Upcoming Early Bird Deadlines (Don't Miss Out!!)

March 28, 2008 – early bird registration closes for the May Reconsidering Trauma conference.

April 30, 2008 – early bird registration closes for the September Heart and Mind conference.

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Regular Training Opportunities

The National Guide to Training Programs in Psychotherapy and Counselling has been updated for 2008. If you are interested in taking a training course, go to http://www.psychotherapy.com.au/community/?tg_state_sel.asp to search for a course that suits you.

The NSW Institute of Psychiatry has mental health courses specifically designed for GPs. These include programmes for Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters, as well as 'stand alone' courses covering topics such as CBT, IPT, Supportive Psychotherapy, Abnormal Illness Behaviour and eating disorders. There are short workshops (1-3 days) also
available. Enrolments are now open. Visit: www.nswiop.nsw.edu.au or call Meghan (02) 9840 3833 for details.

If you’re interested in learning about managing chronic pain, see www.pathoutofpain.com.au for details on numerous training opportunities all year round.

Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy: Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Emotionally Focused Therapy.
The Graduate Certificate is a flexible, one to three year programme involving compulsory and elective courses and workshops, as well as supervision. The focus is on using emotionally focused therapy in counselling, and candidates will be taught structured and flexible protocols for assessment and counselling. Practitioners who have completed prior training with the Institute may be eligible to apply for advanced standing. Costs vary depending on the subjects or workshops chosen, enrolment is $85 the first year and $45 each subsequent year.
The Graduate Diploma is a more in-depth programme, varying from two to four years, and candidates are required to complete more courses and supervision.
For more information phone (02) 9552 2977, or see www.EFTherapy.com .

Australian General Courses in Hypnosis-CBT
Courses for The Certificates of Clinical & Advanced Clinical Hypnosis will be held in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane and Newcastle in 2008. courses include Hypnosis & Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Counselling, Relaxation, Guided Imagery & Stress Management. Early bird fees will apply for all courses.
The courses are accredited by the GPMHSC to use the Medicare mental health item numbers when using FPS (Focussed psychological Strategies). They are also approved for mental health & CPD for 94 points by the ACRRM & also by the RACGP ( an application is pending for 6 ALMs = 240 CPD points).
The certificate courses lead on to the Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis with further training.

Contact: Dr Alan Fahey MPsychMed FACPsychMed for The College of Medical Hypnosis
Telephone: 02 9688 2300. Fax: 02 9688 2800, www.mindperformance.com

Psychotherapy Australia has a detailed list of courses and conferences / workshops in Australia. The events list is at http://www.psychotherapy.com.au/community/?events.asp

The C. G. Jung Society of Sydney has a series of monthly evening lectures. See www.jungdownunder.com for details.

Balint: 2007
ONGOING BALINT GROUP IN LANE COVE (Sydney)
• An ongoing Balint Group is being established in Lane Cove. A core group of interested GP's is ready to
start meeting on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (school terms only).
• There is an opportunity for other GPs to join the group.
• A preliminary meeting has been scheduled for Monday 18th February at 8pm.
• For further information please contact Laurie Lovell-Simons 9427 6610 lauriels@tpg.com.au or Leonie
Sullivan 9418 9351 lesull@optusnet.com.au

A Balint group is an experiential, small group educational activity in which practising GPs meeting regularly to discuss difficult or intriguing cases. The focus is on the psychological aspects of general practice, and particularly the emotional content of the doctor-patient relationship. The group is a supportive setting in which GPs can rediscover the human side of general practice, add a refreshing new dimension to their work and avoid burnout.

Regular training opportunities with Balint:
The Balint Society of Australia supports GPs and Balint group leaders in starting and maintaining Balint groups. These are small groups of GPs who meet regularly to discuss difficult patients. These groups offer a unique and invaluable approach to the psychological aspects of general practice. The Society provides a free Email newsletter, contacts in each state, opportunities to join or establish ongoing groups, workshops and scientific meetings, and a forthcoming Balint Leadership Workshop. For all enquiries, please go the website at www.balintaustralia.org, contact the President Dr Marion Lustig on 03 95715111 or mlustig@optusnet.com.au

Websites of interest:

Psychotherapy Australia: See www.psychotherapy.com.au/events.asp for details of upcoming Psychotherapy training events all over Australia.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has information about meetings in Australia, New Zealand and in other parts of the world. Worth a look.
http://www.ranzcp.org/publicarea/conferences/conferences/conferences.asp

Open Leaves Bookshop website also has information about meetings in Australia. (Don’t forget that they offer 10% discount off the cost of almost all books to all financial members of ACPsychMed) http://www.openleaves.com.au/conf.php

RACGP website contains information for mental health support and training. See http://www.racgp.org.au/mentalhealth

The Canadian doctors education organisation, Psychiatry Review Course, run programmes in Canada and on cruise ships in various parts of the world. They are extending their domain to other medical fields. See http://www.psychiatryreviewcourse.com

If you are travelling to the USA it could be worth checking the New England psychologist website for information about a great variety of meetings. http://www.nepsy.com/ce/

The Harvard continuing medical education site is worth watching. There are interesting programmes in Boston and in other parts of the USA. See http://cme.med.harvard.edu/


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Upcoming Training Opportunities

2008

13 March 2008 (Sydney) Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy: Research Evidence and Media Controversy.Speaker: Ms Adrienne Einarson is the Assistant Director of Motherisk in Toronto, a counselling and research centre for medication in pregnancy and lactation.
Venue: St John of God Hospital, The Education Centre, 13 Grantham St Burwood.
Dinner 6:30 pm, Lecture 7pm
RSVP to Colleen Lowe on 02 9715 9287 or colleen.lowe@stjohnof god.org.au

***NEW***
February 29-March 2, 2008.(Sydney) A three day seminar about mind control programming in dissociative and ritually abused patients will be held in Sydney. It is limited to 30 participants. If you have patients when “all you know to do is not enough” you may find this seminar very helpful. For further information please contact Sybil Johnstone at sybil.johnstone@bigpond.com

April 1-6 and 9-13, 2008 (Sydney) Dr Stephen Gilligan’s Trance Camp Down Under. Dr Stephen Gilligan was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Psychotherapy by the Milton H. Erickson Foundation in 2004. Here he presents two weeks of intensive trance work training, the first week being a basic course and the second week open to graduates of the first week or of equivalent training with Dr Gilligan, to take place at the Rydges North Sydney. The training costs $2200 for each week or $4180 for the two weeks; book and pay in full by 1st December 2007 and pay only $3850 PLUS receive the workshop recording FREE; pay in full by 1st February 2008 and receive the workshop recording FREE. See www.hkst.com.au/docs/2007_ericksonian.pdf or www.StephenGilligan.com for further details.

***NEW***
May 7-10, 2008 (Sydney) Happiness & its Causes. Last year this event was sold out, with over 3000 delegates. This year the conference features a faculty of world leaders in science, psychology, philosophy and religion, including Nobel Peace-Prize Winner and East Timor President, Dr Jose Ramos-Horta; Dr Martin Seligman, founder of Positive Psychology; World Vision’s Rev Tim Costello; Founder of the Choir of Hard Knocks, Jonathon Welch, and many more. Register by December 20 to save $200. The event includes a two-day conference (May 8-9) with optional pre- and post-conference workshops, and will take place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. For further information or to register, visit www.terrapinn.com/2008/happiness/index.stm or phone (02) 9021 8810

***NEW***
May 16-17, 2008 (Melbourne)
May 20-21, (Sydney)
May 24-25 (Brisbane)
Reconsidering Trauma: Treatment Advances, Relational Issues, and Mindfulness in Integrated Trauma Therapy. Also in Associate Professor John Briere is an international leading light in the treatment of trauma and stands out as the Delphi Centre’s most-requested speaker. This year he presents new and revised material comprehensively covering trauma, from its impacts and philosophy to treatment and therapist issues. For further details or to register, visit www.delphicentre.com.au/briere2008/ . Early bird registration closes March 28, 2008; Regular registration closes May 9, 2008; Late registration applies thereafter. Members of the Australian College of Psychological Medicine are entitled to discounted registration as members of a sponsor.

***NEW***
September 3-5, 2008 (Prato, Italy) Heart and Mind: Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference. The inaugural psychogenic cardiovascular disease conference of the Baker Heart Research Institute will take place in the delightful Tuscan town of Prato, Italy. The conference aims to delineate the relationships between stress, psychiatric illnesses and the development and course of heart disease and hypertension. Early bird registration closes April 30, 2008. For further information or to register, visit: www.heartandmind.prato2008.com/ .

***VERY ADVANCED NOTICE***
The 2011 World Congress for Psychotherapy, World Dreaming, will be held in Sydney, from 24-28 August. Expressions of interest are now being sought via the website, www.wcp2011.org . Stay tuned for further details as they emerge!

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