2016 heart-warming film ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’ and reflect on some themes relating to the experience of children in Out of Home Care. Time is 7pm on Thursday, 10 September via Zoom Yvette Willoughby is a Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist who has worked in the role of Therapeutic Specialist (consultant) in the Circle program in Melbourne’s South and Eastern regions over the past 8 years. She will discuss

A recent UNICEF blog: [https://www.unicef.org.au/blog/news-and-insights/january-2020/unlikely-pen-pals]. The blog is created from letters...

Carolyn Coburn & Andrea Oldham