Supervision for Registrars
We are offering a program of supervision leading to Areas of Practice Endorsement by the Psychology Board of Australia in clinical and/or counselling psychology. The program is aimed at providing you with advance-level skills in your area or practice drawing predominantly from a relational psychodynamic framework.
The program has been designed to engage you in a personally transformative experience. The approach adopted will provide you with the knowledge and skills to work with a range of people including those presenting complex mental health issues and personality vulnerabilities.
A personally transformative experience equipping registrars with the knowledge and skills to work effectively with a range of people presenting complex mental health issues and personality vulnerabilities.
About the program
The focus of this Psychodynamic Psychology Registrar Program (PPPR) is to support registrars advancing their clinical competencies through facilitating learning about unconscious and conscious processes. These processes, in the context of the patient's milieu, may be associated with the patients symptomatology and psychological organization. An understanding of the impact of these factors on the therapy process will be highlighted throughout the program.
Unique features of this program
The program, drawing upon contemporary models of psychodynamic psychotherapy, provides a cohesive and integrated approach to learning, comprises individual supervision, a structured range of PD seminars, and potential for group supervision. Read more...
Will this program suit you?
The program will suit registrars seeking to advance their knowledge and training in relational psychodynamic principles and practice. The role of the person of the therapist, the quality of the therapeutic relationship and theory leading to self-understanding will be emphasised.
Is this program suitable for registrars working in the public sector?
Registrars who work in the public sector may apply to participate in selected components of the program, e.g. online webinars and PD activities.
Components of the Program
The program will address Psychology Board of Australia's Registrar Requirements through the provision of clinical supervision and monthly reading groups/workshops.
Individually tailored learning contracts, informed by psychodynamic principles and practices, will follow a sequential structure covering generic therapeutic competencies, basic dynamic competencies, or adaptations (e.g. working with more complex mental health issues). Read more...