Australia: Adapt therapeutic techniques for adolescents and learn to manage parents effectively in therapy. Gain practical CPD courses for psychologists.
For Australian psychologists and counsellors working with teenagers, this course looks at what makes adolescence a distinct phase for therapy and how to adjust technique accordingly. Vanessa Hemp, a clinical psychologist who has headed the Adolescent Unit at Tara Psychiatric Hospital and works in private practice, shares clinically relevant insights on adolescent development, adapting therapeutic approaches to engage young clients and involving parents effectively. Common challenges and ethical considerations with this age group are also addressed. The course is approved by the Australian Counselling Association for CPD hours.
Engaging adolescents in therapy requires an awareness of the challenges of this developmental phase, along with an understanding of how therapeutic technique should be modified to work most effectively with this population. Based on her extensive experience as Head of the Adolescent Unit at Tara Psychiatric Hospital and in private practice, clinical psychologist Vanessa Hemp offers valuable and clinically relevant insights into working with adolescents.
Sections
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:
Describe key psychological and developmental features of adolescence relevant to therapy
Adapt therapeutic techniques to better engage adolescent clients
Understand strategies for involving and managing parents within adolescent therapy
Identify common challenges and ethical considerations when working with this age group