November 2024 marks the 25^th anniversary of the death of Robert Hobson. ANZAP/PIT UK will host a joint seminar as a tribute to his legacy and also a beginning for the next phase of development of the Conversational Model / Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy [PIT].  Looking back on fifty years of developing the model and 25 years after Bob’s death we can begin to see just how far ahead of their time Hobson and Meares were in seeing psychotherapy as a conversation. The speakers from the UK come from a perspective of knowing and working with Bob and look backwards to show just how influential and prescient his work has been and also look to the future.

This joint seminar will be facilitated by Anthony Korner (ANZAP) and Simon Heyland (PIT UK) with time allocated for questions and discussion. The order of speakers are as follows:

Frank Margison has worked as a consultant in general psychiatry and medical psychotherapy for four decades and knew Bob Hobson from the early development of the model in its UK form (PIT), and has been embedded in the developments of the model with colleagues across the North of England building an empirical basis for the model and for evaluating outcomes in psychotherapy. Frank will discuss examples from the Conversational Model that have influenced him most and have had the greatest impact on psychotherapy more generally.

Dan Beales has Bob Hobson as a key influence in his early development as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and is of the “second generation” working in this model. He will explore how Bob’s work has continued to resonate at different points of his career and in a number of different contexts reflecting on the authentic use of self in therapy/as therapist and how this relates to therapeutic stance, the use of boundaries and disclosure; the role of culture in therapy and centrality of this/aliveness to it.

Colette Rayment will deliver her paper titled ‘One Impulse from a Vernal Wood: Wordsworth, Hobson, and the Ineffable Something.’ The presentation explores the concept of transcendence and delves into Hobson’s influence from Wordsworth.

Venue: Live Webinar ((Includes access to video recording for 30 days, excluding clinical video observation content).

Date: Friday, 13th September, 2024

Time:  6.30 p.m to 9.30 p.m (Sydney/Melbourne Time), 8.30 p.m to 11.30 p.m (NZ Time), 9.30 am to 12.30 p.m (UK Time)

CPD Certificate: 3 hours

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