Returning speaker
Phil Watts
Associate Professor, Mindstate Psychology
Integrating neuroscience into practice. Shared care or divided lives.
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Why we run a network we don't own.
Private practice can be lonely. The Kwinana and Rockingham Mental Health Professionals Network brings local practitioners, the City, local agencies, and community members into the same room to connect and learn together from our guest speakers in their field of practice.
(opens in a new tab)What is the Mental Health Professionals' Network?
The Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN) is a national initiative. The Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has funded it since 2008.
MHPN supports more than 375 local, state and national networks across Australia. It is free for practitioners to join.
MHPN also offers free online webinars and podcasts, so practitioners can keep learning between meetings.
This network is MHPN's initiative. We are delighted to be part of it, and to bring it to the Rockingham and Kwinana community.
The idea is simple. Practitioners from different disciplines in the same area meet regularly, learn something together, and get to know one another.
It is not a referral scheme and it is not a marketing group. It is a room where a psychologist, an OT, a GP, a social worker and a dietitian who work a few suburbs apart actually meet.
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Our local network
Andrea and Jackie are convenors of the Kwinana and Rockingham Mental Health Professionals Network. It ran its first event in March 2022. It meets monthly, with a professional development topic each time.
- Who it is for: anyone working in mental health in the Kwinana and Rockingham area, including psychologists, OTs, social workers, GPs, nurses, counsellors, dietitians and peer workers.
- How often: monthly, with a learning topic each time.
- Cost: free.
- Facilitator: Jackie
Why we give time to it
We do not own MHPN, we do not charge for it, and the network is open to practitioners who are, on paper, our competitors. We do not think of it that way.
It is our community and our clients we want to connect to other practitioners in our community. Come along and see for yourself and connect with us.
For practitioners
You are welcome to attend we would love to connect with you, whatever your discipline and however long you have been practising. Newly registered practitioners are often the most isolated. If that is you, come anyway.
Email Jackie Wickham at [email protected], or find the network through MHPN.
Our network nights.
Practitioners, local agencies and the City in one room. Learning, connecting and looking after each other.
Our guest speakers.
Each month, a guest speaker shares their work with the network. These are the people who have taught us. Visit their websites to learn more about what they do.
Returning speaker
Anne Galambosi
Clinical Psychologist, CORE Clinical Psychology
Next level listening. The golden shadow.
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Returning speaker
Alison D'Vine
Director and Principal Practitioner, SagencyWA
Working with men. Men’s mental health and change.
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Our next speaker
Dr Sarah Schubert
Clinical Psychologist, Sarah Schubert Psychology
Dissociation: understanding the internal world.
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Sally Phu
Counsellor, Ahava Counselling Services
Psychological effects of cult abuse.
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Dr James Clarke
Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer, Curtin University
Emotional labour and burnout in mental health professionals.
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Chris Hepworth
Clinical Psychologist, Hepworth Psychology Training
Anger and schema therapy.
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Dr Theresa Kidd
Clinical Director and Senior Clinical Psychologist, The Kidd Clinic
Understanding and Supporting Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Across the Lifespan.
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Dr Ozgur Yalcin
Clinical Psychologist and Director, ANIMA Health Network
Fundamentals of schema therapy.
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Tucker Christou
Counsellor and Supervisor
Problem gambling and therapy.
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Dr Margaret Sealey
Thanatologist, Perron Institute
Navigating choices at end of life.
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Anoushka Rassau
Clinical Psychologist, Mindful Life Psychology
Using DBT and EMDR with complex trauma.
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Colin Longworth
Psychologist, Huntingdale Psychology, Counselling and Clinical Hypnotherapy
LGBTIQA+ clients and intersectionality.
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Kai Schweizer
PhD Candidate, UWA and The Kids Research Institute Australia
Supporting autistic trans and gender diverse clients.
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Pheobe Ho
Clinical Psychologist
Working with eating disorders: making it everyone’s business.
Dr Aimee Velnoweth
Clinical Neuropsychologist and Clinical Psychologist, Mind and Matter Psychology
Cognitive differences and therapy adaptations.
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Tony Fitzgerald
Associate Professor, Predicting Better
Innovations in complex trauma.
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Dr Benedicta Itotoh
Paediatrician, St James Family Medical
Anxiety and ADHD.
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Lynne Sadler
Lived experience advocate, suicide prevention
Lived experience: after suicide in our community.
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Bas Snijder
Psychologist
Problematic gaming: when it becomes a problem and how to help.
Meet BasOur guest speakers are independent practitioners and researchers. Being listed here is not a referral or an endorsement.
Would you like to present?
We welcome practitioners, researchers and people with lived experience. Email Jackie at [email protected] with your topic.
Where do I start?
Fill in one short form, or call us. Our care team will help you choose the right person.