Celebrating Russell Meares - Joint ANZAP / PIT-UK Seminar

Join us for a special online seminar honouring the legacy of Prof Russell Meares, co-creator of the Conversational Model, whose work has profoundly shaped contemporary psychotherapy.

Prof Else Guthrie will explore The Chronicle and Stimulus Entrapment, two Mearesian concepts that illuminate how individuals navigate the impact of trauma. These ideas offer powerful insight into the way painful experiences are processed and endured.

Prof Anthony Korner will present Dreaming as Big Idea, positioning the Conversational Model in contrast with classical psychoanalytic frameworks. Drawing on Meares’ appreciation for Indigenous Australian concepts of the Dreaming, this talk highlights the model’s unique emphasis on feeling, cultural resonance, and conversation as a pathway for healing and growth. Korner will reflect on Meares’ vision of self as dynamic and forward-oriented, and how the model remains open, evolving, and deeply grounded in neuroscience, linguistics, and the humanities.

This event brings together international voices to reflect on the enduring impact of Meares’ work and the therapeutic possibilities it continues to inspire.

Venue: Online Seminar (Includes access to recording for 30 days)

Date: Friday, the 13^th of June, 2025

Time: 6–9pm (AEST) | 9am–12noon (UK) | 8–11pm (Aotearoa/NZ)

Tickets:  ANZAP Members: $90, Non Members: $120, ANZAP Students: Free, Westmead Students: $40, Other Students: $60

About Prof Else Gutherie: Else Guthrie is Professor of Psychological Medicine, University of Leeds. She is a psychiatrist and researcher. Her main areas of interest are persistent physical symptoms, self-harm and the multimorbidity.

About Prof Anthony Korner: Anthony Korner works in Sydney as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, primarily in public practice. He is Director of the Master of Medicine (Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy) Program at the University of Sydney and is active in teaching and research as well as clinical practice. He is also currently President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Psychotherapy and a serving Vice-President of the World Council for Psychotherapy. His research interests are in psychodynamic psychotherapy, linguistics and philosophy. He has published over 50 papers in journals and books. He completed a PhD on psychotherapy process in 2015. He is author of a recent book on psychotherapy, Communicative Exchange, Psychotherapy and the Resonant Self (Routledge, 2021)

Contact Event Organiser