Parental counselling is a vital aspect of therapeutic work with children and families, yet many psychologists feel underprepared to engage parents confidently and constructively. In this clear and practical presentation, educational psychologist Sheryl Cohen shares a comprehensive framework for effective Read More...
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Start Date:
June 2, 2025
End Date:
June 2, 2026
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders I: Diagnosis & Risk Factors
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...
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:
June 13, 2025
Individual Therapy for Couples Problems
This one day workshop will explore the main evidenced-based theories and models relating to intimate relationships and how to assist an individual partner to make positive change through the use of psycho-education, cognitive and emotional self-exploration and behavioural interventions. The 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...
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