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Practical strategies for supporting emotional regulation: using the therapeutic powers of play to adapt cognitive behavioural approaches for children

25 June 2025

Working with children necessitates a playful approach and a systemic focus. This presentation explores how therapists can integrate cognitive behavioural approaches with the therapeutic powers of play when supporting children and families to develop emotion regulation.

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Practical Applications of RE&CBT to Couple Relationships (ONLINE)

03 July 2025

Participants in this workshop will learn about how to work with couples, with an emphasis on over 40 practical and innovative cognitive, emotive, and behavioural interventions.

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The Essentials of Motivational Interviewing (ONLINE)

17 July 2025

In this training course, you will become familiar with the basic theory of motivational interviewing.

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Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (ONLINE)

25 July 2025

In this training workshop, Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, (CBT), participants will develop a thorough theoretical understanding of cognitive behaviour therapy and the skills specific to this mode of therapy.

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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain, other health conditions and comorbidities: a clinician’s training workshop

28 July 2025

Join us for this interactive, intensive workshop to learn the what, why and how of applying mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain and other health conditions.

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Using an enhanced metacognitive model to be an integrative CBT-er

28 July 2025

Have you ever wondered about how to integrate different psychotherapies into your practice? Come along to this discussion and learn how an enhanced metacognitive model might help you in your practice.

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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain, other health conditions and comorbidities: a clinician’s training workshop

30 July 2025

Join us for this interactive, intensive workshop to learn the what, why and how of applying mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain and other health conditions.

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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain, other health conditions and comorbidities: a clinician’s training workshop

01 August 2025

Join us for this interactive, intensive workshop to learn the what, why and how of applying mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for chronic pain and other health conditions.

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AACBT Student Welcome Event - Qld

04 August 2025

Meet students from various programs and get your questions answered: a student networking event from AACBT

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Red flags & schema traps: helping clients choose wisely and avoid dysfunctional relationships

18 August 2025

Ever wondered why some clients repeat the same painful relationship patterns? This pub talk unpacks the psychology of attraction, schemas, and “love traps” through a schema therapy lens.

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From handwashing to healing: the experiments that help us understand and treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

26 August 2025

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly idiosyncratic disorder and there are multiple theoretical perspectives on what causes and maintains this disorder. We can use a cognitive-behavioural approach to integrate many of these theories, which importantly informs how we might effectively treat OCD.

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AACBT Student Welcome Event - Vic

26 August 2025

Meet students from various programs and get your questions answered: a student networking event from AACBT

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