Professional development workshops 2010
Spectrum workshops and seminars
To download the Spectrum Professional Development calendar for 2010, click here or click on the links below for more detailed information
Fridays 26 February monthly - 26 November 2010
Videoconference series for regional AMHS
NOTE: This series is currently being reviewed during February/March and will not run at this time. Further notice will be given about the series shortly.
Monday 15 February then fortnightly
Spectrum supervision group (spaces still available)
Monday 1 March
Working in fear: protection and treatment of adolescents with emerging BPD
Wednesdays 3 March - 12 May
Clinical seminar for working with clients with a personality disorder
Monday 15 March
Dependent Personality Disorder: moving from compliance to autonomy
Thursday 25 March
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: working with the false self in mental health
Tuesday 20 April
Clinical exam preparation for psychiatry registrars
Wed 21 April
Advancing therapeutic skills when working with clients with BPD
Thursday 29 April
Risk: Talking through the issues facing the client, the worker and others
Monday 17 May
Engaging in conversation with the adolescent: clinical style with emerging BPD
Friday 20 August
Workshop for psychiatrists: treatment planning and effective psychological approaches for BPD (spaces still available)
Wednesday 1September & Thursday 2 September
Use of relationship management principles and mentalisation to enhance the working alliance with clients with BPD (spaces still available)
Wednesday 8 September
Understanding and treating self-harm with personality disordered clients (spaces still available)
Tuesday 14 September
Clinical exam preparation for psychiatry registrars (spaces still available)
Wednesday 15 September
Blood relations: anxiety at the borderline of self and other (spaces still available)
Thursday 21 October
Applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to the treatment of BPD - What are we accepting? (spaces still available)
Wednesday 10 November
Exploration of the systemic and clinical challenges in the work with BPD: does the intensity and complexity solely rest in the client? (spaces still available)
Friday 12 November
Personality disorders in the Australian context: a workshop for international medical graduate psychiatrists (spaces still available)
SPECTRUM IS PRESENTING WORKSHOPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS AS FOLLOWS:
Mental health cluster workshops
Introductory workshops: understanding and treating people with borderline personality disorder. These workshops will be held in regional mental health clusters.
The dates are:
- Wed 3 Mar - North East Cluster (NEVIL). For enquiries phone 9342 7565, for bookings see http://www.nevil.org.au/calendar.
- Wed 10 Mar - Western Cluster. For enquiries phone 9342 7705.
- Wed 17 Mar - Southern Cluster. For enquiries phone 9554 1582.
VICSERV workshops
A number of introductory workshops will be conducted through Vicserv for staff from non-Area Mental Health Services. For bookings, contact Vicserv ph 9519 7000 or book through the Vicserv website.