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 clientthe 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.