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Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change: 2 Day
Motivational interviewing is a framework that was originally developed in the alcohol and other drug field by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. The essence of motivational interviewing is that it is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for, and commitment to, a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of...
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$710
Limited
GST free
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change: 2 Day
<p>Motivational interviewing is a framework that was originally developed in the alcohol and other drug field by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. The essence of motivational interviewing is that
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$690
Limited
GST free
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change: 2 Day
<p>Motivational interviewing is a framework that was originally developed in the alcohol and other drug field by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. The essence of motivational interviewing is that
...
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
$690
Limited
GST free
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change: 2 Day
<p>Motivational interviewing is a framework that was originally developed in the alcohol and other drug field by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. The essence of motivational interviewing is that
...
Mo
Tu
We
Th
Fr
Sa
Su
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Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding and Squalor
Hoarding and Squalor is on the increase. It is estimated that there may be as many as 600,000 Australians living in clutter or severe domestic Squalor. This equates to 2.6% of the population. For the most part, workers stumble across these situations when assisting consumers with other issues, and struggle to understand how to work with and support consumers in this area. This training will equip workers to understand Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Severe Domestic Squalor (SDS) by...
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Trauma and Addictions
This course aims to explore the nature of the relationship between trauma (especially childhood trauma) and addiction. The hypothesis that addictions are a functional escape from pain (Durand, 1986) will be explored. People in active addiction will often continue to move from crisis to crisis. And paradoxically the tendency towards further addictive behaviour as a response to crisis will be explored. The counsellor is well placed to reflect the contextual stressors that client’s...
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Mental Health First Aid
This Mental Health First Aid course will teach you how to provide initial support to other adults who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, using a practical, evidence based Action Plan. Many of our service users can add trauma, abuse or significant difficulties in life to the range of issues that may add to the likelihood of mental health concerns. We need to be able to recognize, support and respond in a way that supports people with mental health...
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Let’s Talk About Gambling
Problems related to gambling can present in a range of guises such as financial, legal, relationship, housing, drug and alcohol, child protection and mental health concerns. Therefore, it is likely that professionals working in a range of settings other than the gambling specific context will encounter people with gambling related problems. Raising and addressing the issue of gambling within non-specialist settings can pose a challenge for professionals. However, the opportunity to...
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Personality Disorders: A Psychodynamic and Attachment Theory Perspective
This workshop overviews personality development, identifying the key developmental tasks (e.g. emotional regulation, identity, boundaries, etc). This provides clinicians with a map for healthy personality development, as well as shedding light on how personality issues develop. The workshop will look at how personality development shapes perception, emotional responses and how we cope with interpersonal relationships and our internal world (thoughts and feelings). The workshop will...
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Window of Tolerance
This 4 hour workshop will introduce you to a practical tool that can be used with clients called the Window of Tolerance. The Window of Tolerance is a model founded in Neuroscience that describes what happens to our nervous system when we find ourselves in stressful or challenging times. You will learn about the Window of Tolerance and how to use it in the context of your client work as a tool for change, and how to teach it to your clients so they can use it to move towards...
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Mental Health First Aid for Community Settings
This Mental Health First Aid course will teach you how to provide initial support to other adults who may be experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis, using a practical, evidence based Action Plan. Many of our service users can add trauma, abuse or significant difficulties in life to the range of issues that may add to the likelihood of mental health concerns. We need to be able to recognise, support and respond in a way that supports people with mental health...
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Power of Addictions
This workshop explores the relationship people have with AOD, how influential AOD can be and the dynamics when people choose to abstain from AOD. Drugs will be defined along with the patterns of drug use, how they are classified. The contributing factors which lead people to use AOD along with the environmental, biological, psychological, legal, financial influences of drug use. The impact of AOD use will be explored including the impact on indirect victims (eg. family members...
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Immediate Response to Mental Distress - AOD Setting
Mental distress can include people who are overwhelmed by their current circumstances, right through to people who have a severe and persistent mental illness. Each year 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental illness. Many more will experience episodes of poor mental health/mental distress. People who experience mental health illness/distress are overly represented in AOD services. The causes of mental health issues are complex and often people have multiple risk factors...
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