The Brisbane group held its inaugural meeting on 11 April 2005 and is now in its second year of operation. Members are from diverse backgrounds, predominantly psychologists and social workers. The group meets monthly and has a basic three-year plan. The first year was devoted to acquiring a sufficient grasp of neuroscientific concepts and a vocabulary essential for a critical reading of some of the relevant literature. This coming year, due to popular demand, we will be reshowing videos of Mark Solms' lectures on “The Brain for Beginners” and working through some of the significant recent neuroscience and neuropsychoanalytic literature that is of direct relevance to professionals working in the areas of infant mental health, early development, and trauma and child protection, starting with Kaplan-Solms and Solms , Clinical Studies in