External Events
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2024 Professional Development Events
Trauma Education presented by Dr Leah Giarratano
Treating PTSD and Complex Trauma (Day 1-4) with Dr Leah Giarratano. Core 30-hour online international training for all mental health professionals working with traumatised populations.
Self-paced online over three months commencing on delivery of your printed materials or on 1 February, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October 2024. You can complete the program entirely self-paced in your own time without time off work.
Join our highly interactive Day 1-4 livestreams on:
5-6 + 12-13 September 2024 between 9am-5pm NZST
21-22 + 28-29 November 2024 between 9am-5pm AEDT (which is 11am-7pm in NZ)
20-21 + 27-28 March 2025 between 9am-5pm AEDT (which is 11am-7pm in NZ)
19-20 + 26-27 June 2025 between 9am-5pm AWST (which is 1pm-9pm in NZ)
Day 1-4 Fee is $1,290 AUD for NZ residents. Please register one month prior and allow 2-3 weeks for delivery of printed materials. Your program fee includes access to both modes to help consolidate your learning.
Click the title above for the program flyer or the following link for all upcoming offerings click here.
Contextual Consulting and Kevin E Vowles PhD present Working with chronic pain ; 17th to 25th September 2024
This 12 hour (4 x 3 hour) online training session teaches you how to use ACT therapy principles such as acceptance, mindfulness and values to improve your clients wellbeing. What you’ll learn:
·The ACT theoretical model and its impact on treatment targets.
· Clinical skills to enhance acceptance, mindfulness, and clarity in valued actions.
· Values-based actions for e ective treatment in chronic pain settings.
· The relationship between ACT theory, assessment, and shared treatment plans.
· How to prioritise components for ACT in chronic pain case conceptualisation.
A recording is available for 6 months after the live dates, allowing completion of the program in your own time and at your own pace. For more information, click here.
World Schema Therapy Day 12 October 2024
Come and join Estelle Macdonald, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Schema Therapy Training and Consulting (STTAC), on Saturday 12 October 2024 and find out more about Schema Therapy.
Collaborative & Proactive Solutions: In-Person Training with Dr. Ross Greene, PhD - Christchurch in November 2024
Christchurch- 4th November (Introductory Course) & 5th November (Advanced Course)
The CPS model has transformed thinking and practices in countless families, schools, inpatient psychiatric units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities throughout the world, and has been associated with dramatic reductions in adult-child conflict, concerning behaviours, disciplinary referrals, detentions, suspensions, restraints, and seclusions.
Schema Therapy Training and Consulting (STTAC) is excited to announce an online workshop for combining schema therapy with sand tray work from 12-13 November 2024
The combining of two creative modalities can lead to powerful and positive changes in both adult and child/adolescent clients.
For further details or www.sttac.co.nz /
EMDRNZ Conference 2024: Wellington (or online) 14th November - 16th November
This year's conference will include:
-Dr Arne Hofmann’ one day workshop EMDR in the Treatment of Depression - the DeprEnd Protocol
-Conference Day with presentations by New Zealand EMDR clinicians to enhance clinical practice.
EMDRNZ and EMDRAA members enjoy the exclusive member rate.
Early Bird rate expires on 31 October 2024.All in person registrations are open until 4 November and online registrations until 11 November.
Prerequisite: completion of EMDR Basic Training Part 1
For further details please see www.emdr.org.nz or contact Indra at .
‘ROUGH SEX’, ‘CHOKING’ AND STRANGULATION NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM- A cross-sector conversation about the rise in rough sex, Wellington 29 November.
‘Rough sex’ and ‘choking’ are on the rise in everyday sexual relationships in Aotearoa, raising challenging questions around new sexual norms, consent, and intimate partner violence. In response to this, MEDSAC and Victoria University of Wellington are hosting a national symposium to raise awareness; explore the social, legal, and medical issues; and initiate a conversation around a cross-sector response. This timely symposium is essential for anyone working in or interested in family and sexual violence, sexual health and the wider health sector, criminal justice, and the education and wellbeing of young people. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/rough-sex-choking-and-strangulation-national-symposium
Positionality – Relating to Te Ao Māori, Monday 2nd December 2024, Wellington
This workshop is for anyone with a desire to explore who they are in relation to Te Ao Māori, including professional and personal identities. You will be supported to interact, reflect, and grow through a Te Ao Māori lens during this experiential workshop.
Presenters: Jason Northover and Dr Roxy Heffernan. To register click here: https://kihirua.co.nz/workshop_training/positionality-relating-to-te-ao-maori/
Join our training and become a member of an internationally recognised professional community. Our program adheres to the rigorous standards set by the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of Australasia (PPAA), of which NZIPP has been a member since 1999.
Apply by 7 December 2024.
Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting
SustainABILITY | Connect - Respect - Heal, 27 - 29 November 2024, Fremantle, WA
NZ Association of Positive Psychology Symposium 2024 - September, Auckland
Thrive Aotearoa - Connecting Minds, Trnasforming Lives
