Psychoanalysis in Malaysia
News, Events & Programs
Ongoing Seminar/Supervision Meetings
2023 ONWARDS
Kazuo Hope facilitates an ongoing group supervision meeting that is held twice a month that centers on psychoanalytic theory and technique. These meetings are separate from the main group meetings and are focused on people who have an interest in psychoanalysis but have limited exposure. Contact Kazuo Hope for more details.
IPA Asia Pacific Conference Dehli, 2023
JANUARY 4-6, 2023
This conference will be held in India, marking the culmination of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society’s centenary celebration. India, one of our most socially, culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse nations, is well acquainted with the provocations of difference.
Psychoanalytic Perspective on Narcissism with a focus on Object Relations
AUGUST 17, 2022
The Department of Psychiatry at Universiti Malaysia will host its 5th Personality Disorder Workshop on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, focusing on the topic narcissism, from the perspective of object relations. The workshop will not be held online, but at UPM's Library Auditorium. KLPG members Tomasz Fortuna, Goh Lei Kheng, and Kazuo Hope will be the presenters. For more information, please contact Dr Chester Chong at sengchoi@upm.edu.my for more details.
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Risk and Complexity
JUNE 28-AUGUST 16, 2022
This course will be held online from June 28 to August 16, 2022 and is organized by the Psychoanalysis Unit, Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Seminars will be held once a week on Tuesday evenings. This first of its kind in Malaysia as it will be of interest who are keen in developing understanding of psychoanalytic principles and their application to working with complex and challenging individuals. The course is for mental health care practitioners who wish to apply a model of the mind based on the understanding of unconscious processes to working with risk and complexity. Those complex dynamics tend to impact the treating clinicians, teams, and care systems. The trainer is
Dr. Tomasz Fortuna, Visiting Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia;
Consultant Psychoanalyst, Member of British Psychoanalytical Society. Contact Dr. Chester Chong Seng Choi at sengchoi@upm.edu.my for questions regarding enrollment.