The Conversational Model

Defining the Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Defining The Conversational Model	Russell Meares
Evolution of The Conversational Model	Russell Meares
Essentials of the Conversational Model	Russell Meares
The Conversational Model: An Overview	Michael Williamson
Therapeutic applications of The Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Conversational Model - OCD.	Russell Meares
Managing Borderline Personality Disorder in General Practice	Chris Willcox
Attachment and the Conversational Model	Joan Haliburn
Don't be fooled by painful memories, it is the traumatic memories that count.	Kamal Touma
Integrating Trauma.	Anna Hueneke
Psychosis - An exploration of traumatic origins.	Joan Haliburn
The interface of psychotherapy and Autistic Spectrum Disorder	Julie Kibby
The Conversational Model approach to guilt and shame associated with trauma.	Joan Haliburn
The Practice of The Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Transforming Inner into Outer: Or how a therapist goes about choosing what to reveal about his Inner Conversation.	George Lianos
Diary as a Transitional Object	Janine Stevenson
The psychoanalytical third in the unguarded moment	Michael Williamson
25 years of psychotherapy teaching and research	Joan Haliburn
Introduction to Psychotherapy with the Conversational Model	Anthony Korner
Bridging research and practice in the conversational model of psychotherapy	Joan Haliburn
Self reflection: dreaming oneself to be otherwise	Phil Graham
The Conversational Model in context.	Joan Haliburn
Brief Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Therapy
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Brief Psychodynamic-Interpersonal Therapy: Evidence base and practical applications	Else Guthrie
The Conversational Model and the psychosexual
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Sex, Secrets and Civilization	Anthony Korner
Language and The Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
The Rhythms and Regularities of Psychotherapeutic Discourse:Exploring the linguistic implications of the Conversational Model.	David G. Butt
William James and the linguistic technique of psychotherapists.	David G. Butt
Working with dreams in the Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
What do we do with dreams?	Russell Meares
Supervision and The Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Transference, Countertransference and the Conversational Model.	George Lianos
Research on The Conversational Model
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
Using biofeedback techniques to enhance therapeutic response	Elana Cohen
The Wider Picture
TITLE	SPEAKER	DIFFICULTY
In search of true self- commonalities in chinese traditional painting and self psychology	Richard Wu

The Conversational Model

The premise of the Conversational Model is that the form of the conversation between the therapist and patient reflects and manifests not only an individual consciousness but also a form of relatedness. Therapy develops as an interplay between two people that is oriented to mobilizing fundamental modes of development in the patient through empathic availability and responsiveness. This form of relatedness has the potential to transform trauma and allow the growth of self. These are the central tasks of therapy, requiring a safe environment where the play of personal reality and imagination are encouraged to emerge.

Developed by Robert Hobson and Russell Meares from the 1970's on, the Conversational Model therapeutic approach has matured and taken on its contemporary form through the work of Meares and colleagues in Western Sydney and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy (ANZAP) . Outcomes in therapy employing this model have been subject to research, particularly with Borderline Personality Disorder. It is amongst the best-validated contemporary psychodynamic therapies. Historically it draws upon the work of William James, Hughlings Jackson, Pierre Janet, Carl Jung and many others including Donald Winnicott and Heinz Kohut. The Conversational Model continues to evolve and is influenced by the findings of developmental and neuroscientific research as well as other contemporary schools of psychotherapy.