The view from my room: the Barossa valley was stunning. as was the weather, the wine and the academic scientific programme. The theme was attachment and the effects on child development when it is ruptured but we were remined that there is always reparatory work that can happen. We saw examples of experienced masters of attachment theory in practice, learnt of the creative ways in which we can respond to distress and questioned our own forms of clinical work which at times benefit from being refreshed and re-examined.
I delivered my paper on Sunday morning to a responsive audience and was inspired by the level of interest in GP liason work which many colleagues expressed.
I also have a lovely anecdote to share regarding the legacy and life changing sequelae of a Churchill Fellowship. The conference dinner was held in The Farm function centre, run by Maggie Beer's daughters, one of the most renowned and loved Australian chefs. The conference chair invited Ellie Beer to speak as we took our seats and imagine my joy and amazement when she explained that her father had been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to learn how to raise pheasants which he had fruitfully put into practice in beautiful South Australia.Out of his labours had grown the gastronomic sucess of his wife and daughters, Ellie and Saskia Beer; who remeber Churchill reunions at Adelaide zoo. See Ellie below after having supervised a meal made in heaven and yours truly at the waters's edge of the restaurant lake.
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