Perinatal non-directive counselling
APS Institute
This eLearning activity has been developed to help support health professionals in delivering non-directive counselling to people experiencing pregnancy-related concerns or issues, in accordance with the requirements for items 81000 and 81005 on the Medicare Benefits Schedule ...
Working with perpetrators of family violence
APS Institute
Content advisory note
Due to the focus of this activity, participants will be exposed to content that is confronting. Please consider your environment when undertaking this activity, and ensure privacy at a level appropriate for the subject matter, be mindful when others ma...
Insomnia management in children
APS Institute
Over the past 2 years, the APS and the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) have worked together to provide insomnia and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) education to over 2,000 Australian psychologists. This webinar forms part of a series informed by feedbac...
Autism & ADHD in girls and women: Using neurodiversity affirming therapy throughout the lifespan
Non-APS Event
Living while female can feel like tiptoeing through a minefield of explosive experiences. The prevalence of violence against women in society, the cultural pressure to be attractive, sexually modest, the primary caregiver, hormonal transitions specific to the female experience...
LIVINGWORKS Start
Non-APS Event
Content warning:
Information covered in LIVINGWORKS Start relates to the topic of suicide and may be sensitive for some users.
LIVINGWORKS Start is a 90-minute interactive self-paced eLearning activity that aims to prepare individuals to recognise when someone is havin...
LIVINGWORKS Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Non-APS Event
Content warning:
Information covered in LIVINGWORKS ASIST relates to the topic of suicide and may be sensitive for some participants.
LIVINGWORKS Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid that teaches part...
Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Mental Health Professionals
Non-APS Event
Eating Disorder Core Skills: eLearning for Mental Health Professionals is comprehensive foundational eating disorder training developed specifically for mental health professionals.
It will provide key information needed to identify and respond when a person is experiencin...
Schema therapy: Advancing beyond foundational knowledge
APS Institute
Schema Therapy is an evidence-based treatment for Personality Disorders and ‘hard-to-treat’ presentations and problems.
Derived from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, schema therapy incorporates and emphasises a number of affect change techniques, such as imagery rescripting a...
Suicide prevention
APS Institute
In June 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that:
more than 700,000 people die due to suicide every year,
one in 100 deaths is by suicide,
for every completed suicide, there are many more suicide attempts, and
suicide is the ...
Team effectiveness in the world of work
APS Institute
The APS hosts this activity with the APS College of Organisational Psychologists.
The world of work is changing and whilst some organisations are constraining their teams by imposing rigid expectations around working together face-to-face back in an office environment, oth...