Events

Bryce D McLeod, Ph.D., Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, shares common elements of family therapy for adolescents experiencing substance problems.

This clinically-focused webinar will explore the research evidence for using different models of treatment for women in substance use disorder presentations.

This interactive workshop will examine Aboriginal ways of being, communication and engagement styles and provides information, resources and strategies for working with Aboriginal people within a southern Australian context.

Mindfulness has a proven ability to reduce our experience of negative emotions and to increase our psychological wellbeing. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants should be confident to lead a session with clients and establish their own practice.

This cultural sensitivity workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the unique drivers, complexities and risk factors of problematic substance use for LGBTI communities.

Working with cognitively impaired clients can be a significant challenge, particularly when access to assessment services and resources are limited. *Participants must have attended the first workshop in 2017, 2018 or 2019.

This workshop will provide participants with an update of what we know about the risks of suicide in alcohol and drug treatment seeking populations as well as presenting evidence-based risk assessment and prevention interventions most likely to be effective for this group.

In this workshop, we will introduce key topics to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of sleep in relation to AOD use and mood disturbance.

This advanced practitioner session will improve participants’ confidence and techniques in one on one counselling skills through an LGBTI lens.