Overview

The morning presentation by Dr Tania Gibbie, Clinical Psychologist along with Louise Groves, Provider Specialist will be covering the following:

• Overview of the TAC and its history.
• Discuss the benefits and complexities of a compensation system.
• Overview of the structure of the claims process.
• Review the TAC Clinical Framework and Mental Health Treatment Plan.
• Demystify the role of the TAC Clinical Panel.
• Provide some case study examples.

The after-lunch presentation by Dr Nathan Castle, Clinical Psychologist will be covering the following:

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the most effective individual CBT intervention in a Psychologist’s toolbox with 80% of clients improving. One in ten people experience insomnia in Australia and one in two clients experience insomnia in clinical settings. Despite this, few referrers suggest CBT-I and few clients seek it out.

Nathan’s presentation will provide the core therapy skills to integrate CBT-I into your current work including Stimulus Control, Sleep Restriction, Cognitive Therapy, and Sleep Hygiene without necessarily telling all clients to simply get off their phones (there’s no therapy that seems to work for this yet).

Both Tania and Nathan will be bringing their clinical expertise to inform us on how to support our clients for better client outcomes.

Refreshments to be provided:

Morning tea and lunch.

Targeted audience

This activity is aimed at psychologists and health professionals.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Review the TAC Clinical Framework and Mental Health Treatment Plans
• Understand the benefits and complexities of the TAC compensation system and the claims process 
• Demystify the role of the TAC Clinical Panel through the case study examples
• Understand how to assess and monitor progress in insomnia
• Understand the core intervention principles of CBT-I
• Be able to flexibly apply the skills to clients presenting with poor sleep as well as other mental health issues

Presenter(s)

Dr Tania Gibbie, Clinical Psychologist and Dr Nathan Castle, Clinical Psychologist

About the presenter(s)

Dr Tania Gibbie is a Clinical Psychologist who has been a Clinical Advisor to the TAC for 8 years and is the TAC Clinical Panel lead for mental health. The role of the Clinical Panel is to liaise with treating health professionals to optimise recovery for clients injured in a motor vehicle accident in Victoria. Tania has worked extensively with people experiencing chronic pain in both Public and Private hospitals. Tania is also a train-the-trainer for the Mindfulness Training Institute - Australia and New Zealand. Tania teaches Mindfulness-based Cognitive therapy (MBCT) to clients experiencing relapsing depression, as well as a network psychologist for the AFL. Dr Nathan Castle is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of Psychology Outcomes and Co-Director of Psychs in Schools. In 2019, Nathan developed and ran Barwon Health’s Sleep Group Program alongside Meghan Odgers (Psychologist). The Sleep Group Program has continued to successfully run for the last 5 years. The benefits of CBT-I showed that clients who had an average of 4 hours of sleep for 20 years were able to increase their sleep to over 6 hours within only six weeks. Psychology Outcomes in Highton have continued the tradition of effective sleep treatments and provide CBT-I support to all clients that present with mental health and sleep difficulties.

Notes

It is up to attendees in attendance to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle. The information in this presentation has been prepared in good faith and for educational purposes only. Therefore, the information is general in nature and should not be relied upon in the treatment of any condition and you should seek your own independent professional and/or legal advice concerning any specific issue. The APS accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions or decisions relating to the information. The content should not be reproduced without permission or unless permitted by law. If you are experiencing registration difficulties please contact APS Events Support.