Learn about the practice of Forest Therapy and its benefits as an adjunct for counselling. You will also experience the benefits for yourself during an immersive 2-hour virtual guided walk by the President of the International Nature and Forest Therapy Read More...
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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 1, 2024
End Date:
July 1, 2025
CHC81015 Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling (Responding to Family Violence)
This Graduate Diploma is designed for counsellors, family support workers, family and children’s contact workers, or equivalent practitioners; seeking to enhance their skills to work with individuals and families affected by domestic and family violence.As a research and evidence-informed course, Read More...
Start Date:
August 31, 2024
End Date:
December 14, 2024
IFS Skills Immersion – Attunement and Skill-building in the IFS Model
A step by step guide to the skills of IFS This series offers a highly experiential immersion into your own parts and working with clients. You will begin the practice of skills from the very first week. This course includes Read More...
Start Date:
September 3, 2024
End Date:
November 26, 2024
Working with Developmental Trauma – An Interpersonal Neurobiologically Informed Approach to Working in the IFS Model
About this Event: This workshop offers a deepening into the skills of Internal Family Systems from a psychotherapeutic standpoint. This course is exclusively focused on attunement and skill building within the IFS Model, drawing on the research of Interpersonal Neurobiology Read More...
Start Date:
September 16, 2024
End Date:
September 17, 2024
PARENT HOPE PROJECT: Clinical intervention program for children, parents and families with complex mental health presentations
Do you help families with complex mental health issues where relational processes fuel the maintenance of problems?Have you ever encountered parents/carers who express “We Don’t Need Your Help, But Will You Please Fix Our Child?”When families access mental health support they Read More...
Start Date:
September 16, 2024
End Date:
September 17, 2024
PARENT HOPE PROJECT: Clinical intervention program for children, parents and families with complex mental health presentations
Do you help families with complex mental health issues where relational processes fuel the maintenance of problems?Have you ever encountered parents/carers who express “We Don’t Need Your Help, But Will You Please Fix Our Child?”When families access mental health support they Read More...
Start Date:
September 17, 2024
End Date:
September 17, 2024
Supporting Children and Adolescents Experiencing Grief and Loss
Supporting anyone in grief can be difficult, and this is especially so when it’s a child. Just like adults, children grief in their own unique way. However, a child’s developmental understanding of death can impact their expressions and experience of Read More...
Start Date:
September 19, 2024
End Date:
September 20, 2024
Peaceful Kids Facilitator Training – SYDNEY
The ‘Peaceful Kids’ program is a Mindfulness and Positive Psychology based program to lessen anxiety and stress and increase resilience in children from Prep through to Year 12. This program helps children to build their emotional resilience, so they are Read More...
Start Date:
September 20, 2024
End Date:
September 21, 2024
Connecting Through Play- Attachment Centered Play Therapy Retreat
Imagine if you could revolutionize your therapeutic approach through Attachment Centered Play Therapy (ACPT), an integrative and prescriptive play therapy model that seamlessly merges classic and contemporary attachment theories with the transformative power of play. ACPT offers a holistic, systemic Read More...
Start Date:
September 20, 2024
End Date:
September 20, 2024
Using Forest Therapy in Your Counselling Practice (Sydney)
The objectives of this course are as follows: – to give participants a practical experience of Forest Therapy – to show participants how to use nature based interventions with clients – to give a summary of the scientific basis for Read More...
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