Events

ONLINE | Building a safe and inclusive practice and successfully coordinating care

A workshop for community-based AOD and mental health workers. This free, online session will provide an overview of strategies for building a safe and inclusive practice and successfully coordinating care in the AOD and mental health sectors. It is aimed at community-based AOD and mental health workers. This workshop is offered by Hamilton Centre and funded

Free

Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention

Online via Zoom

Build key skills in mindfulness based relapse prevention to better support your clients Mindfulness based relapse prevention integrates traditional relapse prevention with mindfulness meditation practices, supporting clients to better understand their thoughts, emotional reactions, and behavioural patterns. This helps them to more easily become aware of their triggers and respond mindfully rather than automatically. With

Working with Families with Alcohol and Other Drug Issues

Online via Zoom

Gain advanced clinical practice skills in working with families Work more effectively with families and carers of people who use alcohol and other drugs, whether the person using drugs is in treatment or not. Learn an effective, evidence based framework to help you engage better with families. You will walk away with increased confidence and

Preventing Vicarious Trauma

Online via Zoom

Build your resilience and learn effective self care strategies This workshop covers all you need to know about potential reactions to distressing and stressful material at work. Take a half day out of your work to help build resilience by increasing your repertoire of prevention and self care strategies. Join Dr Richard Cash, our trauma

Tuesdays with Nexus 17 June 2025

Online via Zoom

Topic: Mental Health and Substance use in the Perinatal period Speaker: Dr Ling Chua, Psychiatrist, St Vincent’s Hospital Mental Health Perinatal Emotional Health Service. Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays with Nexus sessions at the link below.

Free

Cannabis and Harm Reduction

Join us in the lunch and learn session to look at the statistics around cannabis use in Australia, harm reduction strategies and some of the updates in Victoria regarding driving and cannabis use. To register send an email to sdds@monashhealth.org

Free

Understanding CBT

Online via Zoom

Get better outcomes for your clients who use alcohol and other drugs  Cognitive behaviour therapy is one of the key practice skills you need for effective alcohol and other drug treatment. At 360Edge, we know CBT inside and out. Our interactive Understanding CBT workshop offers an engaging and practical introduction to CBT and makes CBT

SMART Recovery Facilitator Training

Online

SMART Recovery Facilitator Training is a two day course designed to teach you everything you need to know to start facilitating you own SMART Recovery meeting. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence, presented by Dr Nadine Ezard.

Zoom webinar

Talking Point - Wednesday 25th June 2025, 1pm to 2pm AEST - ONLINE Lisdexamfetamine in the treatment of methamphetamine dependence, presented by Dr Nadine Ezard. We conducted a randomised double-blind placebo controlled trial of 250mg lisdexamfetamine daily vs placebo among 164 adults with methamphetamine dependence at 6 outpatient services around Australia. The study was impacted by

Free