Aboriginal Australian Relations Program – Page 5

January 25, 2016

Terra Nullius and the Australian dream

On Australia Day we need to recognise the First Nation. How can we forget that Australia was declared Terra Nullius? Recognition cuts to the heart of what an individual needs to have a sound mind. It is essential for the well-being of our national psyche. To treat the mind we need to address issues of recognition at a personal and individual level. Then Healing can come. To treat our national psyche we need cultural and constitutional recognition for Aboriginal peoples.

December 16, 2015

Recognition is a mirror for us all

The following article was published by Sydney University, surmising the 'What is Recognition?' event, which was held on Tuesday the 10th of December. Pamela Nathan, Director of CASSE's Aboriginal Australian Relations Program, was a panelist at this significant event, alongside Professor Marcia Langton and Professor Duncan Ivison. The conversation and subsequent discussions were extremely interesting and thought provoking and no doubt many of the large audience were left feeling jilted of time to explore the ideas presented in far more detail. To this end, we look forward to bringing you much more on the psychoanalytic imperative for recognition in the coming weeks.

December 9, 2015

So what is recognition?

Thanks to Sydney Ideas for hosting a terrific event last night, the 8th of December, featuring Noel Pearson and Professor Jonathan Lear in conversation discussing ‘What […]

December 7, 2015

‘What is Recognition?’ A conversation between Noel Pearson and Jonathan Lear

Congratulations from CASSE to the newly announced members of the Indigenous Referendum Council: Professor Patrick Dodson (co-chair) • Mark Leibler AC (co-chair) • Pat Anderson AO […]

November 25, 2015

Start the healing. Stop the violence.

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

‘Changing Minds, Saving Lives’ – Psychonalaytic Insights: The Dance of Life

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 10, 2015

Psychology Week 2015 Update

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!

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

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy – the key to changing minds and saving lives

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

What is recognition?

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

Mental Health Week – time to sharpen the focus on domestic violence

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 16, 2015

Clues on the Inside

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.