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March 2023
Systems & Stories – Townsville
A Narrative Therapy Approach to Meaning Making and Change This two-day workshop will provide participants with key skills in Narrative Practice including practical clinical skills that can be used immediately with individuals and families (children, adolescents, adults and older persons). Participants will consider the relevance of Narrative Practice in their work setting, and applications relating to the context of trauma, relationships, and grief and loss. Participants will consider how to “tread lightly” but effectively with Narrative Practice. Course Outline: In this course…
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Harnessing the Therapeutic Power of Genograms This workshop will open up the enormous possibilities and potential of the genogram as a process for both assessment, and intervention. Widely used by family therapists and all health care professionals, the genogram is a graphic way of organising the mass of information gathered during a family assessment and finding patterns in the family system for more targeted treatment. Yet many practitioners commonly complete only a very basic genogram and file it away, never to be…
Find out more »Online workshop: Revolutionising Trauma Treatment: 3-part workshop series
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an indicator that the body and mind have not, as yet, recognised that a traumatic incident is over. As a result, the body's autonomic nervous system responds by continuously mobilising the body for defensive flight/fight or protective freeze. In addition, PTSD is (in large part) a failure of mindful dual awareness, which leads to an inability to recognise the present as different from the past. This professional training will equip participants with neurophysical and psychophysical…
Find out more »April 2023
Handle with Care™-Staff safety and defusing situations where individuals may be aggressive eWorkshop 4-April-2023
This eWorkshop is for anyone who may have to work with individuals who may be angry and potentially aggressive. The aim of the eWorkshop is to assist the participants to develop their skills in keeping themselves safe and in defusing situations where individuals may be aggressive. This eWorkshop will cover Managing your own feelings in difficult circumstances; Minimising risk; Legal issues; Guidelines for managing difficult situations; General principles for managing difficult behaviour; Using language that does not create resistance; A…
Find out more »Webinar: Working with Young People – CARE Schools – An Alternative to Jailing Our Kids
The number of young people involved in the juvenile justice system in Australia is on the rise. Although many intervention programs have been designed, implemented and reviewed, the problem continues. The role of education in decreasing recidivism has been shown to be of great importance but, as with other initiatives, it does not seem to be a complete solution. Alternative education approaches, however, have not received extensive research attention, and the role of Curriculum and Reengagement in Education (CARE) schools…
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