The renowned Specialist Course in Integrative Couple Therapy (SCICT) is now in its 35th year. It is open to counsellors and psychologists wanting to develop rigorous knowledge and specialist skills in working with couples. Delivered by Relationships Australia Victoria Read More...
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ongoing Professional Development (OPD)
Ongoing Professional Development (OPD) is the process through which members improve and broaden their skills, knowledge and expertise, and develop the qualities required for professional practice.
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Start Date:
February 13, 2025
End Date:
August 9, 2025
Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Children & Adolescents
15 training days, spread over 5 workshops of 3 days each – a total of 105 hrs. This highly experiential course offers training in creative arts-based, emotionally expressive methods and Inner-Life Skills that promote emotional integration, self-awareness and resilience in Read More...
Start Date:
February 20, 2025
End Date:
September 20, 2025
Certificate in Expressive Therapies with Adult Clients – Creative & Expressive Arts for Growth & Wellbeing
5 x 3-day in-person training modules and 3 x 2-hour online classes. Equivalent to 16 training days (106 hours), spread over six months. This course is designed as specialised advanced training for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, psychologists and those who Read More...
Start Date:
March 21, 2025
End Date:
September 28, 2025
Certificate Initiatic Art Therapy Apollo Bay 2025
The Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy is a foundation course for those looking for applicable art-based tools to work with their clients. The exercises are designed to be not messy to suit an environment set up for talking therapy. The Read More...
Start Date:
April 4, 2025
End Date:
December 14, 2025
Certificate in Clay Field Therapy with Adults, Apollo Bay
Clay Field Therapy is touch therapy, a breakthrough modality, endorsed by leading somatic experts. A box filled with clay, water and a sponge provide the simple setting for discovering safe relationships and the fulfilment of vital needs. The resistant clay Read More...
Start Date:
May 1, 2025
End Date:
September 6, 2025
Certificate in Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work – with children, adolescents & adults
Twelve days of in-person experiential training and supervision and online case presentations, in the Expressive Therapies approach to Sandplay Therapy and Symbol Work. Â In addition, participants are strongly encouraged to experience three individual sessions with an approved sandplay therapist. Sandplay Read More...
Start Date:
May 10, 2025
End Date:
May 11, 2025
Family Constellations: Moving In Tune with Your Ancestors
Developed by Bert Hellinger, Family Constellations evolved through setting up and observing constellations. He proposed that a ‘systemic conscience’, family soul or Orders of Love govern families and systems, supporting harmony, balance and growth in families or systems such as Read More...
Start Date:
May 12, 2025
End Date:
May 18, 2025
Uluru 7-Day Retreat: EMDR Intensive Clinical Training
On a sprawling property in the desert, this warm, eclectic resort is 8 km from Ayers Rock Airport and 5 km from Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is the spiritual and cultural location where earth, memories, story, and history are Read More...
Start Date:
May 17, 2025
End Date:
May 19, 2025
NSW The Certificate of Attainment in Professional / Clinical Individual and Group
Supervision training is made of three Elements of training. Training Outline: The aim of this course model STEPPING UP is to provide a framework for conducting and evaluating effective clinical supervision using a competency-based framework incorporating reflective practice. Participants will Read More...
Start Date:
May 20, 2025
End Date:
May 22, 2025
Family & Relationship Services Australia – National Conference 2025
The FRSA National Conference is heralded as a highlight event for the Family and Relationship Services network and is one of the largest annual gatherings of practitioners, academics and policy makers working to support children, families and communities. This ‘not Read More...
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