The impact of stimulating the reward systems of the brain is evident across the full range of addictive behaviour. Biochemically methamphetamine closely resembles dopamine. Chasing the highs and euphoria of addictive substances or addictive behaviour leads to temporary satiation of the reward systems. For the psychology of the user at these times ‘all is right with the world’. Yet all is not right. The feeling of satiation is temporary and distant from the reality of active...
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$260Limited
GST free
Unravelling Poly Addictions – Addressing Substance Dependency and Behavioural Addictions
<p>{image name:“AASW CPD Endorsed Logo” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}<br/>{image name:“ACA-recognised” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}</p><p>The impact of stimulating the reward
Please note: This is only available via credit card payment at the time of registration. Register for this course if you would like to undertake assessment against the listed unit of competency.
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Assessments are made against units of competency from the Certificate IV in Community Services CHC42015.
Provide services to people with co-existing mental health and alcohol and other drugs issues (CHCMHS005)
Double Whammy – Co-occurring Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders (Assessment Only)
<p>Please note: This is only available via credit card payment at the time of registration.</p><p>Register for this course if you would like to undertake assessment against the listed unit of
Please note: This is only available via credit card payment at the time of registration. Register for this course if you would like to undertake assessment against the listed unit of competency.
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Assessments are made against units of competency from the Certificate IV in Community Services CHC42015.
Provide recovery oriented mental health services (CHCMHS003)
$150Limited
GST free
Mental Health: A Recovery Approach (Assessment Only)
<p>Please note: This is only available via credit card payment at the time of registration.</p><p>Register for this course if you would like to undertake assessment against the listed unit of
Please note: This is only available via credit card payment at the time of registration. Register for this course if you would like to undertake assessment against the listed unit of competency.
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Assessments are made against units of competency from the Certificate IV in Community Services CHC42015.
Provide recovery oriented mental health services (CHCMHS003)
Refining Skills in Non-Clinical Mental Health Recovery-oriented Practice (Assessment Only)
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This workshop will explore the history, current research theory and applications of mindfulness. Participants will experience a range of mindfulness practices which will be grounded in experiential understanding and enhanced by discussion, encouraging each participant to ‘begin where you are’ using current professional and personal life experience to develop a deeper understanding of the general principles of mindfulness. Exercises will be simple, direct and safe and aided by...
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$260Limited
GST free
Mindfulness for the Anxious Client
<p>{image name:“AASW CPD Endorsed Logo” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}<br/>{image name:“ACA-recognised” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}</p><p>This workshop will explore the history,
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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$520Limited
GST free
Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding and Squalor
<p>{image name:“AASW CPD Endorsed Logo” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}<br/>{image name:“ACA-recognised” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}</p><p>Hoarding and Squalor is on the increase.
Internal Family Systems is a non-pathologizing, collaborative and empowering model of therapy which fosters transformation, gently, quickly, and effectively. The IFS Model represents a synthesis of two already-existing paradigms: systems thinking and the multiplicity of the mind with an understanding that symptoms are actually the coping mechanism of our parts trying to protect us from pain. IFS advances therapy by: Showing respect and appreciation for the client’s protective...
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$520Limited
GST free
Introduction to Internal Family Systems
<p>{image name:“AASW CPD Endorsed Logo” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}</p><p>Internal Family Systems is a non-pathologizing, collaborative and empowering model of therapy which fosters
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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$780Limited
GST free
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
<p>{image name:“AASW CPD Endorsed Logo” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}<br/>{image name:“ACA-recognised” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}</p><p>Motivational interviewing is a framework
This workshop will address the role that mental health laws play in the provision of services to persons with the lived experience of mental illness. It is vitally important that service providers have a sound working knowledge of the relevant mental health legislation, to ensure that the rights of their clients are upheld. The current legislation allows for a person’s liberty and decision making ability to be taken from them in certain circumstances, and for coercive orders...
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$260Limited
GST free
Navigating Your Way Around Mental Health Law
<p>{image name:“AASW CPD Endorsed Logo” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}<br/>{image name:“ACA-recognised” align:“right” width:“100” height:“100”}</p><p>This workshop will address the role that
