MBBS MPsychMed
GP Services Consultant at Black Dog Institute
Educator Courses
Webinar 2: Managing Anxiety Online
In this webinar, we focus on online programs to treat anxiety. Using a case study, "This Way Up", an online treatment and education platform, will be examined in detail.
Webinar 4: Online Help for Alcohol Use Problems
We explore the role that e-mental health programs can play in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate depression and risky levels of drinking.
Webinar 7: Improving Youth Mental Health Online
A case example is used to help explore the range of reliable Australian online resources available to help build resilience in young people at risk of mental health problems.
Webinar 8: Online Self Care for Doctors
Here we acknowledge that practitioners' states of mind and ability to manage stress in their busy lives can impact of their own health, happiness and ability to function at work.
Webinar 1: e-Mental Health in General Practice
This webinar explores online programs suitable for a teenager with a developing mood disorder. We engage with an e-Mental Health expert, a psychologist & a GP panel member.
Webinar 3: Spotlight on MindSpot
We explore the role that e-mental health programs play in the treatment of patients with mild to moderate depression and anxiety and discuss the MindSpot program.
Webinar 5: Treating Depression with e-couch
e-couch, a self-help interactive program developed by the Australian National University will be explored in this webinar.
Webinar 6: Blending Online Therapy into Face-to-Face Care
Program experts from Mental Health Online look at how an online mental health treatment program can be used in conjunction with face to face therapy in treating anxiety.
Webinar 9: Using e-Mental Health to Wage War on Worry
Explore the range of online resources suitable for someone whose worry is interfering with their life & the ways in which GPs can facilitate the use of those resources.
Webinar 10: Using e-Mental Health Resources to Help Teens
The online resources that are appropriate for GPs to recommend to teens experiencing, or at risk of developing, psychological distress.
Webinar 12: Men and e-Mental Health
This Webinar looks at eMH resources that are especially suitable for male patients and discuss the ways in which we can encourage men to use those resources.
Webinar 11: Using eMH to Manage Complexity: Anxiety and Bipolar Disorder
This webinar discusses the use of eMH to manage specific concerns in a patient with complex mental health needs (suffering from anxiety and background of bipolar disorder).
Webinar 13: eMH and Stepped Care: What GPs need to know
In this webinar we discuss the place of e-Mental Health resources and treatment programs in the new stepped care model for mental health in Australia.
Webinar 14: Online Resources to Help Improve Indigenous Mental Health
In this webinar we will take a close look at an online treatment program designed specifically for Indigenous users and examine how to use it.
Webinar 15: Caring for the Children of Regional Australia
In this webinar we take a close look at the reliable online resources available to help children and their families overcome childhood emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Webinar 16: Perinatal Wellbeing
This webinar reviews the impact of perinatal psychological distress and mood disorders and explores ways in which distress can be prevented, detected and treated.
Webinar 17: What Use is eMH in Eating Disorders?
A webinar on eating disorders as they present to general practice and the ways in which online resources can be incorporated into the care of these patients.
Webinar 18: Using Online Tools in Suicide Prevention
In this webinar we will discuss suicide in Australia and examine some of the ways in which online tools can be useful in suicide prevention.
Webinar 19: Non-Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain
This webinar will examine the non-pharmacological strategies available to patients with chronic pain and introduce participants to some useful online programs
Webinar 20: Diversity Online – Psychological Support for LGBTI+ People
This webinar seeks to provide information about appropriate psychological services for LGBTI+ people with special reference to the services available online.
Webinar 21: A Chance to Dream - Non-Pharmacological Management of Insomnia
This webinar will focus on the non-pharmacological management of insomnia and sleep disturbance.
Webinar 22: First Do No Harm - Recognising and Managing the Effects of Trauma
This webinar will focus on learning to recognise the presentations that may indicate a history of trauma and the ways in which the consequences of trauma can be managed.
Webinar 23: Back to Basics - Integrating eMH into Practice
This webinar will focus on the techniques available to us to encourage our patients to engage with eMH tools and resources.
Webinar 24 - The Why, What, When and How of Mental Health Apps in Clinical Practice
This webinar takes a long hard look at the controversial subject of mental health apps and their use in clinical practice.
Webinar 25 - Alcohol Misuse and Mental Health
In this webinar our panel will focus on the way in which we as clinicians can help reduce the impact of alcohol misuse on mental health.
Webinar 26 - Mental Health Care in Rural Australia
This webinar will focus on rural health care in rural Australia. We will discuss the differences between mental health care in rural and urban areas in Australia.
Webinar 27 - Burnout
Burnout is an issue much talked about today in the health professions and human services generally. In this webinar we will discuss what constitutes burnout.
Webinar 28 - Mental Health in the Workplace
This webinar will focus on the issue of mental health in the workplace, a subject of great interest as increasing numbers of employees experience work-related psychological injury.
Webinar 29 - Prevention and Treatment of Perinatal Mood Disorders
The impact of perinatal mood disorders and ways in which distress can be prevented, detected and treated will be reviewed.
Webinar 30 - Military Families: the impact of defence force service upon partners and children
Serving in the Australian Defence Forces impacts not only upon the serving member but also their immediate family. This webinar will focus on issues associated with this service.
Webinar 32 - Social Prescribing: Understanding the 'what', 'how' and 'why'
‘Social prescribing’, ‘community-referral’ and ‘non-traditional providers’ have been used to describe a way of expanding the range of non-medical options.
Webinar 33 - Hoarding Disorder
People who hoard struggle to discard their possessions, which often leads to anxiety, depression, interpersonal difficulties and even problems with personal health and safety.
Webinar 34 - Move to Improve: Physical activity interventions for mental health
Hear from an exercise physiologist, clinical psychologist and general practitioner with tips and tools about integrating it into your practice for improved patient outcomes.
Webinar 35 - Understanding and Managing Health Anxiety
This webinar will focus on the latest understanding of the nature, assessment and treatment of health anxiety and how to help people with health anxiety.
Webinar 36 - Working in Bushfire Impacted Communities: tips for GPs and allied health professionals
This webinar will provide an overview of what previous disasters have taught us about trauma reactions in children, adults, families and communities.
Webinar 37 - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Delivering Therapy on the Internet
This webinar will provide an overview of obsessive compulsive disorder, how the disorder presents and how it is most effectively assessed and treated.
Webinar 38 - Diet and Mental Health: What, Why and How
This webinar will provide an overview of current research evidence regarding diet as a key determinant of and treatment target for mental health across the life stages.
Webinar 39 - Integrating eMH into COVID-19 Telehealth Consultations
This webinar will focus on practical issues associated with delivering COVID-19 telehealth consultations, in particular telepsych consultations.
Webinar 40 - Who is looking after us? Supporting health care workers during COVID-19
In this webinar we will discuss the mental health impact of the CoVID-19 pandemic on Australian health professionals.
Webinar 41 - Chronic Pain: can we manage the complexity via telehealth?
This webinar will discuss how the assessment and management of chronic pain can be done using telehealth.
Webinar 42 - Addressing Domestic Violence: the Hidden Issue Behind Mental Health Issues
This webinar will discuss how to identify and engage patients and their family to open a discussion on the topic of domestic violence
Webinar 43 | Online Resources to Empower Adolescents to Manage Anxiety
We will discuss the prevalence of adolescent anxiety, assessment, and evidence-based face-to-face and online approaches to empowering young people.
Webinar 44 | Supporting Indigenous wellbeing through digital resources: an introduction for clinicians
In this webinar we will discuss the use of culturally appropriate digital resources for promoting the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Webinar 47 | Providing Mental Health Support for Refugees
In this webinar we will discuss how General Practitioners, psychologists and allied health professionals can support the mental health of patients who are Refugees.
Webinar 46 | Collaboration between health professionals: The key to improving patient outcomes
In this webinar we will discuss how GPs, Allied Health Professionals and Pharmacists can effectively work together to improve mental health outcomes for patients.
Webinar 48 | Promoting Healing and Recovery after Sexual Violence
In this webinar, we will explore the impacts of sexual violence on health and wellbeing, and focus on how healthcare providers can provide support to promote healing and recovery.