Overview

This webinar will focus on the personal and professional impacts of international crises on psychologists.  

The past several months have been a time of reflection on the immense and ongoing human suffering being experienced in our international community. Of course, psychologists are members of the community too, and may find themselves traumatised or personally affected by ongoing international conflicts. It is an important time to be looking after your own mental health, as well as coming together to support one another.  

At this webinar, you will learn more about how to manage your own distress whilst responding to that of your clients, as well as what to do if you find yourself bringing your own trauma to work. Plus, you will  learn more about one’s own experience of trauma and how it translates to your practice.  

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

Duration of access

Access to the recording and presenter slides is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

APS CPD-Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality. Learn more about the APS CPD Approval process.

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Activity details 

• On-demand webinar recording 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this webinar, participants should be able to:

• recognise the impact of international trauma both in personal and professional environments, and

• manage their own distress whilst responding to that of their clients.

Presenter(s)

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant Hon FAPS

Amanda Gordon Hon FAPS

About the presenter(s)

Scientia Professor Richard Bryant Hon FAPS is a Scientia Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales and director of the UNSW Traumatic Stress Clinic, based at UNSW and Westmead Institute for Medical Research. His research has focused on identification of people at risk of mental health problems after trauma, early intervention strategies, treatment strategies for posttraumatic stress, and complicated grief.
Professor Bryant also works on many major national and international projects, including developing the Australian NHMRC PTSD treatment guidelines, web treatments for US troops returning from Iraq, tsunami survivors in Thailand, developing counselling programs for disaster survivors in the USA after Hurricane Katrina, and web-based treatments for complicated grief patients in the USA.

Amanda Gordon Hon FAPS works for Armchair Psychology and has 30 years experience in helping people deal with the full range of life crises, including managing relationships, coping with grief and loss, dealing with stress and managing change. She works with individuals, couples and families, helping them enrich their lifestyle and their effectiveness in the world.
Amanda’s expertise in working with Relationships, as well as a special interest in Grief and Bereavement, has led to her running training courses for other professionals in these areas. Amanda has over the years been involved in teaching “Professional Ethics and Private Practice” to the Clinical Masters and Doctoral students at the Psychology Department, University of Sydney. She has also provided courses to support the NSW Ambulance Service, and has worked to create cultural change in Australia’s Immigration Detention Centres, through the training of all staff in the new policies for mental health and psychological support of those in distress and those who are victims of torture and trauma.
She has excellent working relationships around issues of immigration, refugees and resettlement, amongst those from all the health stakeholder groups. She is trauma-informed in her work.

Notes

APS acknowledges this CPD contains content which some people may find distressing. If you are feeling concerned about any information or ideas expressed, we encourage you to seek the support of a colleague, APS Professional Advisory Service or other health professional. We reserve the right to bring the event to a close if at any time the event administrators or hosts believe that the psychological safety of participants, hosts or staff is compromised.