Programme Schema Therapy In Action Symposium 2021
November 15 2021 (please note new date change do to COVID19)
Treacy Centre Parkville, Melbourne
Cost- $139.00 (7 hours of CPD)
Program commences 9am
Schema Therapy and EMDR- A Power Couple?
Chris Hayes Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, Accredited EMDR Practitioner
The experience of traumatic events (both in childhood and in adulthood) is prevalent in many clients presenting with personality disorders. Therapists need to be able to work with trauma an integrate treatments for trauma that are interacting with schema modes and general functioning. EMDR has been shown to be an effective treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The presentation will explore how EMDR and Schema Therapy can theraputically complement each and offer a synergistic outcome. A case where EMDR and Schema Therapy was successfully used to assist an individual with BPD and a recent traumatic experience.
Bio
Chris is a Clinical Psychologist and Advanced Schema Therapist based in Perth, Western Australia. He has had extensive experience in both government and private settings working with clients with complex psychological presentations. Since 2005, he has been practicing as an advanced Schema Therapist, supervisor and trainer having completed certification in Schema Therapy at the Schema Therapy Institute in New York City (USA) with Dr Jeffery Young. He has presented workshops throughout Europe, Asia and Australasia. He is the Director of Schema Therapy Training Australia.
In addition to the provision of Schema Therapy training and supervision, he is currently employed with the Health Department of Western Australia as a Senior Clinical Psychologist (within a specialist service working with those who have experienced recent or childhood sexual trauma).
Applying Clinical Formulation to Schema Therapy: Beyond the 4 Ps
Tena Davies Accredited Schema Therapist (Melbourne Australia)
Bio
Tena Davies is a Clinical Psychologist and Certified Schema Therapist (standard) in Melbourne, Victoria.
She has worked across a range of settings including psychiatric facilities, primary and secondary schools and in private practice over her 14 year career. She is currently undertaking Advanced Certification in Schema Therapy. Tena is particularly interested in applying Schema Therapy to clients with anxiety disorders and migrant groups. Tena has a passion for clinical formulation as it guides effective treatment and improved outcomes.
When The Vulnerable Child is a Different Gender- Gender Identity And Schema Therapy”
Ben Callegari, Accredited Schema Therapist
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals have a great need for affirmation for their gender identity from their family and peer groups, particular during early childhood where gender dysphoria is often first experienced. However, due to the significant level of societal stigma and discrimination, a large proportion of TGNC experience verbal and physical violence by their family and peers due to their gender expression. Given this, it is expected that early maladaptive schemas are highly prevalent in this group, particularly in the disconnection/rejection domain. Limited Reparenting with this population must include affirmation of the client’s gender identity (which is incongruent with their sex assigned at birth) in order to provide a corrective emotional experience.
When engaging in any mode level interventions, the Vulnerable Child mode can be triggering for some TGNC clients as it is often expressed as the sex assigned at birth, rather than the gender identity of the client. Also, special care must be taken to identify unmet needs due to rejection, discrimination and abuse due to the client’s gender identity. This presentation explore some of the ways Schema Therapy can be respectfully adapted and how a strong therapeutic alliance can be formed.
Points of discussion
How to use Imagery Rescripting respectfully with transgender and gender nonconfirming (TGNC) individuals
Mode work with TGNC individuals
Managing complex trauma with TGNC individuals
Understanding societal discrimination and family origins of early maladaptive schema
Bio
Ben Callegari is a Clinical Psychologist based in Melbourne Australia. He is in an accredited Schema Therapist with a special interest in applying ST for the gender and sexually diverse communities. He has extensive experience working with clients experiencing Gender Dysphoria and common co-morbid mental health issues such as personality disorders, trauma and anxiety/mood disorders. He is a founding member and Fellow of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association. He is also a member of the Melbourne Gender Dysphoria professional network, which has developed the current best-practice assessment process for individuals seeking to gender transition in Melbourne.
Schema Therapy and Attachment Styles; How Does This Inform Clinical Practice
Dr Rita Younan Advanced Schema Therapist and Trainer & Associate Professor Gerry Karantzas (Melbourne Australia)
Bio
Gery Karantzas is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Science of Adult Relationships (SoAR) Laboratory in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. He was the former national convenor of Australian Psychological Society Psychology of Relationships Interest Group. He has published numerous studies in the area of relationship science and his research activities have been funded by the Australian Research Council, and the National Health and Medical Research Council. His research and teaching in the area of relationships has received numerous institutional and national awards.
Rita is the director and founder of the Schema Therapy Institute Australia. Rita works both in Individual and Group Schema Therapy and was the Director of The Schema Therapy Department at The Victoria Clinic, a private psychiatric hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Rita is an Advanced ST supervisor - trainer in both group and individual ST.
A Q & A discussion will also follow the sequence of presentations
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