Complex trauma is a devastating condition. For many clients, recovery is slow, and for others, non-existent. Prolonged trauma causes clients to be out of physiological, biological, and psychological balance, leading to many problems, including anxiety, depression, and a range of 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 4, 2025
End Date:
July 1, 2025
Specialist Course in Integrative Couple Therapy
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...
Start Date:
February 12, 2025
End Date:
December 10, 2025
Supervision of Supervision (SoS): Group program
OPD – ACA-Approved. This program aims to provide an opportunity for practitioners who provide supervision to review and reflect on their practice in small-group Supervision of Supervision sessions. The closed group SoS sessions offer post-training support to maximise your efforts Read More...
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 15, 2025
End Date:
July 12, 2025
Counselling Autistic Adults: Reframing Autism from Deficit to Difference
Many counsellors do not feel confident adapting their counselling practices to suit the need of Autistic adults. This is an underserviced population in the counselling space, with a lot of focus existing on the needs of Autistic children and/or with 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:
February 21, 2025
End Date:
February 20, 2026
Introduction to Working with Childhood Trauma
On completion of this 4 module workshop participants will be able to: Understand the definition of childhood trauma and how it presents in children. Identify appropriate frameworks for working with childhood trauma. Build skills in communicating with parents and carers. Read More...
Start Date:
February 23, 2025
End Date:
August 23, 2026
Certificate in Guided Drawing Online February 2025
This is an online, self-paced training over 6 months. The 28 hours of tutorials are pre-recorded and participants can study in their own time.  Guided Drawing is a drawing and movement therapy. It introduces body-mapping with bilateral drawing on Read More...
Start Date:
February 23, 2025
End Date:
August 23, 2025
Certificate in Clay Field Therapy with Children – Online February 2025
This course consists of 60 hours of online tutorials, illustrated with over 300 videoed case histories with children between the age of 2 – 18 as they work at the Clay Field. Released over 12 modules participants have access to Read More...
Start Date:
March 10, 2025
End Date:
March 9, 2026
Introduction to Play Therapy
This introductory course provides an overview of the clinical skills required to engage in child centred play therapy with children. This is a full one-day workshop where participants will learn and practice content presented live by our fabulous trainers. Join Read More...
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