Connecting evidence, people, and practice across Victoria's mental health system

Learn skills for responding to distress in people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.

People with intellectual disability experience high rates of mental illness yet often have difficulty in accessing services and getting appropriate treatment.

Stepping into a Family Carer Lived Experience Worker (FCLEW) role is a demonstration of passion and a deep commitment to the transformative power of shared experience.

But how do we sustain that passion while navigating the complexities of the mental health system?

This seminar will provide a brief overview of attachment and will consider the parent-child relationship, and possible problems that may occur.

Do you worry about how much, or how little to share? What’s appropriate? How you connect if you don’t have the same experiences, diagnosis, etc.?

This workshop uses CBT principles and interventions to support young people experiencing anxiety, depression and other thinking patterns.