Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are among the most critical mental health challenges affecting new parents, with significant implications for the wellbeing of both the caregiver and the developing infant. Increased clinician awareness and diagnostic precision are vital to 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:
June 2, 2025
End Date:
June 2, 2026
Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy
Psychoanalytic couple therapy offers a rich and insightful lens into the unconscious dynamics that shape couple relationships. Far beyond surface-level conflict, this approach views romantic partnerships as emotionally charged spaces where unresolved past experiences, unconscious expectations, and deep attachment patterns Read More...
Start Date:
June 2, 2025
End Date:
June 2, 2026
Psycho-oncology: Psychological Aspects of Cancer and its Treatment
Cancer is not only a physical diagnosis—it is a deeply emotional and psychological experience. Psycho-oncology, a specialist field within oncology for over four decades, addresses the psychological, emotional, and social challenges experienced by people with cancer, with the goal of Read More...
Start Date:
June 2, 2025
End Date:
June 2, 2026
Working with Posttraumatic Stress: Current and Contextual Considerations
Working with trauma requires not only evidence-based intervention, but also a contextual awareness of the environments in which trauma occurs. In this insightful presentation, Professor Gill Eagle, renowned clinical psychologist and trauma expert, explores best practice approaches to working with Read More...
Start Date:
June 5, 2025
End Date:
July 3, 2025
Introduction to Sex Therapy in Relationship Counselling
Transform your practice with comprehensive training in sex therapy and relationship counselling. This four-week course equips practitioners with practical tools and frameworks to confidently address intimate relationship dynamics in clinical settings. Drawing from nearly two decades of clinical experience, Tanya Read More...
Start Date:
June 13, 2025
End Date:
December 7, 2025
Certificate in Guided Drawing Apollo Bay 2025
Guided Drawing is a drawing and movement therapy. It introduces body-mapping with bilateral drawing on large sheets of paper as a self-guided, rhythmic process. It is underpinned by an archetypal structure that applies universal, formal elements, like a line or Read More...
Start Date:
June 16, 2025
End Date:
December 9, 2025
Two Day Intensive Day Intensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training by ZOOM – Latest Adult and Adolescent research
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intensive will teach participants the Biosocial Therapy of Borderline Personality Disorder and the criteria for diagnosis in both DSM IV and V will be discussed. The Therapy description will be detailed and evidence of its success with Read More...
Start Date:
June 19, 2025
End Date:
July 4, 2025
An Introduction to Existential Practice
The course provides an intensive introduction to the fundamental philosophical concepts that inform the practice of existential counselling and psychotherapy. It includes an overview of the major philosophers and a critique of their similarities and differences. If you are a Read More...
Start Date:
June 21, 2025
End Date:
June 21, 2026
INFTA Forest Therapy Foundation
This self-paced course provides an introduction to Forest Therapy as an evidence-based Public health practice. It is recommended for counsellors and allied health professionals who envisage integrating the healing power of nature into their therapeutic practice. During the Forest Therapy Read More...
Start Date:
July 1, 2025
End Date:
July 1, 2026
CHC81015 Graduate Diploma of Relationship Counselling
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...
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