DBS Department of Psychotherapy
is pleased to host
Psychoanalysis of the child: the bastard child of Psychoanalysis
A lecture by Dr. Michael Plastow (Melbourne)
followed by an open discussion
provoked by prepared questions
18th June 2015
19.30 to 22.00
in
DBS, Auditorium 1, 13/14 Aungier St. Dublin 2
Dr. Michael Plastow is a psychoanalyst working in private practice in Melbourne. He is an analyst of the Freudian School of Melbourne, School of Lacanian Psychoanalysis. He also practices in the public sector as a child psychiatrist at the Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Services in Melbourne where he leads a multi-disciplinary team.
He has published extensively in psychoanalytic, psychiatric, and academic literature, and frequently presents his work at colloquia and conferences in Australia, Europe, and Latin America.
Over a number of years he has convened a seminar on Psychoanalysis and the Child with Tine Nørregaard, also a psychoanalyst in The Freudian School of Melbourne. This collaboration has given rise to the writing of the book entitled What is a Child? Childhood, Psychoanalysis, and Discourse, Karnac, 2014.
Schedule
19.20 – 19.30: Registration
19.30 – 19.45: Introduction
19.45 – 20.45: Lecture
20.45 – 22.00: Open Discussion
Advance registration is recommended
REGISTRATION FEE: €25 (Students: €15)
EMAIL enquiries: terry.ball@dbs.ie