Developing your therapist identity: Gaining insight and clarity into your developing individual approach to therapy

This is a small group workshop limited to 12 participants

Venue: Spicers Potts Point, 122 Victoria St, SYDNEY, NSW, 2011

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm daily

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided (please advise of dietary requirements at time of registration)

About the workshop

This 2-day, small-group personal/professional development workshop explores the personal-professional collide, and how this shapes our identity as a therapist.  We will retreat into nurturing surrounds to create a space for reflection and exploration.  Ideally suited for mental health professionals at any stage of their professional journey, we will consider what and who has shaped our therapist identity. Exploration and reflection will occur through the application of principles from various theoretical frameworks and immersive expressive arts activities. This workshop will support you in consolidating your ‘toolbox’ of therapeutic approaches, aligning this with your values and thereby strengthening your sense of self as a therapist.  

Given the personal development nature of this workshop, it will be preceded with, and followed by, a 1:1 consultation to support your individual process. 

Key learning objectives

·   Deepen awareness of one’s emergent identity as a therapist and capacity to describe this

·   Consolidate your ‘toolbox’ of therapeutic approaches into your therapist identity

·   Apply principles from interpersonal neurobiology as a framework for therapist reflection and meaning-making

·   Identify personal and professional vulnerabilities for focus of self-care for sustainability in your practice

·   Participate in immersive activities using expressive arts mediums for reflection and exploration

Workshop Materials

Access to workshop documents (e.g. PowerPoint presentation and other handouts) will be provided to participants prior to the training through a secure log-in via the Psychology and Play Therapy Australia website.  Login details will be provided to participants via email 1 week prior to the scheduled training.  No hard copies of the workshop documents will be provided at the training.

By registering for this workshop, you agree to the terms and conditions which can be found at: Terms and Conditions