Information session

WA Faculty of Psychotherapy Movie Matinee

'The Whale'

Date

24 November 2024
2pm - 5:30pm

Location

RANZCP WA Branch
1/31 Broadway
Nedlands, WA

Delivery

In-person

'The Whale' is a 2022 American psychological drama film which follows a morbidly obese, reclusive English teacher who tries to restore his relationship with his teenage daughter, whom he had abandoned eight years earlier.

The event is free of charge and includes cheeseboards and drinks

Discussion after to be facilitated by Dr Jan Resnick.

Speaker

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Dr Jan Resnick

Dr Resnick is a senior psychotherapist, supervisor, and author. He has a PhD in Psychology (Psychoanalysis). As founder and Director of Training, he ran a Nationally Recognized and Accredited Registered Training Organisation called The Churchill Clinic for 18 years, conferring post-graduate qualifications. He was the Founding President of the Psychotherapists & Counsellors Association of WA (Inc) in 1993 where he later received an Outstanding Achievement Award after serving 10 years on the Management Committee. And he was a founder of the Psychotherapists & Counsellors Federation of Australia.

He was an Editorial Advisory Board Member of the national journal Psychotherapy in Australia for 20 years and currently, an Advisory Board member of Blue Knot Foundation (formerly ASCA - Adult Survivors of Child Abuse) in Sydney. He is accredited by RANZCP to supervise psychiatry registrars in psychotherapy. He has presented at 3 RANZCP conferences for the Psychotherapy Section in the past. He also supervises the Developmental Pediatricians at the State Child Development Centre. He has over 100 publications including two books. His latest book is called Meaning-Fullness, Developmental Psychotherapy, and the Pursuit of Mental Health, published by Phoenix Publishing House (Oxford) earlier this year.

Based in the Claremont Medical Centre, he says he has been practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy for nearly 48 years and is beginning to get the hang of it.

Dr Resnick is a senior psychotherapist, supervisor, and author. He has a PhD in Psychology (Psychoanalysis). As founder and Director of Training, he ran a Nationally Recognized and Accredited Registered Training Organisation called The Churchill Clinic for 18 years, conferring post-graduate qualifications. He was the Founding President of the Psychotherapists & Counsellors Association of WA (Inc) in 1993 where he later received an Outstanding Achievement Award after serving 10 years on the Management Committee. And he was a founder of the Psychotherapists & Counsellors Federation of Australia.

He was an Editorial Advisory Board Member of the national journal Psychotherapy in Australia for 20 years and currently, an Advisory Board member of Blue Knot Foundation (formerly ASCA - Adult Survivors of Child Abuse) in Sydney. He is accredited by RANZCP to supervise psychiatry registrars in psychotherapy. He has presented at 3 RANZCP conferences for the Psychotherapy Section in the past. He also supervises the Developmental Pediatricians at the State Child Development Centre. He has over 100 publications including two books. His latest book is called Meaning-Fullness, Developmental Psychotherapy, and the Pursuit of Mental Health, published by Phoenix Publishing House (Oxford) earlier this year.

Based in the Claremont Medical Centre, he says he has been practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy for nearly 48 years and is beginning to get the hang of it.

Directions

On street parking is free all day on weekends.

Contact

Angie Padoan, WA Branch Coordinator

Tel +61 8 6458 7801

Email: ranzcp.wa@ranzcp.org

Terms and conditions

Cancellation policy

There is no cancellation refund as this is a free event. If you cannot attend and have registered, please let us know as there are limited numbers.