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Post Summit Workshops

The Post Summit Workshops take place at the Dallas Brooks Centre located at 300 Albert Street in East Melbourne. From the Sofitel Melbourne, the Dallas Brooks Centre is easily accessed by tram from nearby Parliament Station, taxi or a 15 minute walk. For more online information about accessing Dallas Brooks Centre, visit their website: www.dallasbrookscentre.com

All the workshops are full-day events taking place from 9:00am-4:30pm
Each workshop is endorsed for 6 Generalist Professional Development points by the Australian Psychological Society.
Addiction and Change: Matching Interventions to the Process of Change
Carlo DiClemente (This Workshop is Now Full)

This workshop presented by Carlo DiClemente will offer a view of the process of addiction and recovery from the perspective of the Transtheoretical Model of change. The journey into addiction and from dependence/addiction to recovery is complicated and marked by ambivalence, false starts, problematic decision making and commitment, poor planning, and multiple and often unsuccessful attempts at change. The stages and process of change will be used to inform intervention strategies and address various aspects of prevention and treatment. We will highlight important mechanisms and determinants that can influence that process and examine motivation and the process of change looking at the various tasks and processes that seem to contribute to successful, sustained behaviour change including goal setting, decision-making, implementation planning, coping skills, and expectancies. We will also explore how setting (criminal justice, residential, outpatient, healthcare), the severity of both target and contextual problems (co-occurring mental illness), self regulation skills, and support systems complicate the process of change and increase the need for comprehensive treatment planning.

Fundamentals of Gambling Problems and Their Treatment

David Hodgins
David Hodgins provides a comprehensive workshop designed to help professionals understand and treat gambling related problems. Gambling problems are often interrelated with substance use although treatment is often typically sequential and by different agencies. This workshop will provide clinicians with knowledge and skills for assessment and brief intervention strategies for gambling related problems. Participants will learn, via a mix of lecture-style presentation of concepts and principles and live and video-taped demonstrations of strategies and techniques to:

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Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: The Basics

William Miller This workshop presented by William Miller is ideal for a wide range of professionals seeking an intensive introduction to Motivational Interviewing. This workshop consists of two sessions: I. Motivational Interviewing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Learn It II. Clinical Skills in Motivational Interviewing: What You May Not Know Dr Miller incorporates a variety of didactic and experiential training techniques to introduce the latest research, thinking and core components of Motivational Interviewing.

Using Client Language to Improve MI Practice: An Advanced Workshop for Practitioners

Theresa Moyers Want to sharpen your MI skills? Recent research points toward client language as an important ingredient in motivational interviewing. In this workshop, Theresa Moyers we will teach how to recognize self motivational statements or “change talk” from clients, especially when it occurs in a context of ambivalence or resistance. We will also explore methods to encourage both the frequency and strength of change talk. Finally, we will discuss the eight stages of learning MI, including how to combine MI with other methods and when to set it aside entirely. Participants will experience lecture, video and group exercises to learn during this workshop. Immerse yourself in a day dedicated to deepening your MI skills.

Engaging the Difficult-to-Engage: Motivation, Change & Co-Existing Disorders

Allan Zuckoff (This Workshop is Now Full) This workshop by Allan Zuckoff is open to people who have had previous exposure and practice with Motivational Interviewing, and who want to learn how to apply its principles and strategies to the challenge of engaging persons with co-existing disorders into treatment. Through a mix of lecture-style presentation, discussion, and live and videotaped demonstration, participants will learn to:

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