Workplace risk assessment and management: Advanced skills in direct and indirect assessment
Non-APS Event
Psychological practitioners working in occupational settings require skills in the direct – that is, face-to-face – assessment of people who may be ambivalent, if not reluctant, to engage in such a process. For example, they may be known or suspected of threatening their colle...
DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (DBT) INFORMED INTENSIVE SELF-PACED ONLINE TRAINING
Non-APS Event
This sixteen session Intensive “Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Training” has been designed for self-paced learning and it is hoped that it will assist clinicians gain knowledge of how to work with DBT and how to work as individual therapists and as Group Facilitators using DBT....
The personal and professional impacts of international crises on psychologists
APS Institute
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, psycho...
Deepening Psychodynamic and Attachment Skills in Clinical Practice
APS Branch
The APS Outer Eastern Melbourne Branch is pleased to invite all members and beyond to a fullday in-person workshop featuring Tania Kalkidis and building on the highly successful four-part webinar series we hosted in 2025.
This workshop offers a deeper dive into psychodynami...
Clinical interviewing skills for psychological practitioners working with very complex clients
Non-APS Event
Psychological practitioners require skills in the direct – that is, face-to-face – assessment of people who may be ambivalent, if not reluctant, to engage in such a process. For example, they may be known or suspected perpetrators of violence or sexually harmful behaviour or p...
Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeeding
Non-APS Event
Health professionals are among the most trusted sources of information for women. It's important to feel confident and equipped to ask about alcohol use when supporting women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, or breastfeeding as these conversations can significantly impr...
Intellectual Disability: Mental Health Assessment and Treatment for Children and Adolescents
Non-APS Event
Course Summary
This ‘live’ virtual workshop has been developed to help meet the critical need for psychologists to develop their knowledge and skills in mental health assessment and treatment to support the more than 50% of children and adolescents with Intellectual Disabil...
Helping family members of people with dementia
APS Institute
The APS hosts this activity with the APS Psychology and Ageing Interest Group (PAIG).
The complexities of a gaining a dementia diagnosis, the changes in abilities and family relationships can cause enormous strain on all involved. Being able to identify the most appropriate...
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...
Introduction to pain management
APS Institute
There are 3.37 million Australians currently living with chronic pain.
Traditionally perceived to be a concern for the medical field alone, a growing understanding of brain plasticity and the role of psycho-social factors has led to a paradigm shift in best-practice treatme...