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Jul 17, 20232 min read
President’s visit to Freud House, London
In June 2023 I was very fortunate to join a “Kaffee und Kuchen” morning on a sunny summer’s day at the Freud’s London home at 20...
Nov 16, 20221 min read
New training intake 2023
The CPPAA Clinical Training Program is planning a new intake for 2023
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Tribute to Anne Kantor AO (1935-2022)
Anne was not only generous with financial resources and philanthropy, for example, the Dara Foundation, she was also very generous with...
Jun 14, 20201 min read
Dr June Factor - Befriend a Child in Detention
A recent UNICEF blog: [https://www.unicef.org.au/blog/news-and-insights/january-2020/unlikely-pen-pals]. The blog is created from letters...
Apr 8, 20204 min read
Talking to children about the coronavirus
with Dr Jennifer Re
Mar 27, 20204 min read
COVID-19, 2020…a time to be remembered
Yvette Willoughby, Child Psychotherapist writes
Mar 26, 20202 min read
A message from CPPAA
We are all together now in something that needs us to begin thinking and behaving in new and creative ways.
Mar 7, 20201 min read
Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental System
The following statement has been lifted from the interim report:
“The system is also failing our younger people...


Dec 6, 20192 min read
Vale Neville Symington (1937 – 2019)
Vale Neville Symington (1937 – 2019) In appreciation - The Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australia Members of the...

Oct 22, 20191 min read
Master of Mental Health Science - Child Psychotherapy
This qualification is highly regarded by students as being extremely relevant professional development for their work with children and...
Aug 29, 201915 min read
Responses to questions for the formal submission to the RC into Victoria's Mental System
What are your suggestions to improve Victorian community's understanding of mental health illness and reduce stigma and discrimination?
Mar 19, 20191 min read
CPPAA response to the terrorist attack on the Muslim Community in Christchurch New Zealand
The Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association Australia offers our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and the Muslim...


Nov 15, 20181 min read
Refugee Position Paper from the PPAA
The CPPAA is a Member Association of the PPAA and puts forward this Refugee Position Paper which has been submitted to members of...


Nov 5, 20181 min read
Our position on Children in Australian detention centres
The below document states our official position on Children in immigration detention in Australia, Australian-run offshore detention...


Aug 8, 20181 min read
Opposing Children in Detention
Dear CPPAA Members, Trainees and Colleagues, I am forwarding for your interest a piece from The New York Times , it seems the situation...


May 31, 20181 min read
Welcome to our website
Dear CPPAA members! We are happy to be introducing our CPPAA blog and new website - where you are invited to contribute your ideas,...
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