January 27, 2016

Congratulations to our Deputy Chair, Anne Kantor AO!

The CASSE Team was thrilled to learn Anne Kantor, our Deputy Chair, was awarded an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia on the 26th of January, for distinguished service to the community through philanthropic support for a range of environmental, social welfare, arts and educational organisations, and to psychotherapy.
December 21, 2015

The Milky Way

NEW BOOKLET AVAILABLE NOW! THE MILKY WAY. Psychoanalytic Dreamtime: Life-Saving Tools. Join Pamela Nathan on a psychoanalytic journey of the Milky Way. She tells a simple story of the psychoanalytic dreamtime that can be understood by many using metaphors and language associated with dreaming. When you have finished reading The Milky Way you will have some understanding of the key beliefs and practice of psychoanalysis. COST: $35 each
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 11, 2015

Psychology Week 2015 – Wednesday update

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

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?