External Events
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2025 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. The program attracts between 15 and 42 trauma-focused CPD hours.
Self-paced online over three months commencing on delivery of your printed materials, or on 1 February, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October annually. You can complete the program entirely self-paced in your own time without time off work. You can split the Day 1-4 program to complete in different periods during the year (e.g., Day 1-2 commencing in February and Day 3-4 commencing in July). A complimentary extension is available for self-paced learning if required. When you register for our self-paced online program, you have access to a scheduled livestream in the same, or the following year to help consolidate learning.
Join one our highly interactive Day 1-4 livestreams in 2025 offered in March, June, September for NZ or November. You have three months access to the self-paced online program immediately following your livestream to consolidate learning.
The Day 1-4 Fee is $1,290 AUD or $695 AUD for Day 1-2 or Day 3-4 if purchased separately for NZ residents. Please register one month prior and allow 2 weeks for delivery of printed materials. Your program fee includes access to both modes to help consolidate your learning. You can also complete the program in either or both modes (e.g., Day 1-2 in self-paced and Day 3-4 livestream or vice versa).
For all upcoming offerings, click here.
Autism in the Therapy Room with Wonita Woolhouse
23rd June 2025 ; Christchurch 9.00am - 12.30pm
This workshop is built on over 20 years of hands-on experience in both the UK and New Zealand as an Occupational Therapist and Psychotherapist, now specializing in autistic adults who have experienced sexual harm. While the primary focus is autism, neurodivergence exists on a broad spectrum—future workshops may explore other conditions such as ADHD, depending on demand as well as content from this workshop being highly applicable to other neurodivergent conditions. For more information, click here.
Neuro-Affirming Assessment and Diagnosis Workshop for Takiwātanga (Autism) & Aroreretini (ADHD)
Thursday 26th June & Friday 27th June : Online Workshop via Zoom
Join us for a transformative 1.5-day workshop where you'll gain skills in neuro-affirming assessment and diagnosis for takiwātanga (autism) & aroreretini (ADHD) in adults and late adolescents. Led by Dr Tanya Breen and Dr Celia, this workshop will equip you with evidence-based, compassionate, and effective techniques to better support neurodivergent clients. For more information, click here.
Training for professionals working with kiritaki who have experienced childhood sexual abuse
Auckland: 24 to 26 July 2025
Christchurch: 16 to 18 October 2025
This is a two-and-a-half-day training workshop for professionals (Psychologists, Counsellors, Social Workers and others) working with people who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.
Topics to be covered: Child development, Childhood sexual abuse in Aotearoa, Childhood sexual abuse and its effects, Trauma and its ongoing affects, Common diagnoses associated with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Implications for Māori clients and Rongoā treatment, Treatment, Transference and Countertransference. For more information, click here.
Meditation for Training for Therapists with Claire Robbie of The School of Modern Meditation
(Online or Auckland city)
Module 1: August 2, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Module 2: August 16 & 17, 10:00 - 4:00pm both days
Module 3: September 13 & 14 - 10:00 - 4:00pm both days
Whether you want to offer meditation as a stand-alone modality or weave it into your therapeutic work, this training will deepen your practice, sharpen your teaching voice, and equip you to meet the rising need for grounded, embodied guides in this space. The program is informed by neuroscience, psychology, and somatic theory, is evidence-based in its effects on emotional regulation, interoception, and nervous system resilience and complementary to CBT, ACT, IFS, and trauma-informed frameworks. For more information, click here.
Relational Approaches to Treating Trauma: Building safety, giving space, and helping clients in their struggle with forgiveness with Robert T. Muller, PhD
August 14 & 15 (two-day workshop) in Dunedin
As therapists, we try to maintain a strong therapeutic relationship, but this can be easier said than done. Drawing on attachment theory and research, and using a relational, integrative approach, Dr. Muller follows the ups and downs of the therapy relationship in trauma work. He points to choices therapists make in navigating the process, examining how they affect outcome. Early bird rates available until July 3rd 2025.
When the Family Fractures: Working Confidently with Separated Families
Monday, 25 August 2025, Auckland
This workshop is ideal for psychologists, social workers, counsellors, psychiatrists, mental health nurses, GPs, and all other mental health professionals working with adults or children affected by separation. It will help clinicians who feel uncertain when separation dynamics emerge in individual therapy, or who are struggling with managing consent issues and parent involvement. Especially if you are worried your therapeutic recommendations might complicate legal matters; you’re unsure when to take on these cases and when to refer; or your between-session workload with these clients is unsustainable. For more information, click here.
Successfully Combining Schema Therapy with EMDR
Date: 30 September 2025, online webinar
Schema therapy and EMDR are two very powerful therapies. These therapies can be combined to create an even more effective way of working with those clients with complex histories. For registration, click here.
Sand-tray focused schema therapy with Estelle Macdonald
Date: 8 -9 October 2025, Wellington
Two day training for mental health professionals with Schema Therapy Experience. Come and learn about how schema therapy can be successfully combined with sand tray work to create a fun, as well as incredibly insightful, way of working with adults, couples, as well as child and adolescent clients. For registration, click here.
Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy Workshop
Are you interested in adding an additional body-based skill to your kete? Dance movement therapy (DMT) is an evidence-based modality that complements psychology and counseling practice, enabling you to support your kiritaki from a holistic and somatic perspective.
Dance Therapy Training Aotearoa has been proudly empowering therapy practitioners since 2014 and are offering an Introduction to DMT workshop. This 13-hour training introduces participants to foundational skills and practices in the field of dance movement therapy - including many opportunities to experience a range of DMT approaches firsthand. The workshop can also serve as a pathway into our two-year part-time Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy. For more information, click here.
