Anxiety Practitioners Network

SAVE THE DATE!! Hi everyone, we are pleased to announce that we have a date for our APN Christmas Dinner & Trivia Night! Thurs 28th November 2024, at the Forest Lodge Hotel. Form a table with your friends or come on your own and join a table of keen competitors, vying for the chance to win some great prizes! Ticket includes a complimentary drink and three course dinner (pre-arranged menu, alternate drop, vegetarian and GF can be catered for). See you there!
LINK to tickets:
https://events.humanitix.com/apn-christmas-trivia-night-thur-28th-nov-2024

One of our APN webinar presenters from last year, Danielle Einstein, is putting together on online seminar about getting everyone up to speed on the social media debate. Have a look at the link below and sign up if you're interested in hearing about the research on social media use in childhood.

Registration form: Getting up to speed to form an opinion on the social media age debate. Online seminar registration form

Are you passionate about treating health anxiety? The Healthy Brain Ageing Clinic want to hear from you!

The Healthy Brain Ageing (HBA) Research Clinic in Camperdown, NSW, specialises in comprehensive cognitive assessments for older adults. Our expert team, consisting of geriatricians, clinical neuropsychologists, and researchers, is dedicated to identifying cognitive issues early on. This is a free service offered as part of our research.

In our clinic, we encounter many older adults who are particularly anxious about their memory and thinking skills despite receiving positive feedback that their cognitive test scores are normal. This anxiety can stem from several different factors, including a family history of dementia.

We are seeking clinical psychologists interested in treating health anxiety who would like to receive referrals from our clinic.

If you’re interested to learn more, please contact senior researcher, Dr Anastasia Suraev, on [email protected].

Learn more about their services at https://www.sydney.edu.au/brain-mind/our-clinics/healthy-brain-ageing-clinic.html.

**THIS IS NOW A WEBINAR***

CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR
EMOTIONAL LABOUR - 9th AUGUST 2024
"Caution - burnout ahead? Emotional labour and burnout in the provision of mental health care"
Anthony Joffe, Black Dog Institute

About the 2024 seminars: The Anxiety Practitioners Network is pleased to bring you the 2024 series of Clinical Focus Seminars aimed at providing clinicians and clinical students with up-to-date information relating to different fields of anxiety and related disorders. These seminars will be run by clinicians and clinical researchers who are experts in their respective fields.
About this seminar: As service workers, mental health clinicians may be required to engage in emotional labour to ensure the emotions they express at work are appropriate. This may involve amplifying certain emotions and/or shielding other emotions from public view. However, understanding how psychologists engage in emotional labour (and what effects this might contribute to) is a relatively new area of research. This seminar provides a broad overview of emotional labour, answering questions including:
What is emotional labour and how does it manifest in psychotherapy? How might it relate to clinician burnout and wellbeing? Can clinicians manage their emotions sustainably? This seminar will also provide some general information on identifying and managing early signs of burnout, and in doing so, aims to
equip you with practical knowledge you can use throughout your career span. This will be an interactive seminar that involves learning, reflection, and sharing (if comfortable).
About the presenter: Anthony is a clinical psychology registrar and postdoctoral research fellow at the Black Dog Institute. His PhD research examined a) how psychologists experience emotional labour when providing psychotherapy, b) how emotional labour relates to various aspects of wellbeing, and c) the impact of emotional labour on the therapeutic relationship. His clinical work centres on the prevention and treatment of burnout among medical and allied health professionals.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEBINAR WILL BE RECORDED
Recording available for two weeks after event
When: Friday, 9th August 2024
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Where: Webinar - link to be sent to registrants
Cost: $66 ($44 for full-time students) plus $0.30 booking fee
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/apn-clinical-focus-seminar-friday-9th-august-2024-10am-to-1pm

Registration deadline: Thursday 8th August 2024
Further Information: Brian O’Grady, ph: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

HI all, there is still time to register for our case night on EMDR with a teenager

“Stop! I don’t want to think or talk about it!” – Using EMDR to work through trauma with a young person
Presenter: Marlene Chong, Clinical Psychologist
Tuesday May 28th 2024
7:00pm food, 7:30pm to 9:00pm presentation
The Nags Head - 162 St Johns Rd, Glebe
Cost: $40 plus $0.30 booking fee - includes finger food
Registration:
https://events.humanitix.com/anxiety-practitioners-network-case-night-tue-may-28th-2024-7-00pm
Registration closes 5pm Mon 20th May 2024
Cancellation policy:
No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed.
Further Info: Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

We are excited to announce our first in person case night in a few years.
APN CLINICAL CASE NIGHT - EMDR with a young person
Tues 28th May, 7-9pm
“Stop! I don’t want to think or talk about it!” – Using EMDR to work through trauma with a young person
Presenter: Marlene Chong, Clinical Psychologist
Making Connections Psychology

About this topic: What happens when you’ve been seeing a client for a while for their presenting issues, and they unexpectedly experience a significant trauma? What happens then when you think you might have the solution as the clinician, and the client refuses to let you get anywhere close to what they feel as it is too threatening for them? In this case presentation, we will go through a brief background and introduction to EMDR, and its application with a young person. We will also consider the possible impact (or not) of the trauma on the client’s complex presentation. This case presentation will also address a clinician’s struggles and approach in engaging an emotionally avoidant young person who has experienced a trauma and the impact of the trauma on the individual and her family.

About the presenter: Marlene Chong is a clinical psychologist with Making Connections Psychology in St Peters. She completed her Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) at the University of Queensland, and her Masters in Clinical Psychology at Macquarie University. Marlene’s masters research topic looked at autobiographical memory in trauma within an undergraduate population. Clinically, Marlene’s experience lies predominantly within the Child and Family area, having worked in Singapore within the child protection and juvenile justice systems, conducting research with rural families looking at factors in conduct disorder, working with a large migrant population in a Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and an early intervention service for families whose children have been exposed to neglect and/or abuse and at risk of harm. Marlene uses a myriad of approaches in her treatment, such as cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and mindfulness-based strategies. Marlene is a certified Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P) practitioner, a foundational Theraplay practitioner, and is Phase I certified in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). As a therapist, Marlene works within the attachment framework and believes that connections and relationships are key components in helping families and individuals overcome their difficulties. Marlene currently works with individuals across the lifespan in private practice and has always been curious about the impact of developmental trauma on client presentations, regardless of age.

Event Details
When: Tuesday May 28th 2024
Time: 7:00pm food, 7:30pm to 9:00pm presentation
Where: The Nags Head - 162 St Johns Rd, Glebe
Cost: $40 plus $0.30 booking fee - includes finger food
Registration:
https://events.humanitix.com/anxiety-practitioners-network-case-night-tue-may-28th-2024-7-00pm

Cancellation policy:
No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed.
Further Info:
Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

Save the Date for our first Case Night for 2024! And it's in person! More details to come soon.

SCHEMA THERAPY WITH DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES.
Workshop in Sydney

Recurring nightmares are a common occurrence with sufferers of PTSD and complex trauma and are strongly linked with suicidality. Current treatments using imagery rehearsal have been shown to be effective in reducing trauma induced nightmares and improving sleep.

Traditionally dreams have been approached from a psychoanalytic perspective while other psychological models consider dream analysis unnecessary. Recent studies into dreams indicate they could play a significant role in memory consolidation. Schema Therapy aims to access the negative schemas formed early in life and change them through limited reparenting. Nowadays there are a number of creative ways to work with schemas and modes and utilising client’s dreams is increasingly becoming part of a schema therapist’s repertoire.

Many schemas are formed in the first three years and as such are difficult to access through eliciting memories. This workshop will demonstrate how dreams can provide a means to connect with the young vulnerable child mode.

The workshop is designed for therapists currently working with schema therapy who are looking to increase their repertoire. Demonstrations will be included as well as provide opportunities to practice working with dreams and nightmares.

Date: April 5th, 2024
Venue: Quest, Sydney Olympic Park
Cost: $375

ABOUT THE TRAINER
Lynda Parry, Clinical Psychologist, is a highly experienced therapist of 30 years with an extensive background in early childhood development, psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychodrama and CBT. She came to schema therapy in 2012 and is an advanced schema therapist, supervisor and trainer and Director of the Schema Therapy Centre of NSW. She has conducted research into the dreaming process for the last 23 years. In 2000 she presented a paper, Dreams: Remembering, Reviewing and Reconstructing the Self at the conference of the Australian College of Psychotherapy. She delivered her paper Is Dream Analysis Obsolete at "World Dreaming”, the 6th World Congress for Psychotherapy in Sydney, August 2011 and it was published in the bulletin of the Australia and New Zealand Psychotherapy Association, November 2011. Her article Schema Therapy and Dreams - Accessing The Vulnerable Child Mode was published in the ISST September bulletin 2018.

She has conducted workshops all over the world including the College of Clinical Psychologists Conference 2019 and The International Society of Schema Therapists Conference in Copenhagen in 2021.

https://www.schematherapycentrensw.com/training

2024 CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR – ECO ANXIETY
There are still space for this webinar, on 1st March, 10am to 1pm AEST
Eco Anxiety in an Era of Global Boiling:
How might ACT help us to respond effectively to eco emotions
Presented by Dr Louise Shepherd, Clinical Psychologist.

About this webinar: Climate change is arguably the biggest challenge our world currently faces. Following the hottest European summer in over 100,000 years, the UN Secretary General recently used the term “Global Boiling” to emphasise the seriousness of the emergency. Gradually people are waking up to this threat and facing some distressing emotions that are increasingly hard to hide from. The term eco anxiety is commonly used but that is merely one of many distressing emotions to consider. Anxiety in this context might be very rational and understandable, yet we want to respond effectively. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers a range of tools to help ourselves and our clients to navigate these complex emotions skilfully.
This interactive online workshop is aimed at honing existing ACT skills to deal with the wide range of eco emotions using a mix of practical tools and experiential exercises. Louise will share some general observations about the impact the climate emergency is having on our mental health and provide an opportunity for attendees to reflect on how their own eco emotions show up at home and work. Developing personal psychological flexibility relating to eco emotions will be discussed as well as steps towards becoming more empowered and skilful in sitting with our clients.
We will discuss the dilemmas a therapist might face, e.g., speaking about the science, making room for different values clients may hold and using personal disclosure wisely.

About the presenter: Louise Shepherd is a clinical psychologist with 25 years’ experience with individuals and groups in a variety of settings. Her clinical training was based in traditional CBT with a strong background in treating anxiety and mood disorders. For the last 15 years she has predominantly used Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and in 2012 she set up The Sydney ACT Centre which she ran until 2023. Since 2014 she has also worked part time as an executive coach, working with individuals and teams. She has trained extensively in ACT both here and overseas.
She is recognized as an Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer and member of the international ACT Training Community. In 2023, following a break from clinical practice Louise decided to pivot in a new direction, focusing on behavioural change work for the planet. She now works part time for an independent federal MP leading a project to decarbonize an urban electorate and is writing a book on imperfect climate action without the shame and blame using her clinical knowledge and personal experiences.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-shepherd-ab755046/
PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEBINAR WILL BE RECORDED
Recording available for two weeks after event
When: Friday March 1st 2024
Time: 10am - 1.00pm AEST
Where: Webinar - link to be sent to registrants
Cost: $55 ($33 for full-time students) plus $0.30 booking fee
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/apn-clinical-focus-webinar-friday-1st-march-2024-10am-1pm

Registration deadline is Thursday 29th February 2024
Cancellation policy: No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed
Further Info: Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

Professional Development: OCD Workshop and Group Supervision

In 2024, Dr Danielle Einstein and Professor Jessica Grisham will be offering a two-part online workshop on advanced behavioural and cognitive strategies for the treatment of OCD in adolescents and adults, followed by 5 scheduled online group supervision sessions. This is open to AHPRA registered psychologists and psychiatrists. It will cover fine-tuning and applying innovative treatment approaches to OCD in order to optimise engagement and
overcome therapeutic obstacles, as well as some support throughout the year in thinking through clinical challenges.
As an advanced workshop, there will be an initial review of the basics, but the workshop will quickly progress to more advanced skills. The program aims to be pragmatic and raise the level of therapeutic expertise in applying advanced skills. Attendees must have background training in cognitive behavioural principles and be currently working with OCD clients.

Please note knowledge of basic OCD assessment and CBT treatment are pre-requisites. The two-part workshop will be followed by a series of 5 scheduled group supervision sessions to
consolidate your skills and support you in applying them with your own clients.

2024 CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR – ECO ANXIETY
Hi all, we had to postpone this webinar last year. We are pleased to announce we now have a new date - 1st March, 10am to 1pm AEST.

Eco Anxiety in an Era of Global Boiling:
How might ACT help us to respond effectively to eco emotions
Louise Shepherd, Clinical Psychologist

About this webinar: Climate change is arguably the biggest challenge our world currently faces. Following the hottest European summer in over 100,000 years, the UN Secretary General recently used the term “Global Boiling” to emphasise the seriousness of the emergency. Gradually people are waking up to this threat and facing some distressing emotions that are increasingly hard to hide from. The term eco anxiety is commonly used but that is merely one of many distressing emotions to consider. Anxiety in this context might be very rational and understandable, yet we want to respond effectively. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers a range of tools to help ourselves and our clients to navigate these complex emotions skilfully.

This interactive online workshop is aimed at honing existing ACT skills to deal with the wide range of eco emotions using a mix of practical tools and experiential exercises. Louise will share some general observations about the impact the climate emergency is having on our mental health and provide an opportunity for attendees to reflect on how their own eco emotions show up at home and work. Developing personal psychological flexibility relating to eco emotions will be discussed as well as steps towards becoming more empowered and skilful in sitting with our clients.

We will discuss the dilemmas a therapist might face, e.g., speaking about the science, making room for different values clients may hold and using personal disclosure wisely.
About the presenter: Louise Shepherd is a clinical psychologist with 25 years’ experience with individuals and groups in a variety of settings. Her clinical training was based in traditional CBT with a strong background in treating anxiety and mood disorders. For the last 15 years she has predominantly used Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and in 2012 she set up The Sydney ACT Centre which she ran until 2023. Since 2014 she has also worked part time as an executive coach, working with individuals and teams. She has trained extensively in ACT both here and overseas.

She is recognized as an Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer and member of the international ACT Training Community. In 2023, following a break from clinical practice Louise decided to pivot in a new direction, focusing on behavioural change work for the planet. She now works part time for an independent federal MP leading a project to decarbonize an urban electorate and is writing a book on imperfect climate action without the shame and blame using her clinical knowledge and personal experiences.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-shepherd-ab755046/

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEBINAR WILL BE RECORDED
Recording available for two weeks after event
When: Friday March 1st 2024
Time: 10am - 1.00pm AEST
Where: Webinar - link to be sent to registrants
Cost: $55 ($33 for full-time students) plus $0.30 booking fee
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/apn-clinical-focus-webinar-friday-1st-march-2024-10am-1pm
Registration deadline is Thursday 29th February 2024
Cancellation policy: No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed
Further Info: Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

Dear APN'ers, please do take part in this important research, conducted by Eileen Seah.
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You are invited to participate in a research study which aims to explore therapists’ perspectives on treating adult clients with perfectionism.

This study is part of my PhD research at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Associate Professor Maree Abbott. We are seeking therapists to participate in an interview conducted via Zoom and complete a short demographics questionnaire. The whole study will take approximately 45 to 60 minutes to complete. If you treat adult clients with perfectionism (whether as a primary presenting problem, predisposing factor, maintaining factor, correlational factor, or consequence of other disorders), you are eligible to participate. You will be offered the chance to go into a prize draw to receive one of four Visa gift cards as recompense for your participation.

For more information, such as a full description of the research study and the benefits and risks associated with participating in the study, or if you are interested in participating in this study and would like to schedule an interview, please click the following link: https://bit.ly/perfect2023

If you have any other questions about this study, please feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or Assoc. Prof. Maree Abbott ([email protected]). Please forward this post to any of your colleagues who may also be eligible and interested in participating. This study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of The University of Sydney
[HREC #: 2023/621].
Best Regards,
Eileen Seah
EILEEN SEAH
Clinical Psychologist | PhD Candidate | [email protected]
The University of Sydney | Clinical Psychology Unit | School of Psychology | Faculty of Science

***Last chance !!! Ticket sales end this coming Thurs 16th Nov***
APN Christmas Dinner & Trivia Night, Thurs 23rd November,
7pm at the Forest Lodge Hotel.
Ticket includes a delicious three course dinner and a drink voucher, and the chance to win some great prizes. Don't worry if you don't have friends to come along with, just show up and we can put you on a table with some friendly folk. So come alone, or with a friend or three! See you there!
https://events.humanitix.com/apn-christmas-trivia-night-thur-23rd-nov-2023
General questions to Brian - [email protected]
Dietary requirements to myself (Eve): [email protected]

Hi everyone, we are excited to announce the return of our popular end of year event - the Christmas Dinner and Trivia night!
Thurs 23rd November 2023, 7pm at the Forest Lodge Hotel.
Ticket includes a delicious three course dinner and a drink voucher, and the chance to win some great prizes. Quiz Masters Vincent Fogliati and Patrick Sheehan will be on hand with stimulating questions to exercise your brain cells and trigger your unrelenting standards, and we promise no assessment of the consumption of alcohol and other drugs will take place on the night!
Don't worry if you don't have any friends coming along with you, we can put you on a table with some friendly folk. So come alone, or with a friend or three! See you there!
https://events.humanitix.com/apn-christmas-trivia-night-thur-23rd-nov-2023
General questions to Brian - [email protected]
Dietary requirements to myself (Eve): [email protected]

2023 CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR

Perfectionism: An Integrated Conceptual Model
Eileen Seah
Clinical Psychologist

About this webinar: Perfectionism can be a difficult issue in therapy, both in terms of its intransigence and its effect on the treatment process; and exacerbated by how perfectionism has been shown in
research to be increasing over time. It is now generally agreed upon by researchers and clinicians thatperfectionism is a multidimensional construct—posited as a transdiagnostic process underlying many disorders. In this webinar, Eileen will present an integrated conceptual model focused on signature features/expressions of multidimensional perfectionism. The model is drawn from several theoretical models of perfectionism and therapeutic modalities, as well as informed by her own clinical practice. The webinar aims to offer a more integrated approach for practitioners to bridge different therapeutic approaches; to formulate and customise treatment to their client’s context and presentation.

About the presenter: Eileen Seah is a clinical psychologist with extensive experience in the treatment of anxiety and perfectionism. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney investigating
multidimensional perfectionism and the self, namely self-criticism, self-compassion and self-concept clarity. She applies an integrated approach in her clinical work by drawing from several therapeutic
modalities such as cognitive behavioural therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, schema therapy, compassion-focused therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, and EMDR, amongst others. She has worked in diverse therapy settings such as Macquarie University’s Centre for Emotional Health, counselling
services at several universities, outpatient and inpatient hospital units, and in private practice. Eileen provides supervision to practitioners working with adult clients whose lives are negatively impacted by unrelenting standards and maladaptive perfectionism, as well as other clinical and professional issues.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEBINAR WILL BE RECORDED
Recording available for two weeks after event

When: Friday November 17th 2023
Time: 10am - 1.00pm
Where: Webinar - link to be sent to registrants
Cost: $55 ($33 for full-time students) plus $0.30 booking fee
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/apn-clinical-focus-webinar-friday-17th-november-2023-10am-1pm

Registration deadline is Thursday 16th November 2023
Cancellation policy: No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed
Further Info: Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email:[email protected]

****UPDATE: THIS WEBINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL 2024. DATE TBA****

Hi all, Climate Change and Eco Anxiety webinar on Friday 27th October . Please feel free to share in your networks, with anyone who you think may be interested.

2023 CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR
Eco Anxiety in an Era of Global Boiling:
How might ACT help us to respond effectively to eco emotions
Louise Shepherd, Clinical Psychologist

When: Friday October 27th 2023
Time: 10am - 1.00pm AEST
Where: Webinar - link to be sent to registrants
Cost: $55 ($33 for full-time students) plus $0.30 booking fee
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/apn-clinical-focus-webinar-friday-27th-october-2023-10am-1pm

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WEBINAR WILL BE RECORDED. Recording available for two weeks after event

About this webinar: Climate change is arguably the biggest challenge our world currently faces. Following the hottest European summer in over 100,000 years, the UN Secretary General recently used the term “Global Boiling” to emphasise the seriousness of the emergency. Gradually people are waking up to this threat and facing some distressing emotions that are increasingly hard to hide from. The term eco anxiety is commonly used but that is merely one of many distressing emotions to consider. Anxiety in this context might be very rational and understandable, yet we want to respond effectively. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offers a range of tools to help ourselves and our clients to navigate these complex emotions skilfully.

This interactive online workshop is aimed at honing existing ACT skills to deal with the wide range of eco emotions using a mix of practical tools and experiential exercises. Louise will share some general observations about the impact the climate emergency is having on our mental health and provide an opportunity for attendees to reflect on how their own eco emotions show up at home and work. Developing personal psychological flexibility relating to eco emotions will be discussed as well as steps towards becoming more empowered and skilful in sitting with our clients.
We will discuss the dilemmas a therapist might face, e.g., speaking about the science, making room for different values clients may hold and using personal disclosure wisely.

Registration deadline is Thursday 26th October 2023
Cancellation policy: No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed
Further Info: Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

About the presenter: Louise Shepherd is a clinical psychologist with 25 years’ experience with individuals and groups in a variety of settings. Her clinical training was based in traditional CBT with a strong background in treating anxiety and mood disorders. For the last 15 years she has predominantly used Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and in 2012 she set up The Sydney ACT Centre which she ran until 2023. Since 2014 she has also worked part time as an executive coach, working with individuals and teams. She has trained extensively in ACT both here and overseas. She is recognized as an Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) Peer Reviewed ACT Trainer and member of the international ACT Training Community. In 2023, following a break from clinical practice Louise decided to pivot in a new direction, focusing on behavioural change work for the planet. She now works part time for an independent federal MP leading a project to decarbonize an urban electorate and is writing a book on imperfect climate action without the shame and blame using her clinical knowledge and personal experiences.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-shepherd-ab755046/

APN upcoming seminar now will be an online webinar, Friday 28th July 2023 10am to 1pm, and available as recording for later viewing by anyone registered for the event.

APN Clinical Focus Seminar Friday 28th July 2023 10am-1pm | Humanitix APN Clinical Focus Seminar Friday 28th July 2023 10am-1pm, Hosted at CRUfAD Lecture Theatre, Level 4, O'Brien Building, St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria St & Burton St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia, Fri 28th Jul 2023, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm AEST. Tickets are between $33-$55. Only on Humanitix

APN CLINICAL FOCUS SEMINAR
Friday July 28th 2023
10am - 1pm

‘From Prohibition to Prescription: The Role of Cannabinoids in Sleep and Anxiety’

Presenter:
Dr Anastasia Suraev
Research Fellow, University of Sydney

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About this seminar: Sleep is a fundamental physiological process often described as a ‘vital sign’ or a signal of one’s general physical and mental health. It holds a bi-directional relationship with anxiety (and other mental health conditions) such that sleep difficulties may be both a cause and consequence of anxiety. While behavioural interventions such as CBT are the mainstay of treatment, people often seek short-term strategies to maintain normal daytime function. These often include prescription sleep aids and/or alternative treatments such as medicinal cannabis.
Anxiety and sleep disorders are the second and third most common indications for a prescription for medicinal cannabis in Australia. But are cannabinoids an effective treatment for sleep and anxiety? In this seminar, Anastasia will share the science behind cannabinoids and an overview of recent research, as well as use case presentations to highlight how different cannabinoids are being used to treat anxiety and sleep disorders. Anastasia will also share new data on medicinal cannabis prescribing trends for psychiatry-related conditions in Australia.

About the presenter: About the presenter: Dr Anastasia Suraev is a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney where her research focuses on the clinical applications of cannabinoid-based therapies, with a focus on sleep disorders. Anastasia completed her Master of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne in 2015 before embarking on her PhD at the University of Sydney in 2018. Her PhD thesis examined the effects of cannabinoids on sleep and daytime function in insomnia disorder. Anastasia is passionate about science communication and has appeared in several major news outlets such as The New York Times. She has also spoken on the therapeutic and regulatory aspects of medicinal cannabis at various academic and industry events across Australia and internationally.

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Event Details

When: Friday July 28th 2023

Time: 10am - 1.00pm

Where: CRUfAD Lecture Theatre, St Vincents Hospital
Level 4, O’Brien Building, cnr Victoria St & Burton St, Darlinghurst

Cost: $44 ($22 for full-time students) plus $0.30 booking fee

Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/apn-clinical-focus-seminar-friday-28th-july-2023-10am-1pm

Registration deadline is Tuesday 25th July 2023

Cancellation policy:No refunds, but attendee substitutions are allowed.

Further Info:
Brian O’Grady
Tel: 0412 220 145
Email: [email protected]

APN Clinical Focus Seminar Friday 28th July 2023 10am-1pm | Humanitix Enjoy APN Clinical Focus Seminar Friday 28th July 2023 10am-1pm, Hosted at CRUfAD Lecture Theatre, Level 4, O'Brien Building, St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria St & Burton St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia, Fri 28th Jul 2023, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm AEST. Tickets are between $33-$55. Only on Humanitix