Mental health assessment of Aboriginal clients

• Date:

  24 June - 2 October 2013

• Location:

  Darwin, Northern Territory; Karratha, Western Australia; Cairns, Queensland

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

This workshop is presented by Dr Tracy Westerman, a descendant of the Nyamal people. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma (Science) in Psychology, a Master's Degree (Clinical Psychology) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology). As a recognised leader in the Aboriginal mental health field she has achieved both national and international recognition.

The workshop will cover the following:

• accreditation in the Acculturation scale for Aboriginal Australians
• self-harm and cultural sorry cutting - the distinguishing characteristics
• cultural grieving and spiritual visits versus psychosis
• culture bound depression and treatments
• post-traumatic stress
• attachment and cultural parenting
• accreditation in the Acculturative stress scale for Aboriginal Australians
• accreditation in the Westerman Aboriginal symptom checklist - youth aged 13-17 (WASC-Y) and the Westerman Aboriginal symptom checklist - adult (WASC-A).

Dates and locations:

• Darwin - 24 & 25 June 2013
• Karratha - 12 & 13 August 2013
• Cairns - 1 & 2 October 2013.

Contacts

Indigenous Psychological Services
Ph: (08) 9362 2036
Fax: (08) 9362 5546
Email: ips@ips.iinet.net.au

Links

• View information: Training workshops
• View information: Registration form (PDF - 1.2 MB)
• View website: Indigenous Psychological Services