WORKSHOPS - Friday, 23 October 2026
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Pre-Conference Workshop 1
Friday, 23 October 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (AEDT)
Working With Unconscious and Conscious Emotion in Psychotherapy: Right Brain Psychotherapy and Attachment Trauma
Dr Allan Schore — Live from Los Angeles
Join internationally renowned clinician-scientist Dr Allan Schore for a three-hour workshop exploring the central role of unconscious and conscious emotion in psychotherapy. Drawing on decades of pioneering work in affect regulation, attachment, neuroscience and psychoanalysis, Dr Schore will examine how right-brain processes shape the therapeutic relationship and inform our understanding and treatment of attachment trauma.
About Dr Allan Schore
Dr Allan Schore, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and clinician-scientist on the clinical faculty of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Internationally recognised for his pioneering contributions to affect regulation, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology and right-brain psychotherapy, he is the author of numerous influential books, including Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, The Science of the Art of Psychotherapy and Right Brain Psychotherapy.
Pre-Conference Workshop 2
Friday, 23 October 2026| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM (AEDT)
Whither The Frame: Or, in Modern Parlance, To What Place or State?
Deborah Chisholm & Astika Kappagoda
What is The Frame, and how does it function in contemporary psychotherapy?
This interactive workshop explores the origins, evolution and clinical significance of the psychotherapeutic frame—from its psychoanalytic foundations to contemporary relational practice. Drawing particularly on the Conversational Model, Deborah Chisholm and Astika Kappagoda will consider the frame not simply as a set of rules or boundaries, but as a dynamic relational structure that shapes safety, feeling, dialogue and therapeutic change.
The afternoon will combine presentations, clinical reflection and discussion, culminating in an interactive panel where delegates can raise challenging questions about frame adherence, rupture, boundaries and the realities of contemporary practice.
The final panel may include clinical material and will not be recorded.
About the Speakers
Deborah Chisholm is an experienced psychotherapist, educator and clinical supervisor with appointments across Sydney University, ANZAP and the Westmead Psychotherapy Programme. Her clinical and teaching interests include attachment trauma, dissociation, DID, practitioner mental health and relational psychotherapy.
Astika Kappagoda is a medical officer in psychiatry with Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) and a graduate of the ANZAP Diploma in Adult Psychotherapy. He also holds an MPhil and PhD in classics and systemic-functional linguistics, bringing a distinctive interest in language, relational process and the psychotherapeutic frame.