Presentations
Can be delivered as keynote and workshops
at your workplace or nominated venue in Australia or Asia.
KEY SKILLS in FAMILY THERAPY
4.92 out of 5 ⭐
Systemic Approaches to Working with Individuals, Couples and Families
Our 'flag-ship' two-day workshop introduces core Family Therapy concepts as well as providing practical skills and interventions. It makes complex theory easy to grasp and the related techniques easy to implement making it one of our most popular workshops. It is for practitioners who work with children, young people, adults, couples, families, and/or organisations supporting clients with mental health issues.
Presenters: Dr Kate Owen and Dr Leonie White
Duration: 15 Hours (two days) workshop to professionals.
SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY
4.71 out of 5 ⭐
Australia's no.1 training for Mental Health Services
SFBT is a user-friendly and evidence-based approach that is effective with a range of mental health and well-being issues including anxiety, depression and trauma.
Presenter: Michael Durrant
Duration: 14 Hours (two days) workshop to professionals.
HEY WARRIOR!
4.84 out of 5 ⭐
Anxiety Explained, Kids Empowered
Based on the best selling book this hugely popular workshop, explores why anxiety is a very normal human response but for as many as 1 in 5 young people, the symptoms become so intrusive, they significantly interfere with day to day living. The effects can steal into families, classrooms and friendships. They can undermine the way children see themselves and shrink their world – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Anxiety is very manageable when it is recognised and properly managed. With the right support children can be empowered with the skills and knowledge to manage anxiety and move forward with courage and resilience.
Presenter: Karen Young
Duration: 7 hours (1 day) workshop to professionals.Along with shorter versions for parents, schools and young people.
WORKING SAFELY with FAMILIES & TRAUMA
4.84 out of 5 ⭐
A Neurobiological Approach to Trauma Stabilisation and Family Therapy
Practitioners can easily get so caught up in the roller coaster ride of crises, suicide attempts, hospitalisations, addiction relapses, and self-destructive acting-out that we ourselves start to feel out of control! This workshop integrates a neurobiologically informed understanding of trauma, dissociation, and attachment within a framework of family therapy.
Presenters: Dr Kate Owen and Dr Leonie White
Duration: 15 Hours (two days) workshop to professionals.
PICTURE THIS
Harnessing the Therapeutic Power of Genograms
This workshop will open up the enormous possibilities and potential of the genogram as a process for both assessment, and intervention. Widely used by family therapists and all health care professionals, the genogram is a graphic way of organising the mass of information gathered during a family assessment and finding patterns in the family system for more targeted treatment. Done correctly a genogram interview is a powerful assessment tool giving more detailed understanding of case presentations and how to plan targeted interventions.
Presenter: Dr Leonie White
Duration: 7 Hours (one day) workshop to professionals.
SYSTEMS & STORIES
A Narrative Therapy Approach to Meaning Making and Change
This workshop will provide participants with key skills in Narrative Practice including practical clinical skills that can be used immediately with individuals and families (children, adolescents, adults and older persons). Participants will consider the relevance of Narrative Practice in their work setting, and applications relating to the context of trauma, relationships, and grief and loss. Participants will consider how to “tread lightly” but effectively with Narrative Practice.
Presenter: Dr Leonie White
Duration: 15 Hours (two days) workshop to professionals.
STUFF THAT SUCKS
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Young People
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically supported therapeutic approach that draws on behavioural and mindfulness principles to help people make space for painful thoughts and feelings and instead turn their focus towards values. Rapidly growing in popularity internationally and used successfully with people experiencing a range of life challenges including low mood, worries, difficult behaviour, anger, anxiety, and interpersonal or family conflict. This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of ACT with a specific focus on its successful application with younger people.
Presenter: Ben Sedley
Duration: 7 Hours (one day) workshop to professionals.
GAME OVER
Cyber Addiction and Mental Health
Coming in 2023
Presenter: James Driver
Duration: 7 Hours (one day) workshop to professionals along with conferences, keynotes, parent and student forums.
SHAME
The Toxic Emotion
Coming in 2023
Presenter: Greg Yee (AUS)
Duration: 7 Hours (one day) workshop to professionals along with conferences and keynotes.
ACCESSABILITY
Adapting Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities
Nearly half of all children and adolescents with an Intellectual Disability (ID) have co-morbid mental health disorders along with elevated rates of both externalising and internalising problem behaviours compared to their typically developing peers, with anxiety reported as the most prevalent mood disorder in young people with ID. The added impact of mental health difficulties on the lives of young people with ID is substantial. Once mental health problems emerge, young people with ID are likely to suffer from them for a long time and significantly impact educational, vocational and social opportunities.
Recent research supports the use of psychological therapies among young people with mild to moderate ID. Despite this, rates of mental illness remain high and access to mental health services is low. One identified barrier to people with ID accessing psychological treatments is the confidence of practitioners in working with this population.
This is a workshop for professionals who work with children and adolescents with ID. The presentation will provide an understanding of how Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) can be adapted for the unique needs of children and adolescents with ID and used as an effective intervention. In addition, the workshop will provide a better understanding of the components of CBT and how to use the materials in a way that is most clinically relevant for this population.
Trainer: Dr Anastasis Hronis
Duration: 7 hours (1 day) workshop to professionals