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Workshop: Men, Shame & Therapy

Workshop: Men, Shame & Therapy

Friday 20 April 2012 (9.30am - 4.30pm)

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Shame may be one of the least understood aspects of masculine psychology by both men and practitioners and explain why less than one third of all psychotherapy clients are male. Boys who are shamed become men who become hypersensitive to the possibility of humiliation and the feelings that accompany it. In doing so, they project blame and rejection and see the worst in others, lashing out at the smallest sign of rejection.

It is a privilege for the William Street Family Therapy Centre to host Malcolm Robinson & Catherine Sanders in this training opportunity. Malcolm Robinson & Catherine Sanders are leading teachers and practitioners in Australian Family Therapy and consult to the Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic (Adelaide), a public clinic working therapeutically with complex, co-morbid matters. Bower Place conducts numerous teaching programs in therapeutic and community practice from VET Sector to Higher Education Graduate Diploma and has an innovative 'live' approach to teaching systemic practice (see 'Presenters' Profiles' below for more details).

Presenters' Profiles:

Catherine and Malcolm are Co-Directors of Bower Place Psychology, Psychiatry, Family Therapy and Dispute Resolution, a major private clinical and teaching organisation located in the Adelaide CBD. They are leading teachers in Australian Family Therapy and consult to the Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic, a public clinic working therapeutically with complex, comorbid matters. Bower Place conducts numerous teaching programmes in therapeutic and community practice from VET Sector to Higher Education Graduate Diploma and has an innovative 'live' approach to teaching systemic practice.

Catherine Sanders is a clinically trained and registered psychologist with more than 30 years experience as clinician and clinical teacher. Catherine is a clinical supervisor and lecturer at Adelaide University, University of South Australia, and Flinders University, and leads the Bower Place research relationship with the Adelaide University Department of Psychology. She has published extensively in Australia and the UK, was Associate Editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy for 14 years and has presented numerous workshops, seminars, and lectures to family therapy and psychology meetings in Australia, New Zealand and UK. In 2011 Catherine received a Special Award for Distinguished Contributions to Family Therapy by the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.  Her most recent publication is a chapter on "Working with Children" in a book: A Practical Guide to Family Therapy edited by Paul Rhodes and Andrew Wallis published in 2011.

Malcolm Robinson is an accredited social worker, family therapist, mediator and educator with 39 years clinical practice, teaching and management experience across the mental health, child protection and welfare, education, disability and justice systems. Malcolm's professional interest is in working therapeutically with complex co-morbid families located in complicated wider systems. He has particular expertise working with violence, major mental health matters, intellectual disability and abuse. Malcolm has presented more than 300 conference papers, presentations and workshops in Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA.

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Details:	This workshop will explore men's shame, its origins and impact on family and relationship patterns which perpetuate it. It will address the therapeutic relationship for both male and female practitioners and ways to work to change destructive and alienating patterns of behaviour, thought and feeling. DVD and other clinical examples will be presented. Participants will be encouraged to discuss the material presented and relate it to their own practice.
Places:	Maximum 20 participants
Venue:	William Street Family Therapy Centre 544 William Street, Mount Lawley Western Australia 6050 (cnr Chelmsford Road)
Facilitator:	Malcolm Robinson & Catherine Sanders Co-Directors of Bower Place Psychology, Psychiatry, Family Therapy and Dispute Resolution. Catherine Sanders clinically trained and registered psychologist with more than 30 years experience as a clinican and clinical teacher. Malcome Robinson is an accredited social worker, family therapist, mediator and educator with 39 years clinical practice, teaching and management experience.
Fees:       Queries:	Regular:           $264 (Includes GST) if paid after 23 March 2012 Earlybird:         $220 (Includes GST) if paid before 23 March 2012 Please Note: Cancellation fee of $55 (after 23 March 2012) is non-refundable   Ph: (08) 9227 8038       Fax:  (08) 9227 8938      Email: info@wsftc.com.au

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