Anyone who engages in
relationship work, be it with couples or families, knows just how complex;
confusing; captivating; challenging and confounding this work can be.
Counselling work can be a source of great joy and immense frustration for
therapists and can at times test our skills to their limits.
The 2009
Symposium seeks to look at the many forms that relationships can take, the
variety and complexity of issues therapists see and the challenges faced
in honing the necessary skills for the work.
We hope the program will be exciting, interesting and relevant to your
practice.
Thursday 26th of March
2009
Two pre-symposium
workshops addressing different areas of relationship work.
Alan
Jenkins - working with relationships where there has been
violence, abuse or general difficult circumstances.
Dianne
Ervine - will address Working with Sexuality and Intimacy Issues
in Relationship Counselling.
Evening reception of
delegates.
Friday and Saturday 26th and 27th March
2009
Alan Jenkins - will give the keynote address
on Friday Morning. Alan is a well known Australian therapist and author of
“Invitations to Responsibility”.
Ellyn Bader - will be
the keynote speaker on Saturday morning. She co-authored “ In Quest
of the Mythical Mate" and "Tell me no Lies" with her partner Peter Pearson
and is the co-founder of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park,
California.
Workshop presenters
include:
Dr Wendell Rosevear - working with same sex
couples.
Dr William Wilkie - working with
relationships where there are mental health issues.
Peter
Kadwell - will convene a panel discussion with members of PFLAG
discussing gay and lesbian couples and raising families.
Dianne
Ervine - day long workshop addressing the sexual self of the
therapist and enhancing sexuality in women and their
relationships.
Eric Hudson - the gentle, insightful
and effective approach to working with couples.
Paul
Gibney - "rules" for working with
couples.
William Diplock and Guy
Vicars - working with blended families.
Charles
Wilson - issues around adoption.
Sue
Eaglesham - getting the best from the
supervisory relationship as supervisor
and supervisee.
More detail
in the August Newsletter and the
Registration Brochure will be
available shortly.
AARC Inc Annual General Meeting
is on Friday evening followed by the Symposium dinner
both at the Greenmount Conference Centre.
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