The first ‘children in troubled worlds’
conference brought together the two
great minds of Donald Meltzer, renowned
psychoanalsyt and Philip Pullman, author
of ‘His Dark Materials’. Each in their own
field have extended the investigation and
description of the development of children
and adolescents to great acclaim. Dr Meltzer
gave a ‘live supervision’ of a case presented
by Gerry Byrne, Child and Adolescent
Psychotherapist.

Speakers
Donald Meltzer
Renowned psychoanalyst, an innovative thinker, inspirational teacher and author of many influential
books including The Claustrum and
The Apprehension of Beauty.
Download Meltzer's book list

Philip Pulman
Controversial children's author whose trilogy 'His Dark Materials' brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church, led him to be labeled an 'anti-Christian' and
won him the Whitbread Award, the first children's author ever to do so.