Counselling for children, adolescents and young adults.
Supervision for psychologists and provisional psychologists.
Cognitive, educational and attention assessments.
Training in ACT for mental health professionals, teachers and parents.
Counselling for children, adolescents and young adults.
Supervision for psychologists and provisional psychologists.
Cognitive, educational and attention assessments.
Training in ACT for mental health professionals, teachers and parents.
Tamar is a passionate, enthusiastic and dynamic trainer and presenter. She has provided online training for organisations around the world.
Tamar provides training in ACT online and in person for professionals working with young people and training for schools.
Contact Tamar to discuss your organisation’s training needs.
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“Thank you for such an amazing workshop. All of the information was relevant to the young people I work with and you have expanded my knowledge and understanding in many ways. I am so excited to start implementing the activities into my sessions. “
“Love the style of the course. Being given direct examples of how to use ACT really helps.”
“Very informative, client focused using simple terms. It was very practical and easy to apply to real world settings.”
“Great for immediate application.”
“Everything was very easy to understand and use, the information was well presented, with great handouts.”
“Great presenter, loved the examples and seeing how ACT could be practically implemented.”
“As a provisional psychologist, I found the applicability of the exercises and explanations of the concepts incredibly helpful.”
“I walked away with new strategies I can use immediately.”
“I really loved it all. I felt it was it was all so appropriate and helpful.”
“Very practical, easy to understand and use, fabulous presenter.”
“Very clear presentation of HOW to use ACT with children with easy to use, great concrete examples.”
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based therapy that can be used effectively with children and adolescents for a wide range of issues. This highly practical workshop will introduce you to the ACT Kidflex model: a developmentally appropriate adaptation of the ACT Hexaflex for use with children and adolescents.
This workshop teaches ACT in plain, easy to understand language. You will learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, develop an ACT case conceptualization, work with parents, and provide recommendations to parents/caregivers and teachers.
A variety of engaging, creative and easy to use exercises will be taught.
Educational Objectives:
– Explain how to use ACT with children & adolescents using simple language.
– Outline what questions to ask in the first session.
– Demonstrate easy to use ACT experiential exercises.
– Explain how ACT can help children & adolescents become more resilient.
– Identify which ACT processes to use & where to begin.
– Describe how to train parents to use ACT at home.
– Outline recommendations for parents & schools.
Target Audience: This is a beginners to intermediate workshop suitable for professionals working with young people who want to learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, as well as those who want to improve their skills in using ACT with young people.
Date: Monday February 23rd, 9am-4pm
Location: Hyphen, 126 Hovell St, Wodonga
Price: $480 plus GST
Includes morning tea and lunch
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations in writing with more than 14 days’ notice, registered participants may either:
1) Cancel their registration and receive a refund minus a $50 administration fee
2) Transfer their registration to another participant (no administration fee will be charged)
3) Transfer their registration to another one-day workshop within 12 months
For cancellations in writing with less than 14 days’ notice, no refunds will be given. Registered participants may either:
1) Transfer their registration to another participant (no administration fee will be charged)
2) Transfer their registration to another one-day workshop within 12 months
The presenter reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the workshop if there are insufficient registrations.
Further Information:
For more information about this workshop, please contact info@tamarblack.com.au
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based therapy that can be used effectively with children and adolescents for a wide range of issues. This highly practical workshop will introduce you to the ACT Kidflex model: a developmentally appropriate adaptation of the ACT Hexaflex for use with children and adolescents.
This workshop teaches ACT in plain, easy to understand language. You will learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, develop an ACT case conceptualization, work with parents, and provide recommendations to parents/caregivers and teachers.
A variety of engaging, creative and easy to use exercises will be taught.
Educational Objectives:
– Explain how to use ACT with children & adolescents using simple language.
– Outline what questions to ask in the first session.
– Demonstrate easy to use ACT experiential exercises.
– Explain how ACT can help children & adolescents become more resilient.
– Identify which ACT processes to use & where to begin.
– Describe how to train parents to use ACT at home.
– Outline recommendations for parents & schools.
Target Audience: This is a beginners to intermediate workshop suitable for professionals working with young people who want to learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, as well as those who want to improve their skills in using ACT with young people.
Aukland Date: Monday March 23rd, 9am-4pm
Location: The Parnell Hotel & Conference Centre
10-20 Gladstone Road
Parnell
Early Bird Price until December 15: AUD$350
Standard Price from December 16: AUD$380
Includes morning tea and lunch
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations in writing with more than 14 days’ notice, registered participants may either:
1) Cancel their registration and receive a refund minus a $50 administration fee
2) Transfer their registration to another participant (no administration fee will be charged)
3) Transfer their registration to another one-day workshop within 12 months
For cancellations in writing with less than 14 days’ notice, no refunds will be given. Registered participants may either:
1) Transfer their registration to another participant (no administration fee will be charged)
2) Transfer their registration to another one-day workshop within 12 months
The presenter reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the workshop if there are insufficient registrations.
Further Information:
For more information about this workshop, please contact info@tamarblack.com.au
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based therapy that can be used effectively with children and adolescents for a wide range of issues. This highly practical workshop will introduce you to the ACT Kidflex model: a developmentally appropriate adaptation of the ACT Hexaflex for use with children and adolescents.
This workshop teaches ACT in plain, easy to understand language. You will learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, develop an ACT case conceptualization, work with parents, and provide recommendations to parents/caregivers and teachers.
A variety of engaging, creative and easy to use exercises will be taught.
Educational Objectives:
– Explain how to use ACT with children & adolescents using simple language.
– Outline what questions to ask in the first session.
– Demonstrate easy to use ACT experiential exercises.
– Explain how ACT can help children & adolescents become more resilient.
– Identify which ACT processes to use & where to begin.
– Describe how to train parents to use ACT at home.
– Outline recommendations for parents & schools.
Target Audience: This is a beginners to intermediate workshop suitable for professionals working with young people who want to learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, as well as those who want to improve their skills in using ACT with young people.
Christchurch Date: Thursday March 26th, 9am-4pm
Location: The Garden Hotel
110 Marshland Road
Shirley
Early Bird Price until December 15: AUD$350
Standard Price from December 16: AUD$380
Includes morning tea and lunch
Cancellation Policy:
For cancellations in writing with more than 14 days’ notice, registered participants may either:
1) Cancel their registration and receive a refund minus a $50 administration fee
2) Transfer their registration to another participant (no administration fee will be charged)
3) Transfer their registration to another one-day workshop within 12 months
For cancellations in writing with less than 14 days’ notice, no refunds will be given. Registered participants may either:
1) Transfer their registration to another participant (no administration fee will be charged)
2) Transfer their registration to another one-day workshop within 12 months
The presenter reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the workshop if there are insufficient registrations.
Further Information:
For more information about this workshop, please contact info@tamarblack.com.au
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) can be used effectively with children and adolescents for a wide range of issues. This highly practical and experiential workshop will introduce you to ACT, and teach you how to use the ACT Kidflex. This is a developmentally appropriate adaptation of the ACT Hexaflex for use with children and adolescents.
You will learn about the six ACT processes by taking part in experiential exercises. Identifying which ACT processes your client would benefit from, and where to begin counselling will also be taught. In addition, you will learn how to affirm neurodiversity using the ACT Kidflex.
This very practical workshop teaches how to use ACT with children and adolescents in plain, easy to understand language. Engaging, quick and simple strategies are taught. A variety of case examples of children and adolescents will be presented.
Target Audience:
This is a beginners to intermediate workshop suitable for professionals working with young people who want to learn how to use ACT with children and adolescents, as well as those who want to improve their skills in using ACT with young people.
In this workshop, you will learn how to develop an ACT case conceptualization and collaboratively create goals for counselling. A wide variety of engaging, creative and easy to use techniques will be taught, and you will learn which exercises are suitable for young children, for older children, and for adolescents. An adapted version of the ACT Matrix will be introduced.
You will learn how to enlist parents/caregivers as ‘ACT coaches’ and suggest home tasks for children, adolescents and their parents, and provide recommendations to parents/caregivers, teachers and schools.
Educational Objectives:
– Outline a simplified ACT/RFT Model of Psychopathology.
– Explain how to use ACT to increase resilience in children and adolescents.
– Outline how to adapt ACT for children and adolescents.
– Explain the ACT Kidflex and how to use it with children and adolescents.
– Outline the ACT stance and how to model it in working with children, adolescents and their parents/caregivers.
– Explain how to use an adapted version of the ACT Matrix.
– Outline how to develop an ACT case conceptualization. Then, create goals for counselling together with children/adolescents and where appropriate, parents/caregivers.
– Explain how to use the ACT Kidflex to affirm neurodiversity.
– Identify where in the ACT Kidflex to start with your clients and how to select which ACT Kidflex processes to use.
– Demonstrate how ACT experiential exercises can be used with children and adolescents.
– Describe how to suggest home tasks to parents/caregivers to reinforce ACT.
– Outline how to provide recommendations to teachers and schools.
Pricing: $605 inc GST
Refund Policy:
No refunds will be provided.
Learn how to use the ACT KIDFLEX model in plain, easy to understand language. Identify which ACT processes to use and where to begin. Discover how to train parents in ACT and give recommendations to schools. Learn engaging, creative and easy to use exercises.
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