Events

OPA Psychotherapy Section’s
2010 Fall Conference

Saturday, November 13, 2010
The Faculty Club, University of Toronto
(41 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1C7)

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Topic of the Conference

A Day with Adam Phillips: On Frustration, On Balance, On Kindness.
Adam Phillips will provide an account of psychoanalytic concepts on frustration, balance and kindness, and their significance in relationship to development.

The program will feature an interview with the speaker, and participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and participate in a discussion.

Guest Speaker – Adam Phillips

Adam Phillips is a British psychoanalyst, writer, and literary critic. He studied English at Oxford University and then pursued psychology, specializing in child psychology. For nearly a decade he held the position of Principal Child Psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital, London. Currently, he divides his time between writing and conducting a private psychoanalytic practice in Notting Hill.

Phillips has written fifteen books, including: On Flirtation: Psychoanalytic Essays on the Uncommitted Life (1995), Side Effects (2006), and On Kindness (with Barbara Taylor, 2009). He reviews for The London Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Observer.

Program

8:30 am	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am	Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am	“On Frustration”
10:30 am	Refreshment Break
10:45 am	Open Discussion
12:00 noon	Luncheon
1:30 pm	Interview: “On Balance, On Kindness and Related Topics”
2:30 pm	Refreshment Break
2:45 pm	Open Discussion
3:45 pm	Closing Remarks
4:00 pm	Conclusion

An application has been made for accreditation of this event as an accredited group learning activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the RCPSC.

Learning Objectives

1. At the end of the conference, participants will be able to understand the psychological underpinnings of frustration, balance and kindness, and how these apply to current psychotherapeutic techniques.

2. At the end of the conference, participants will have a comprehensive review of historic, philosophical, religious and psychoanalytical perspectives of the concepts of kindness and balance, and their role in personal happiness and communal well-being.

3. At the end of the conference, participants will be able to use the concepts of balance and kindness in their psychotherapeutic practice.

Planning Committee

Tina Chadda, FRCP(C)
Jon Novick, FRCP(C)
Hilary Offman, FRCP(C)

Pamela Stewart, FRCP(C)
Madhu Vallabhaneni, FRCP(C)
Halyna Troian, CAE

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