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Australian Psychoanalytical Society Inc.

The Australian Psychoanalytical Society Inc (APAS) is a component society of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).

Together we are here to raise the profile of psychoanalysis and set the standards for practitioners. The Australian Psychoanalytical Society (APAS) is a component society of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), an organisation of over 10,000 members worldwide, which is involved in training, research, and maintenance of standards for psychoanalytic practice. We have branches in Ade

laide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Society is dedicated to psychoanalytic treatment and training, to the development of psychoanalytic thinking and to the communication of these ideas to the public. Members work in private practice, in hospitals and universities and other institutional settings. They also undertake teaching and supervision of the clinical work of psychotherapists and other mental health practitioners.

29/05/2026

SAVE THE DATE
APAS is delighted to announce a three-part online lecture series with Anne Alvarez: Reclaiming Psychic Life: Clinical Approaches to Empty States and Vitalization.
The series explores states of psychic emptiness in which the issue may not be one of active resistance or withdrawal, but of “undrawal”. Anne Alvarez will reflect on how these states may be recognised clinically, and on therapeutic approaches that can help restore vitality and psychic life.

Dates: Thursday 16, 23 & 30 July 2026
Time: 7.30pm – 9.00pm Sydney time
Online via Zoom, Recordings will be available for two weeks following each seminar
Cost: $88 per seminar, $210 for the full series (inc. GST)
Discounts available for full-time students and IPA members and candidates

Further information to be posted to our Website soon www.psychoanalysis.asn.au.

25/05/2026

How is parental experience shaped by racialisation, unconscious identification, and experiences of otherness?

Drawing from her clinical work and psychoanalytical thinking, Maxine Dennis reflects on how racialisation may become intertwined with early experiences of attachment, belonging, longing, and exclusion, both within the internal world and within social reality.

This presentation also engages deeply with contemporary questions surrounding racialisation, maternal subjectivity, and the emotional experience of being seen, misseen, or othered.

Thursday 25 June 2026
7.30pm Sydney time
Online via Zoom

Please note: due to the rich clinical material presented, this seminar will not be recorded.

We look forward to welcoming you for this seminar.

Further details can be found on our website at:
https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/apas-seminar-maxine-dennis

18/05/2026

“We all need witnesses.”

On 4th June, Dana Amir and Merav Roth will explore what happens when emotional links collapse.

Drawing on psychoanalytic thinking, the seminar reflects on states of mind-deadness and on the possibility of recovering psychic aliveness in the aftermath of trauma and rupture.

Visit our Website to learn more about the seminar and registration details. https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/seminar-series-may-june

Thursday 4 June� 8.00 – 9.30pm AEST

We look forward to welcoming you to this conversation.

To book https://www.trybooking.com/DLFQK

15/05/2026

What happens when organisations lose their capacity to think, care, and tell the truth?

Ahead of our upcoming seminar with Dr Rachel Gibbons, we invite you to explore two preparatory papers available on our website: Scapegoating in Healthcare and The ‘Impossibility’ of Working in Healthcare: Sacrifice to a Primitive God
Visit our website to access the papers and learn more about the seminar.
Thursday 28 May
8.00 – 9.30pm AEST
We look forward to welcoming you to this conversation.

https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/seminar-series-may-june

BOOKINGS - https://www.trybooking.com/DLFQK

www.drrachelgibbons.co.uk

14/05/2026

The programme for the Australian Psychoanalytical Society Conference 2026 is now available. Featuring keynote speaker Paul Williams and a special afternoon session “In Conversation” with Nobel-Laureate J. M. Coetzee. Attend In person or Online - explore the full programme:
https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/open-days-program-2026

11/05/2026

Last days to register.

29/04/2026

Registrations are now open for the APAS Conference 2026:
Minds Under Siege: Dehumanization & Reparation.
Join us in Adelaide or online. View the programme and register here: https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/open-days-program-2026

28/04/2026

We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming online seminar with Dr Rachel Gibbons: Impossibility of Working in Organisations – Institutional Harm & the Loss of Truth

In this seminar, Dr Gibbons explores how organisations working with difficult and often unbearable human realities can lose their capacity to think, speak truthfully, and care.

Thursday 28 May 8pm AEST

Learn more
https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/seminar-series-may-june
To register
https://www.trybooking.com/DLFQK

21/04/2026

Please use this link to book: https://www.trybooking.com/DJGCS

20/04/2026

How do we listen to what cannot be said?

Jan Abram presents a seminar on Winnicott's dialogue with Bion. An opportunity to reflect on the clinical significance of communication, containment, and early psychic life.
Thursday 23 April 8.00pm AEST.
Registrations remain open.
Book prior to 5pm 22 April to guarantee receipt of the Zoom link to attend live. Recording available for two weeks post event. https://www.psychoanalysis.asn.au/apas-events-1

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