Overview

Clinical Resource Therapy Certification

Ten days, 60 CPD hours, live and practice rich. The Clinical qualification program teaches thereapists how to work confidently and safely with parts.

Resource Therapy brings the right part to the wheel at the right time, using a clear sequence of treatment actions and a respectful therapeutic stance. The learning is in the doing. Each day blends concise teaching, live demonstration, supervised small group practice, case consultation, and reflective integration. By the end, participants understand the model and can apply it ethically in everyday work.

Program

Day 1 Foundations of parts work in RT

We orient to the language of Resource States and the core map of Conflicted, Retro, and Vaded presentations. You learn how to invite a part to consciousness, how to recognise when the wrong part is speaking, and how to stabilise the therapeutic frame. We locate RT within trauma informed practice, brief psychodynamic roots, and ego state traditions, then clarify how RT stands alone as a complete model while fitting alongside your existing skills. Safety, consent, and pacing are set as non negotiables.

Day 2 Assessment and Conflict States case formulation

You learn to assess for Resource issues and to translate history and symptoms into a parts based case formulation that makes sense to clients. We practise locating which part is in pain and which protector parts may be blocking access. You will begin a simple parts map for one of your own cases. Risk, readiness, cultural safety, and goals are built into the formulation so the work stays focused and ethical.

Day 3 Treatment overview and entry skills

We introduce the treatment pathway of diagnosis and practise entry skills that help a client move from talking about a problem into direct work with the part that is hurting. You learn to hold dual awareness, to titrate activation, and to mark consent and choice at each step. We cover basic regulation, alliance repair, and session structure so sessions remain effective. Here you learn what part to work with.

Days 4 to 5 Core RT treatment actions in depth

Across three days you will practise the RT actions that create change. These include direct access to the part in pain, expression with containment, bridging to salient memories, and speaking with the introject where helpful. You also learn retro negotiation, conflicted state negotiation, imagery checks, resistance alliancing, and anchoring. We practise how to sequence actions, how to decide what is needed next, and how to know when to stop. Demonstrations make the flow visible. Supervised practice in small groups consolidates skill. Debriefs focus on clinical reasoning, ethics, and therapist regulation.

Day 6/ 7 Working with shame, fear, and disappointment

Many clients carry shame, fear, and disappointment that sit like heavy weather on the deck. You will learn how to meet these presentations with compassion while staying precise. We explore Vaded States that hold rejection, fear, and disappointment, and we practise shame reduction, stabilisation, and safe expression. You will learn how to avoid overwhelm, how to keep alliance intact, and how to help the client’s healthy parts return to the wheel. Here we look into parts work with couples.

Day 8 Working with Chronic pain with safety and care

We take a careful look at somatic issues. You will learn to bridge to core experiences in ways that respect pacing and consent. We outline procedures that align with memory reconsolidation principles, without making promises that sit outside evidence or scope. You will practise how to prepare a client, how to return to the present if activation rises, and how to integrate new learning so it sticks.

Days 9 to 10 Integration, complexity, and consolidation

These days bring the method together. We apply RT to presentations that are common in practice. You will see and practise adaptations for anxiety, depressive symptoms, anger and guilt, relational distress, infidelity, performance issues, neurodivergence, and dissociative presentations. You will be guided on how to work with unusual parts presentations or spiritual burdens with compassion.

We emphasise decision making in real time, how to repair when the process goes off track, and how to work within your scope, context, and cultural setting. Participants present brief case workups and receive structured feedback. The final sessions focus on planning, documentation, and next steps for supervision and ongoing learning.

Learning methods

Teaching is concise and practical. You will watch live demonstrations, practise in small groups with a supervisor present, and receive specific feedback that builds confidence. Case consultation helps you translate skills to your own client load. Reflective integration exercises support therapist regulation and help your inner crew to stay collaborative and present. The learning environment is supportive, structured, and paced to promote confidence.

Assessment and evidence of learning

Observed role plays, brief case presentation, and supervisor feedback provide evidence of learning. A certificate stating sixty CPD hours attended is issued. Attendance and active participation are required.

Ethics, cultural safety, and documentation

Ethical practice is threaded through the program. We review consent processes for parts work, record keeping, privacy and confidentiality, mandated reporting, boundaries, dual relationships, and appropriate touch policies for experiential work where relevant. Cultural safety is addressed through consultation questions, curiosity, adaptation to context, and attention to language and meaning. You will leave with practical templates you can adopt in your setting.

What you will be able to do by the end

Explain RT as brief, trauma informed, strengths based parts work. Map parts clearly and invite the right part forward. Formulate with parts and safety in mind. Deliver the RT treatment sequence as a clear roadmap rather than a collection of tricks. Work with memory and affect without overwhelm. Practise ethically and with cultural care. Adapt RT to complex but common presentations in everyday practice. Use self administered RT for your own steadiness and resilience.

Stand alone model, ready for your next session

RT is a complete method. You can use it as your primary approach and you can use it alongside skills you already have, provided this is within scope and competence. The structure helps you decide what to do next, the language helps clients feel seen, and the focus on safety lets the work go deep without losing the alliance.

Assessment and evidence of learning

Learning is evidenced through observed role plays, a brief case presentation, and supervisor feedback. Certificates state sixty CPD hours attended. Attendance and active participation are required.

Accessibility and support

Online sessions run on Sydney time and include captions. Bali in person for those who prefer.

Materials use clear language and accessible formatting. A straightforward feedback and complaints pathway is provided. Cultural safety is embedded. Reasonable adjustments and support are available on request. A simple feedback and issues pathway is provided.

Who should attend

Registered or provisional psychologists and equivalent clinicians who want a clear, humane, and efficient way to work with parts. Curiosity, kindness, and a willingness to practice are the best prerequisites.

Ongoing support

Online sessions are recorded with a time frame for review & ongoing post-training supervision package provided for community.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, participants should be able to:

• Explain RT as brief, trauma-informed parts work,
• Describe the lineage of Resource Therapy, including Ego State Therapy and brief psychodynamic influences, and explain why a brief, compassionate, strengths-based parts approach is useful for internal conflict and psychological distress,
• Map parts clearly and safely,
• Identify and differentiate Resource States, including Conflicted, Retro, and Vaded. Bring the right part to the conscious at the right time, and link part dynamics to presentations in trauma, mood concerns, relational issues, performance, dissociation, and neurodivergence,
• Formulate with parts and safety in mind,
• Integrate parts mapping with DSM 5 case formulation, safety and risk planning, phased goals, and culturally responsive considerations across individual and couple work,
• Apply a clear, brief RT sequence,
• Use RT treatment actions as a practical roadmap. This includes direct access to the part in pain, expression, bridging to salient memories, introject dialogue, retro and conflicted negotiations, imagery checks, resistance alliancing, and anchoring, 
• Match part specific skills to client goals and values,
• Work with memory and affect without overwhelm,
• Bridge to core memories safely, use procedures consistent with memory reconsolidation principles, reduce shame, and stabilise affect while protecting consent, boundaries, and therapeutic alliance,
• Use RT as a stand alone model that complements your existing skills,
• Practise RT as a complete, self contained approach that you can bring to your current setting. RT does not require other modalities to be effective. If you choose, you can apply RT alongside your other competencies in a way that suits your scope, context, and client needs,
• Practise ethically and with cultural safety,
• Demonstrate culturally safe, client centred parts work. Document consent and limits. Manage risk appropriately. Apply APS and AHPRA aligned ethics, supervision pathways, and record-keeping in parts-based interventions,
• Adapt parts interventions for complex presentations,
• Assess suitability and tailor RT for ADHD, dissociative disorders, anxiety, depressive symptoms, anger, shame and guilt, relational strain, infidelity, and grief. Use real-world cases (with client consent) and structured clinical reasoning to guide decision making,
• Learn by doing with supervision of practice and case consultation,
• Build confidence through live demonstrations, small group parts practice, and supervised skills labs with structured feedback. Translate learning by doing into everyday clinical work,
• Support practitioner wellbeing,
• Use self-administered RT to support clinician regulation, reflective practice, and professional resilience so that the therapist’s own parts remain collaborative, present, and effective,
• Show competence in applied parts work, and
• Present concise cases, participate in debriefs, and demonstrate progression from supervised practice to independent, ethical application of RT.

Presenter(s)

Chris Paulin Consultant Psychologist Co-Director, Australia Resource Therapy Institute (ARTI) & Marriage Works private practice

Philipa Thornton, Psychology Board approved Supervisor.

About the presenter(s)

Philipa Thornton, BA (Psych) (Hons), BA (Criminology), GradDip Systemic Couples Therapy, is a registered psychologist (AHPRA) and Psychology Board–approved supervisor. President of Resource Therapy International, she is Co-Founder and Co-Director (with Chris Paulin) of the Australia Resource Therapy Institute, and an Imago Relationship Therapy Workshop Presenter and Supervisor. Philipa is a Certified EMDR Clinician and Deep Brain Reorienting practitioner (Level 3). With 20+ years’ clinical experience across government, non-government and private settings, she has worked for Relationships Australia and within NSW Health alcohol and other drug services, including Kirketon Road Centre, the Langton Centre and the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. She co-directs Marriage Works, provides supervision to clinicians, and delivers Resource Therapy training, integrating parts-based, trauma-informed methods for effective work with individuals and couples.



Chris Paulin, BSc (Psych) (Hons), MClin Psych,UNSW, is a consultant psychologist registered with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA). With 45+ years’ clinical experience across government mental health services (community and hospital) and private practice, he is a Senior Clinical Resource Therapist, Master Clinical Trainer and accredited Resource Therapy Supervisor. Chris has additional training in narrative and systemic therapies, EMDR and Imago Relationship Therapy. He is Co-Founder of the Australia Resource Therapy Institute, and Co-Director of Marriage Works.

Notes

Suitable for registered or provisional psychologists seeking brief, trauma informed, strengths based parts training. Program totals 60 CPD hours. Teaching includes live demonstration, supervised small group practice, case consultation, and reflective integration so learning is in the doing. Resource Therapy is a stand alone model that can sit alongside your existing skills within scope. Cultural safety, consent, boundaries, and risk management are emphasised. Online sessions run on Sydney time or hybrid in Bali June 2026. Certificates state attended hours. Cohort size is capped to support active practice and feedback. Registration closes five business days before commencement or when full. Accessibility and reasonable adjustments available on request.


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