This training will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills required to confidently and competently facilitate SMART Recovery Australia’s award-winning SMART Family & Friends program. You will learn how to run the SMART Family & Friends program in two key formats: Video conference and support meetings, so you can get started immediately In person […]

Level up your practice with our acclaimed 4-day self-practice/self-reflection masterclass in cognitive behaviour therapy This 4-day intensive is for you if you are an alcohol and other drug worker in a counselling or case management role. Discover exactly what makes CBT tick to build and strengthen your core clinical skills, the foundation for all best […]

Don’t just survive alcohol and other drug work. Really thrive Alcohol and other drug work can be challenging and comes with a high rate of burnout. It can be mentally demanding work, but there are some simple self-care strategies to prevent burnout. In this workshop, you will find out what it takes to not just […]

Increase your confidence and provide advanced intervention for families with alcohol and other drug issues Working with families can be complex and challenging often due to multiple people and perspectives that are sometimes misaligned. This masterclass goes deeper into the Orford stress-strain-information-coping-support model drawing on elements of the Orford and Velleman 5-step model. Learn key […]

This webinar will run as a panel discussion and we will hear the perspectives of Family and Friends, Facilitators and Participants whom are currently or have journeyed through the Family and Friends program. Please join us for a one of event that will hope to inspire, encourage and explore the positive impacts this program.

Giving birth to change: The personal journey of a FASD mother Angelene Bruce is a lived experience expert for FARE and NOFASD Australia. She is also a member of the Victorian FASD Special Interest Group and a fierce advocate for FASD awareness and prevention. Ange has lived experience of alcohol and poker machine addiction. She […]

UN Women Australia’s International Women’s Day theme for 2023 is ‘Cracking the Code: Innovation for a gender equal future’. Based on the priority theme for the United Nations 67th Commission on the Status of Women – Cracking the Code highlights the role that bold, transformative ideas, inclusive technologies, and accessible education can play in combatting discrimination and the marginalisation of […]

Join us for this one of webinar where we get the opportunity to chat to Anna Lembke, MD. Anna is Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications, has testified […]