Overview

The APS hosts this webinar with the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

Join this webinar and unpack the neuroscience behind addiction, specifically as it relates to dopamine.

Explore the ways that technology taps into dopamine activation resulting in people becoming "hooked" on video games, social media, dating apps, online shopping platforms, etc, and the ways we can integrate neuroscientific knowledge with psychological frameworks for behaviour change, to result in long lasting and meaningful behavioural changes for our clients.

Level of Learning

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

Duration of access

This webinar will be recorded. 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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Learning Outcomes

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

• recognise the role in which dopamine plays in the brain,

• describe the function of dopamine as it relates to the development and maintenance of addictions, and

• recognise how to help people make behavioural changes and alter dopamine driven behaviours.

Presenter(s)

Dr Anastasia Hronis

About the presenter(s)

Dr Anastasia Hronis (B Psych (Hons), M Clin Psych, AMusA, LMusA, Ph.D) is a clinical psychologist, working across both academia and clinical practice.
The author of The Dopamine Brain, published with Penguin Books in 2024, Anastasia is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Technology Sydney. Her main area of both research and clinical work, is in addictions with particular interest in behavioural addictions.
She has published her research in top rated journals and presented her work at national and international conferences.
Anastasia is also the founder of the Australian Institute for Human Wellness, an organisation dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of individuals and communities. The Institute operates a clinic in Sydney, with a team of psychologists that services individuals requiring mental health support.