November 25, 2015
By Pamela Nathan Today is White Ribbon Day. It’s time to stop the violence against women, against children. To stop the violence we need to […]
November 12, 2015
The page is blank. Where does one start to make sense of a life? Is there a beginning and an end? Are there multiple interconnections, seemingly disconnected, which in the fullness of time connect to form a story? A whole, of many parts, which if visually portrayed, could look like a collage or a Jackson Pollock painting of pure form and no image, pure paint - the essence and without artifice.
This is the dance of life...
November 11, 2015
As we reach the half-way mark for Psychology Week 2015, I would like to share a story that shows, very briefly, how the psychoanalytic psychotherapist might work with someone to understand trauma and violence.
The story is taken from 'Saving Lives', the first of CASSE's series of booklets that explore some of the key issues facing people and communities in crisis.
November 10, 2015
By Pamela Nathan Today’s update for Psychology Week 2015 is a short animation introducing psychoanalysis: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5wE-yeL7Dc5NHo2UTJHZ1ZzeGc/edit?pli=1. Developed by the Australian Psychoanalytical Society, it is a useful addendum […]
November 9, 2015
Welcome to Psychology Week 2015!
Psychology Week, November 8-14, aims to increase public awareness of how psychology can help people and communities lead healthier, happier and more meaningful lives.
We will be celebrating this week by posting a blog a day to help you become a little more informed about psychology and the central role it plays in CASSE's work creating safe, supportive environments for individuals, families and communities.
November 6, 2015
New evidence shows efficacy of psychoanalytic psychotherapy for depression and the best efficacy compared to other psychological treatments.
The latest results from a landmark UK study reviewing the use of psychoanalytic psychotherapy to treat chronic depression are well worth a read. They highlight the dismal failure of virtually every 'treatment' provided by the NHS to provide long term relief for people suffering with chronic depression. However the study found that psychoanalytic psychotherapy had significantly better success rates - nearly half of the participants in the study who used this treatment were still realising major improvements two years after therapy ended.
October 21, 2015
Save the date – 8 December 2015 SYDNEY IDEAS – WHAT IS RECOGNITION? Noel Pearson and Jonathan Lear in Conversation Event details When: Tuesday 8th December […]
October 5, 2015
Welcome to Mental Health Week. From October 4 - 10, the aim is to shine a light on mental health. As we do so, we also need to expose the dark shadows of domestic violence that lurk hidden in the corners - the pointy, uncomfortable end of mental ill health. Domestic violence is currently big news. As the tragic tally of victims seems to gather momentum with its upward spiral, finally the public outcry is becoming a growing roar of dissent. Domestic violence has to stop.
So how can we stop the violence?
September 28, 2015
Keep up with our latest news via CASSE's Aboriginal Australian Relations Program Newsletter, Issue 6 - September 2015. Click here to view online
September 16, 2015
This 'Letter to the Editor' by Pamela Nathan was published in 'The Age' on Friday 11 September 2015. It related to the article, 'Killer had been ranked as having high chance of reoffending by parole officer', by Adam Cooper, published in 'The Age', 8 September 2015. Pamela's letter relates to the high likelihood of perpetrators of violent crimes reoffending.
August 31, 2015
Fear locks you in callipers. It likes to pinion you, and clutches at your throat and chest in a vice-like grip. You can lose your grip. It is icy, and can land you on a precarious goat ledge on the side of a mountain freezing you to the spot. Fear likes to snowball and envelop in galvanising speed.
If you can unlock the frozen fear you can try anything! With no fear you can climb mountains and ski down them, too!
Read Pamela Nathan's psychoanaytic insights into FEAR.
August 24, 2015
By Pamela Nathan As the Prime Minister immerses himself in his week long visit to the remote community of Murray Island in the Torres Strait, it […]