Workshops & professional development

With a career from 1981 in the therapy field and more than half of that time in leadership and management roles, I offer a large range of training options. Topics include but are not limited to the following:

THERAPY RELATED (usually 1-2 days unless specified)

• Alternatives to Self Harm (APEX model) - A range of options from brief 1 hour presentation or 2 day or 3 day workshops. These are offered as 101, 201 and 301 respectively. 
• Borderline Personality Disorder - an introduction.
• Complex PTSD - Interviewing PTSD & Knowing when to Open your Parachute - addresses clinician empathic strain and countertransference when supporting people with complex trauma.
• D.I.D. You see that? Recognising dissociative disorders.
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) distress and crisis management skills.
• Mindfulness for professionals - Half or whole day mindfulness skills to apply to practice.
• Narrative therapy ideas: Introduction to Re-authoring Lives.
• Narrative therapy in groups - using the Outsider Witness approach.
• Risk assessment (gaining confidence to ask the hard questions about suicide and homicide risk).
• Solution Focused ways of working.
• STEPPS Program (Systems Training in Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving - (Blum, et al) A brief 1-2 hour presentation for your workplace outlining the program.
• STEPPS 101 & 201 training sessions (2 x 1- day workshops).
• STEPPS 301 - how to set up a group (additional 1 day workshop)
• STEPPS supervision and practice sessions for those trained in STEPPS.
• Supported Assessments 101 (a webinar one day workshop for approved ACC providers)
• Supported Assessments 201 (a webinar one day workshop for approved ACC providers who want more complex focus than the intro can offer).
• Supervision group based sessions: Reflections on a journey.
• Trauma-informed practice: tips for treatment teams (various from 1 hour to 2 days).

ORGANISATIONS AND TEAMS

Content is tailored to your requirements but here are some examples:

• Developing Teams.
• Managing change through people.
• Solution Focused Teams.
• Team Away Days (tailored to your requests).
• What's that got to do with me? Help your team to take ownership of Key Performance Indicators.