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The Best Evidence-Based Techniques to Treat Anxiety, Panic, OCD, Phobias & PTSD
Continuing Education Points: Australian Association of Social Workers: The events attract double CPD points, i.e. 2 points per hour, for AASW members (14 points). Australian Psychological Society: APS Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity. (# 12-21)
Australian Counsellors Association (ACA): Double points apply. Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA): PACFA Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity.
Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental health problem in Australia. It is estimated that 25% of our population suffers from anxiety disorders, but less than one quarter of those receive treatment. If untreated, anxiety may lead to depression, alcohol and substance misuse or other co-morbid conditions. Thousands of people suffer in silence, are referred to inappropriate treatments or are too embarrassed to ask for help. Fortunately, anxiety can be effectively treated and managed with non-drug treatments.
This seminar will allow you to immediately implement the best behavioural techniques to treat your clients with anxiety disorders. You will be able to give your clients tools to view their anxiety from a new perspective and help them face their fear for the first time.
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) are the most effective evidence-based treatments for treating generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), panic, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), PTSD and phobias. Using these approaches, you will directly address the behaviour that causes anxiety and see immediate results in your clients!
ERP targets the main anxiety maintenance behaviours; avoidance, reassurance seeking, and distraction. In this seminar, you will learn how to apply ERP techniques that will challenge your clients to change their behaviour and see results that are hard to achieve with traditional talk therapy. You will also learn how to mobilise treatment resistant clients with CBT and ERP techniques, and help them become unstuck.
Join Patrick McGrath, Ph.D. for one of the most meaningful seminars you'll ever attend. Enjoy Dr. McGrath's humour as he speaks from clinical experience with case studies, videos and personal therapy examples that are guaranteed to help you immediately improve treatment outcomes. Sydney Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Adelaide Perth | 7 May 2012 9 May 2012 11 May 2012 14 May 2012 16 May 2012 18 May 2012 |
Presenter: Dr. Patrick McGrath
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The Real Life Adaptation of DBT: Make It Work Effectively for Your Client
Continuing Education Points: Australian Association of Social Workers: The events attract double CPD points, i.e. 2 points per hour, for AASW members (14 points). Australian Psychological Society: APS Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity. (# 12-20)
Australian Counsellors Association (ACA): Double points apply. Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA): PACFA Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity.
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy is a robust treatment that can be applied across clinical settings and client populations with great success. This training will help you focus on individual and group DBT techniques and to increase your confidence and skill while delivering this comprehensive model.
The methodology of DBT has been found through both practice and research to go beyond treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder and to be useful with a variety of other issues as well. Practitioners are using DBT to help treat individuals with a wide range of mental health issues including, but not limited to Borderline Personality Disorder, anxiety disorders, impulse control, eating disorders, depression, anger, drug and alcohol misuse and complex co-morbid conditions. DBT treats the clients that we find most difficult to treat in private and public practice. Take home practical skills in deploying DBT to your most difficult-to-treat clients.
Known as a third-wave cognitive therapy, DBT moves away from the strict change strategies found in traditional treatments. In DBT, the therapist and the client balance these traditional change strategies with acceptance and mindfulness. It’s the constant back and forth movement between acceptance and change that makes DBT unique. More and more practitioners have started to use DBT techniques in their practice and work settings in flexible ways rather than in a traditional way in order to fit their clients’ needs. This training highlights the evidence that supports these flexible adaptations.
No prerequisite is required, and you can attend this training even if you have not attended any introductory training on DBT.
This Seminar is designed especially for: Counsellors, Psychologists, Social Workers, Drug & Alcohol Counsellors, Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists, Case Managers, Mental Health Professionals, Nurses, School Counsellors and Mental Health NGOs. Sydney
Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Adelaide Perth | 13 June 2012 15 June 2012 18 June 2012 20 June 2012 22 June 2012 25 June 2012 |
Presenter: Dr. Lane Pederson
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Introduction to Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for Mental Health Workers - 2 Day Workshop This workshop will provide participants with an introduction to Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (CBT) relevant to working with consumers who have mental health issues. The historical and theoretical foundations of CBT will be reviewed. Learning processes relevant to the onset and maintenance of psychological disorders will be explained with examples drawn mainly from the high prevalence disorders. The implications of these for effective behavioural intervention will be discussed. Relevant cognitive processes will also be explored along with basic strategies for shaping thinking that supports mental health.
Case material will be used to demonstrate the ways in which behavioural and cognitive strategies can be combined in effective treatment for a range of disorders. CBT approaches to conceptualising these disorders will be discussed. Participants will also be provided with an overview of more recent developments and modifications of traditional CBT (eg. an introduction to dialectical, acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches).
This two-day workshop is suitable for anyone employed in a supportive capacity with consumers who have a mental illness (eg. NGO support workers and other health workers). Adelaide | 21 - 22 March 2012 |
Presenters: Margaret Hartstone and Amanda Burlock
_________________________________________________________________________ Engaging Clients Who Are Hard to Engage The techniques you will learn in this workshop will be useful in avoiding generating resistance on the part of the client, and will lead to positive client outcomes. They are easily integrated into any treatment model and are complementary to your knowledge of Motivational Interviewing.
First, the issue of why people change and why, at times, they resist change will be explored. The many meanings of what is commonly referred to as resistance will be explored..Your understanding should then lead you in developing approaches to managing resistance. The tool box of techniques provided in this workshop will assist you in gracefully and eloquently managing client reactions.
The techniques presented in this workshop will improve your confidence in working with mandatory clients; those who are in denial or those who treat you with the "I don't know" answers or with silence. Hopefully, you will be able to move quicker into addressing critical issues, and pseudo co-operation will be avoided. Not only the treatment time will be decreased, but you will avoid being frustrated, stressed or burnt out as your ability to avoid futile battles with clients will improve.
Presenter: Hanna Nowicki
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Understanding and Responding to Personality Disorders I Individuals with Personality Disorders are among the most difficult to treat of all people with psychiatric disturbances. They may be impulsive, unstable, non-compliant, manipulative and self-harming. Far too often such people are managed by under resourced services without the support or guidance of the mental health system. This situation results in poor case management, inadequate resolutions and repeated crises causing cost blowouts and stretching resources even more. TATRA Corporate and Allied Health Training Services has developed a workshop which will foster an understanding of the specific challenges associated with caring for individuals with personality disorders. This is an interactive and fun workshop. Case studies, quizzes, group tasks and movie illustrations will be used to make this not only a valuable learning experience but also an enjoyable one. The content will include a definition of personality disorders and their types, how they develop, the underlying causes behind each and, most importantly, strategies for managing them.
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Understanding and Responding to Personality Disorders II - Advanced Module The aim of this seminar is to provide more insight into the complex world of Personality Disorders and equip the participants with more strategies for dealing effectively with difficult behaviours displayed by Personality Disordered clients. The Program includes: - Introducing ten Personality Disorders: Narcissistic, Borderline, Dependent, Avoidant, Schizoid, Antisocial, Paranoid, Histrionic, Schizotypal and Obsessive-Compulsive and what they have in common.
- Providing DSM-IV assessment of Personality Disorders
- Introducing management strategies for each type of Personality Disorder.
This workshop will foster high levels of self-sufficient practice among professionals who are not mental health practitioners but who deal with personality disordered clients on an ongoing basis.
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Creating Harmony Among Your Employees - Personality Disordered Individuals in the Workplace This seminar is the third in the series of presentations on personality disorders and difficult behaviours. The aim is to help employees deal with dysfunctional people on the job. The emphasis is on difficult behaviours within the workplace displayed by highly functioning individuals with traits that are characteristic of personality disorders. The program includes: Identifying the types of problems that can be encountered. |
Introducing the ten personality disorders: Narcissistic, Borderline, Passive-Aggressive, Dependent, Avoidant, Schizoid, Antisocial, Paranoid, Histrionic and Obsessive-Compulsive and what they have in common. |
Recognising the early warning signs to look for when recruiting and interviewing. |
Understanding the cost of personality disorders to organisations. |
Introducing coping strategies: what to do if your co-worker is problematic, how to act if you are managing a personality disordered individual. |
The format includes separate presentations of each type of personality disorder and will have two parts. In the first part, participants will learn how to recognise and classify specific types of personality disordered behaviours. In the second part, they will learn strategies to deal with or cope with individual disorders. The educational purpose of this seminar is to assist in creating efficient, work-focused and productive working environment in your teams and organisation. The knowledge acquired during the day will assist in the early detection of problematic situations within the workplace, in order to prevent time consuming conflict resolution, mediation sessions, litigation and to decrease the rate of work related stress and absenteeism. It will also help decrease the personal damage to those employees who have to interact with personality disordered co-workers. Dates: to be advised. |
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| | Clinical Supervision 2 Day Workshop REVISED! This course in supervision takes a different approach. Supervision is seen as a journey. Anyone who wants to realise his or her supervision potential can follow a carefully prescribed path. This course is for those who wish to reflect on their work, transform and empower themselves and their supervisees. This workshop aims to bring out the inner supervisee in each of us and to also recognise our inner supervisees.
The new Mental Health act requires us to think differently and to develop initiatives in prevention and rehabilitation focussing on health rather than pathology. This programme will help you to develop a deeper wisdom from which to work with supervisees. It will require you to develop the ability to recognise the many parts of your self and bring them together in an integrated and powerful whole. Using case studies and exercises you will be introduced to a powerful and practical model which will help you to develop your supervision potential by: - Recognising the depth and diversity of your resources and qualities
- Exploring the parts of yourself which influence you in decision making, mentoring and actions
- Actualising your qualities and values to achieve your supervision goals
- Leading yourself, extending your boundaries, facing fear, conflict and competition
This course is suitable for both new and experienced supervisors who want to learn about models and frameworks of supervision.
Presenter: Adrienne Jeffries
_________________________________________________________________________ | Suicide Risk Assessment - 2 Day Workshop REVISED! With suicidal behaviours presenting a major clinical dilemma to health and allied health workers, it is imperative that professionals who have contact with people at risk of suicide know how to respond to such behaviours competently and sensitively.
We currently offer a 2-day workshop. Both days of TATRA's Suicide Risk Assessment workshop are at an advanced level. The first day stands on its own and can be attended independently from the second day. However in order to attend the second day the first day must have been completed.
Presenter: Hanna Nowicki _________________________________________________________________________ | The Introduction to Healing Addiction ; The Vulnerability Model of Recovery Too often professionals become discouraged or cynical about the course of addiction. They see some people return over and over again. What they do not see are those who have recovered and never return to the treatment facility; those who continue on their own attending support groups, and/or seeking out private therapy. These people can teach us a great deal. Whatever they have done that works, tells us what works. Whatever process they have gone through, tells us what process is necessary. Whatever learning they have done tells us what learning we must do.
This workshop will examine the nature of addiction and recovery. It will focus on a unified theory and treatment model that deepens recovery through emotional education and development. It will be based on presenter's experience from her own private practice where she successfully treated many clients who have fully recovered.
This workshop places addiction within common human experience and it focuses on ways to address addiction in the living examples of people who have recovered. Program will cover: It is a 1-day interactive workshop with case studies and group work.
Presenter: Adrienne Jeffries _________________________________________________________________________
Bipolar Spectrum: Bringing Evidence to Practice. The Best Integrated Assessment & Treatment Tools
Continuing Education Points: Australian Association of Social Workers: The events attract double CPD points, i.e. 2 points per hour, for AASW members (14 points). Australian Psychological Society: APS Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity.(#12-22) Australian Counsellors Association (ACA): double points apply. Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA): PACFA Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity. Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) : This workshop has been endorsed by Royal College of Nursing, Australia, according to approved criteria. Attendance attracts 7 RCNA Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) points as part of RCNA’s Life Long Learning Program (3LP).
Join author, expert and international speaker Dr. Leslie Pedersen-Lundt, MD, and learn about the latest findings, treatment, side effects, co-morbidity and psychosocial therapies for bipolar spectrum. You will leave the day with a deep understanding of how to integrate psychotherapy and medications - and take home proven strategies, techniques and tools to keep your clients on the road to wellness.
With the recent dramatic increase in the use of “bipolar disorder” as a diagnostic label, it is critical that mental health practitioners, counsellors and all clinicians understand how to identify clients with bipolar disorder and how to differentiate them from those with Uni-polar Depression, ADHD, anxiety disorders and borderline personality.
No longer are medications the sole ingredient of treatment for Bipolar Disorder. Learn about three bipolar-specific psychotherapies which have been shown to improve clients’ outcomes more than medications alone—and how to integrate them with your current psychotherapy approaches. Dr. Lundt will help you practice the use of these techniques and tools in a lively day of laughter and learning. You will emerge enthused and ready to use at least three new approaches with clients the very next day.
You will learn how to apply key components of empirically-tested psychotherapies to reduce relapse and improve functioning of bipolar clients. A simple way of organizing at least 11 “soft signs” of bipolar disorder to make your assessments rigorous and convincing will also be discussed and practiced. The proposed changes in classification of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in DSM V, and how these changes will impact on your practice, will be explored in detail. Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth | 13 August 2012 15 August 2012 17 August 2012 20 August 2012 22 August 2012 |
Presenter: Dr. Leslie Lundt MD
_________________________________________________________________________ | The Tip of the Iceberg: Understanding and Responding to Self-Harm
This course will offer helpful guidelines to workers who wish to improve their capacity to respond usefully to clients who self-harm. Understanding self-injury and its context Models of self-injury Strategies to reduce or stop self-injury Various treatment approaches which can be integrated to create an effective recovery model
The course is designed in such a way that all the information given to professionals is immediately translated into conveying the same information to the client. Numerous activities and exercises to be used as therapeutic tools are given. Brisbane Melbourne
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Presenter: Hanna Nowicki
_________________________________________________________________________ | Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Severe Mental Illness Severe mental illness (eg. Psychosis, Bipolar Affective Disorder) is often associated with high levels of disability for affected individuals. These disorders may present particular challenges in psychological therapy. This workshop will provide a brief overview of the evidence for the effective use of Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (CBT) with severe mental illness. Participants will receive an introduction to how CBT may be adapted for work with this consumer group. Teaching methods will involve a combination of didactic presentation, group discussion, small group work and the use of case material. This one-day workshop is suitable for those working in a supportive capacity with people who have a mental illness (eg. NGO support workers and other health workers). Familiarity with general principles of cognitive and behaviour therapy is assumed (eg. attended short workshop on general CBT, familiar with principles of reinforcement and cognitive challenging). Presenters: Amanda Burlock and Margaret Hartstone
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_________________________________________________________________________ The ABC of Mental Health - 2 Day Workshop
This course will provide you with an overview of the competencies and knowledge required for working effectively in organisations with programs providing support, rehabilitation and vocational services to clients with mental health issues. It is an interactive workshop with case studies, group discussions and video illustrations.
You will leave this workshop with an in-depth knowledge of mental health issues including early warning signs of mental illness and current treatments and pathways to referrals. You will be able to perform mental health assessments including Mental Status Examinations which will improve the effectiveness of your referrals and communication with mental health services. This workshop will also equip you with good understanding and translation of mental health jargon and assessment tools used by experienced mental health practitioners.
Whether you work in the government or non-government sector, including schools, child protection, correctional, employment, housing, and other such services, these skills are vital as early interventions are only possible if early warning signs, and other signs of mental health issues are recognised, understood and responded to competently. You will leave this two-day workshop refreshed, positive and confident that your new skills can be implemented the very next day you are back to your workplace. This course will provide you with a framework and structure to: - Support people with mental health issues
- Work collaboratively with child, adolescent and adult mental health services and schools
- Prevent mental health problems and facilitate early identification of mental health issues
- Improve the understanding, recognition, management and prevention of mental health issues
Treatment approaches will be discussed in relation to each group of disorders. Adelaide | 17 - 18 April 2012 |
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Stop the "Anger-Go-Round": Practical & Powerful Techniques for Taking Charge of Anger
Continuing Education Points:
Australian Association of Social Workers: The events attract double CPD points, i.e. 2 points per hour, for AASW members (14 points).
Australian Psychological Society: APS Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity (#12-66)
Australian Counsellors Association (ACA): Double points apply.
Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA): PACFA Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity.
This highly focused program has been designed to add the latest cognitive-behavioral and short-term anger intervention strategies to your repertoires. You will learn to apply a powerful range of innovative anger management techniques in your work with adults, youth, couples and families. - Anger Profiling: Assessing five “faces” of anger, anger triggers, self-talk that fuels anger and patterns of anger expression
- Mental Health Disorders and Medical Conditions That Fuel Anger
- New Cognitive-Behavioral treatment strategies to challenge anger-inducing thinking
- Anger Scaling: linking level of arousal to new coping actions
- New problem-solving and collaborative communication skills for couples and families impacted by anger
- 10 proven techniques to quickly defuse provocative behavior
Robert Nay is one of world’s leading experts on the treatment of anger. A prolific author of two best-selling books, numerous journal articles and textbooks, Dr. Nay will provide you with a program full of practical, hands-on strategies. Dr. Nay is an expert clinician who has trained thousands of professionals internationally.
This isn’t just another anger management seminar. You will learn the very latest skills and techniques that will diffuse anger and provide lasting change in your clients. Dr. Nay will provide proven strategies that will work with your most difficult clients. - Teach rapid reframing of threatening perceptions and personalizations
- The complex interrelationship between substance abuse and anger
- Imagery, visualization, and relaxation techniques
- Proven methods for identifying and altering irrational theories and beliefs
- When and how to integrate anger management strategies with family therapy
- Dealing with misdirected anger
Sydney | 3 September 2012 | Brisbane
| 5 September 2012 | Melbourne | 7 September 2012 | | Adelaide | 10 September 2012 | | Perth | 12 September 2012 |
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Advanced Mindfulness: Integrating Cutting-Edge Neuroscience and Mindfulness Skills in the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders and Emotional Dysregulation
Continuing Education Points:
Australian Association of Social Workers: The events attract double CPD points, i.e. 2 points per hour, for AASW members (14 points).
Australian Psychological Society: APS Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity (#12-67)
Australian Counsellors Association (ACA): Double points apply. Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA): PACFA Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity.
Two of the most significant developments in psychotherapy in the last 10 years have been the emergence of mindfulness and the impact of the latest advances in neuroscience. Mindfulness is now an essential aspect of many accepted therapeutic modalities. Moreover, the latest developments in neuroscience and brain plasticity have lead to revolutionary work in the application of mindfulness in the treatment of anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, anger, stress and other mental health issues.
In this seminar, we will explore an integrated approach that incorporates the latest advances in neuroscience and accessible mindfulness skills that produce healthy change. We will delve deeper into mindfulness as a foundation nurturing awareness in yourself and your clients. You will learn practical insights, language and techniques that will strengthen your professional confidence and effectiveness. The seminar is designed to provide you with an enhanced experiential sense of mindfulness, as well as specific tools you can use right away in working with a broad range of clients. Take home cutting-edge information on the interface between neuroscience and therapy. Delve deeper into mindfulness as a foundation for nurturing awareness in yourself and your clients.
Key Points about how attending this workshop will benefit you and your professional effectiveness: - Explore the exciting advances in neuroscience that are revolutionizing therapy
- Utilize the convergence of neuroscience and mindfulness to accelerate client change
- Learn mindfulness techniques and practices that are supported by the new neuroscience
- Understand implicit, emotional hijackings and the brain's alarm system and their application to therapy
- Strengthen your own mindfulness as a foundation for therapeutic presence
- Experience practices that will re-energize you and increase your effectiveness with clients
Sydney | 15 October 2012 | Melbourne
| 17 October 2012 | Brisbane
| 19 October 2012 | | Adelaide | 22 October 2012 | | Perth | 24 October 2012 |
Presenter: Terry Fralich
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Lend Me Your Brain: Strategies for Eliciting Motivation in the Unmotivated
Continuing Education Points: Australian Association of Social Workers: The events attract double CPD points, i.e. 2 points per hour, for AASW members (14 points). Australian Psychological Society: APS Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity (#12-68)
Australian Counsellors Association (ACA): Double points apply. Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA): PACFA Members can accrue 7 CPD hours by participating in this activity.
This training will review dozens of motivational strategies and techniques that can be used with clients who struggle with motivation due to various problems such side effects of medications, short attention span, symptoms of mental illness, or who suffer from learning difficulties or ADHD. It provides a basic formula that can be adapted to any individual and situation. In this training Dr. Nowell, a neuropsychologist, will apply the best of recent brain science understanding of how motivation actually works for us, and for our clients, "from the inside out." Attendees will learn a specific clinical strategy (the "Behavioural Inquiry") for eliciting clients’ specific intrinsic motivators.
The workshop includes an overview of the brain science supporting non-pharmacological treatment interventions targeting focus, distractibility, and behavioural management. Dr. Nowell will review the neuro-anatomical basis of reward and motivation as well as the executive functions of choosing, planning, inhibiting, and prioritizing. After a review of the normal developmental trajectory of executive functions, he will consider the impact of those disorders which impede attention and organization.
This workshop is for you if you are - a psychologist
- a social worker
- a mental health worker
- a speech and language pathologist
- a teacher or education paraprofessional
- a health care professional
- an occupational therapist
- a mental health or behavioural health professional
- an employer—or an employee
- a parent.
Sydney | 5 November 2012 | | Brisbane | 7 November 2012 | Melbourne | 9 November 2012 | Adelaide
| 12 November 2012 | | Perth | 14 November 2012 | | Auckland | 20 November 2012 |
Presenter: David Nowell (PhD)
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