Events

Increasing Accessibility of Mental Health Services Through Walk-in Counselling

Walk-in psychotherapy services are highly advantageous primarily as they are very accessible - clients come at a moment that fits for them without the usual delays related to appointment making. For that very reason the walk-in session is likely to “capture a moment” of client readiness. Walk-ins are also a move toward a more culturally

$210

3rd International Single Session Therapy and Walk-in Services Symposium – Single Session Thinking: Going global one step at a time

Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne 328 Flinders Street, Melbourne

Presented by The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University, this builds on the previous two Single Session Therapy and Walk-in Services symposiums held in Australia (2012) and Canada (2015). It offers opportunities to connect, share and collaborate with colleagues from your field and beyond. Moving away from the tradition of a series of keynote presentations, this

$485 – $585

Working Therapeutically with Complex Trauma Clients (Level 2)

This two-day training is intended to be part of a training series, the first part of which is the one-day Level 1 training. Unless you are an experienced clinician working in this three phased approach with complex trauma clients over the longer term, it is recommended that you attend the Level 1 training prior to

HEPReady Essentials training

Do you work helping people who may have hepatitis? Get the Essentials.   HEPReady® training for health and community professionals.   When: Thursday 24th October 2019 from 9.30am-12pm Where: Hepatitis Victoria 5/200 Sydney Road Brunswick 3056 Cost: $60.00   Hepatitis Victoria is the peak not for profit organisation working across the state for people affected

$60

HEPReady Essentials training

Do you work helping people who may have hepatitis? Get the Essentials.   HEPReady® training for health and community professionals.   When: Thursday 24th October 2019 from 9.30am-12pm Where: Hepatitis Victoria 5/200 Sydney Road Brunswick 3056 Cost: $60.00   Hepatitis Victoria is the peak not for profit organisation working across the state for people affected

$60

7th National Brain Injury Conference

Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria Masson Road, Melbourne

Brain Injury Australia’s 7th National Brain Injury Conference will be held, in partnership with the Melbourne Disability Institute, at the Melbourne School of Design on The University of Melbourne’s campus in Parkville on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th October, 2019. Founded in 1986, Brain Injury Australia is the nation’s peak advocacy organisation representing the over

$495.00

HEPReady Regional-Bendigo

The Bridge Hotel Bendigo 49 Bridge Street, Bendigo

The HEPReady® regional workshop is an opportunity for your workforce to develop a comprehensive understanding of viral hepatitis along with local perspectives.   Will feature expert presenters, lived-experience speakers and community based health experts. What will we cover? Epidemiology, methods of transmission, progression, treatment and management. Who should attend? ANYONE! Nurses, AOD workers, health educators,

Free

Learn how to respond to people affected by ice.

Punt Hill Essendon 1142 Mt Alexander Rd, Essendon

360Edge, Australia’s leading alcohol and other drug consultants, is now delivering free half day workshops to frontline workers across Victoria. This free session will empower you with the knowledge and skills to understand and work effectively with people may be affected by ice. The training will build your confidence, knowledge and skills so you can

Free

SHARC Peer Worker Training

Self Help Addiction Resource Centre 140 Grange Road, Carnegie

Peer workers, as in any professional discipline, need quality, standardised training and ongoing professional development. Through extensive research and co-design, SHARC has developed Peer Worker Training. This comprehensive training provides a vital knowledge base for peer workers, and ensures that the peer workforce has a discipline-specific framework. This 5 day training is designed for current

$1100

Misery is Optional – The Management and Treatment of Pain (Robert Rosenbaum – USA)

Pain is not an isolated phenomenon. Both its neurophysiology and its psychology rely on connections and contexts. When clients and caregivers approach pain as if it were a self-contained concept, as if it were a carbuncle to be cut out by mechanical interventions, it does not matter whether the treatment is pharmacological or psychological: well-meaning

$210