The Program

Day 1: Thursday 15th August

Pre-Conference Workshops

MORNING STREAM

9am – 11am 

LIVE-STREAMED FROM New York City, USA (only available ONLINE)

Beatrice Beebe PhD

Microanalysis of mother-infant face-to-face communication: How can we see what we don’t see?
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9am – 12pm 

Provided on site at Tresillian Wollstonecraft

Dr Jackie Amos and Dr Liz Coventry

The Role of Radical Compassion in Building Relational Trust
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AFTERNOON STREAM

2pm – 5pm

ONLINE ONLY

Associate Professor Loyola McLean

Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy for Perinatal populations
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2pm – 5pm

Provided on site at Tresillian Wollstonecraft

Professor Jenn McIntosh AM

Infant mental health and family therapy – a merging of methods
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2pm – 5pm

Provided on site at Tresillian Wollstonecraft

Dr Kim Jones

Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future – Trauma informed approaches to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
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Day 2: Friday 16th August

Tresillian Conference

8:00am Registration opens
8:45am Welcome to Country
9:00am Keynote No.1: Professor Catherine Chamberlain ‘Building relational trust in the early years’.
9:45am Questions and reflections
10:00am Keynote No.2: Streamed Live from the USA: Dr Jessica Opie (MS Teams) ‘Early relational trauma & trust: Enhancing practitioner & parent responses through MERTIL for Parents (My Early Relational Trust-Informed Learning)’.
10:45am Questions and reflections
11:00am Welcome to the Hon. Rose Jackson, NSW Minister for Mental Health Introduction to panel:
Topic - ‘How can we build relational trust in services supporting families?’.
12:15pm LUNCH and Networking
1:15pm Tai Chi on the Terrace (weather permitting) and/or guided mindfulness meditation indoors.
1:45pm Keynotes No.3: Dr Jackie Amos and Dr Liz Coventry ‘Finding a ‘generative narrative’ in mother-infant psychotherapy’.
2:30pm Questions and reflections
2:45pm Keynote No. 4: Dr Alka Kothari ‘Forgotten Fathers: The Missing Link in Obstetric Care’.
3:30pm Questions and reflections
3:45pm Reflection together: Share ‘fun facts about the people you met’ AND goals you met (or not met), and why. Feedback? Slido poll interactive
4:20pm Conference concludes
4:30pm Drinks/canapes on terrace; raffle announcement
6:00pm Event ends

8:00am

Registration opens

8:45am

Welcome to Country

9:00am

Keynote No.1: Professor Catherine Chamberlain

Building relational trust in the early years
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9:45am

Questions and reflections

10:00am

Keynote No.2: Prof Jenn McIntosh, Dr Zoe Cloud & Dr Jessica Opie

Early relational trauma & trust: Enhancing practitioner & parent responses through MERTIL for Parents (My Early Relational Trust-Informed Learning) 
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10:45am

Questions and reflections

11:00am

Welcome to the Hon. Rose Jackson, NSW Minister for Mental Health

Panel Topic – How can we build relational trust in services supporting families?

12:15pm

LUNCH and Networking

1:15pm

Tai Chi on the Terrace (weather permitting) and/or guided mindfulness meditation indoors

1:45pm

Keynotes No.3: Dr Jackie Amos and Dr Liz Coventry

Finding a ‘generative narrative’ in mother-infant psychotherapy.
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2:30pm

Questions and reflections

2:45pm

Keynote No. 4: Associate Professor Alka Kothari FRANZCOG PhD

Forgotten Fathers: The Missing Link in Obstetric Care.
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3:30pm

Questions and reflections

3:45pm

Reflection together:  Sharing ideas

4:20pm

Conference concludes

4:30pm

Drinks/canapes on terrace; raffle announcement

6:00pm

Event Ends

9am – 10am

Professor Catherine Chamberlain

“Building relational trust in the early years”
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10am – 11am

Dr Jessica Opie

“Early relational trauma & trust: Enhancing practitioner & parent responses through MERTIL for Parents (My Early Relational Trust-Informed Learning)” STREAMED FROM THE USA 
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1:45pm – 2:45pm

Dr Jackie Amos and Dr Coventry

“Finding a ‘generative narrative’ in mother-infant psychotherapy.”
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2:45pm – 3:30pm

Dr Alka Kothari

“Forgotten Fathers: The Missing Link in Obstetric Care.”
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Time TBA

Panel Discussion

  • The Hon. Rose Jackson, MLC, NSW Minister for Mental Health
  • Professor Jenn McIntosh AM
  • Professor Catherine Chamberlain
  • Dr Kim Jones

4:30pm – 6pm

Drinks and canapes on the terrace

Time TBA

Wellbeing and self care activities