| 8:30 am |
Registration |
| 9.00 am |
Welcome - Sabrina Rogers-Anderson |
| 9.15am |
The Future of Counselling in a post-pandemic world
Keynote: Emily Rose, Ensoul Psychology
Where we’ve been
- Writing (and revising) history
- Reinvention or revolutions?
Where we are
- The state of affairs today
- Impact of the pandemic and other catalysts for change
- Challenges to the dominant paradigm
- The third wave... or fourth?
Where we’re going
- Future trends
- Emerging therapies
- Challenges and opportunities in the counselling and psychotherapy world
Speaker: Tara Hurster, The TARA Clinic
- What addiction is
- The Stages of Change and the link between shame and pre-contemplation
- New approaches and resources for treating addiction
Speaker: Dr Jorge Rebolledo, Institute of Applied Psychology
- The future of counselling as it relates to the training of counsellors, focusing on AI and how it can help students learn and practice
Q&A
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| 10.45 am |
Morning Break |
| 11.15 am |
Session 2 |
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Session 2: Meeting the challenges confronting young people today
Keynote: Amanda Gordon, Armchair Psychology Practice
- Why therapists should risk connecting with young people at a deeper level and assist them to engage in personal identity discovery rather than getting caught up with the political struggle of groups
Panel discussion: Aileen Luo, Macquarie University & Sophie Smith, The Young Mind Clinic
- Effects of cyberbullying on young people
- Different roles young people can take during a cyberbullying episode
- Current interventions targeting cyberbullying
- The rise in family conflict since COVID and how psychologists can improve young people’s outcomes by addressing family factors
- The increase in families seeking ADHD diagnoses in young people and the role of a thorough assessment process in ruling out other conditions and factors
Q&A
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| 12.45 |
Lunch (provided) |
| 13.45 |
Session 3 |
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Rethinking workplace mental wellbeing solutions
Keynote: Mark Butler, mental health expert and strategist
- New WHS legislation in Australia speaks to psychosocial hazards at work which means there is a sharpening of focus on what can cause mental distress at work and how to reasonably eliminate or reduce it
- Focus needs to be moved from treating issues to considering how we can support early intervention or prevention and healthy coping skills
- How to deliver your services to a captured audience that has a motivation to address these issues for their employees
Speaker: Justine Gatt, UNSW & Neuroscience Research Australia
- The neuroscience of mental wellbeing
- The COMPAS-W Wellbeing Scale
- Learnings from the Thrive Wellbeing Program in healthcare workers
- ReNeuWell® the new evidence-based wellbeing app
Speaker: Dr Ben Searle, organisational psychologist
- What is burnout and how is it different from stress?
- Burnout research: consistencies and controversies
- Identifying whether a client is burning out or burnt out
Q&A
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| 3.15pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3.45pm |
Session 4 |
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Couple Goals: rebuilding your relationship post-pandemic
Dr Rowan Burckhardt, Sydney Couples Counselling Centre
- Why couples get caught up in conflict
- How to repair a relationship
- Are there some relationships that cannot be repaired?
Fireside chat: Dr Rowan Burckhardt & Melissa Ferrari, PACT certified counsellor and psychotherapist
- Why arguments can get so out of control
- How couples can improve their connection with rituals
- Why love wanes over time and what couples can do to combat this
Q&A
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| 5.00 |
Event close |