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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:
August 20, 2024
End Date:
August 20, 2025
EMDR from Start to Finish: The Complete Foundational Training for Treating PTSD and Complex Trauma
Objectives Describe the brain regions involved in trauma. Communicate the clinical implications of the freeze response in trauma treatment. Establish how clinicians can assess for simple, complex, and intergenerational trauma. Characterize how bottom-up techniques like grounding and breathwork can increase Read More...
Start Date:
August 20, 2024
End Date:
August 20, 2025
Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy with Autism & ADHD Clients
Autism, ADHD, & Other Neurodiverse Variations: Neurological Differences to Be Respected, NOT Diseases to Be Cured The world can be cruel to neurodivergent people. As a result, may of our neurodivergent clients lock their true selves away behind a mask Read More...
Start Date:
August 20, 2024
End Date:
August 20, 2025
Integrative Couples Therapy: The Best Techniques from the Gottman Method, Imago and EFT
If you feel stuck, frustrated, or overwhelmed working with high-conflict couples, you’re not alone. The intensity and unpredictability of helping a couple navigate years of hurt, betrayal, and resentment can leave even seasoned clinicians feeling like they’ve let these clients Read More...
Start Date:
August 20, 2024
End Date:
August 20, 2025
ADHD Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) Certification Course
Objectives Evaluate the relationship between the frontal lobe of the brain and ADHD symptomology for the purpose of client psychoeducation. Determine the impact of movement and exercise on the reduction of ADHD symptoms as it relates to assessment and treatment Read More...
Start Date:
August 23, 2024
End Date:
August 23, 2025
Navigating Chronic Pain Every Day: How to help clients and/or loved ones living with this silent, often stigmatised condition
In these three modules you will be introduced to Dawn’s lived experience of chronic pain and the many challenges and gaps she has identified regarding support. You will be more aware of the challenges facing people living with chronic pain Read More...
Start Date:
August 26, 2024
End Date:
August 26, 2025
Positive Psychology, Solution Focused Therapy and Compassion Focused Therapy and Art Making-Self Paced
By the end of the one-day workshop participants will be able to: 1. know how to Use some of the skills and techniques of Positive Psychology strategies, some of the approaches in Solutions Focused Therapy and how Compassion Focused Therapy Read More...
Start Date:
September 18, 2024
End Date:
September 30, 2027
Recognise and Respond Appropriately to Domestic and Family Violence
This course covers the essential knowledge and skills required to identify and respond to the needs of clients experiencing domestic and family violence. The course explores various aspects of domestic violence work, including client assessment, intervention strategies, and proper record-keeping. Read More...
Start Date:
October 1, 2024
End Date:
October 1, 2025
Trauma and Eye Movement Integration Therapy Including EMDR-Course One- Theory of EMIT/EMDR-Presented by the EMIT Institute Pty Ltd
Course One- Modulated Teaching through an Online Learning Portal. The Eye Movement Integration Therapy (EMIT) Training College is a multi-modal adult learning platform that has as its goal the provision of state-of-the-art knowledge and practice in the professional application of Read More...
Start Date:
October 3, 2024
End Date:
October 3, 2025
Mastering Emotions Pre-recorded Video Course
The purpose of Mastering Emotions is to teach the skills of Emotional Intelligence, that is how to understand and manage one’s own emotions, and how to understand and respond well to the emotions of others. Read More...
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