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Welcome to Mental Health In Focus, where each series will take you on a deep dive into specific mental health topics to broaden your knowledge. Listen to thought-provoking discussions by experts in the field to give you a holistic understanding of contemporary areas of mental health in Australia. Follow us to stay up-to-date with our latest episodes, and visit us at www.mhpn.org.au/podcasts for further resources and information.
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This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In the final episode, Mark is joined by Sarah Versitano, senior art therapist and researcher, and Sean O'Carroll, creative arts therapist and psychotherapist working with psychedelics. Together they take stock of where the field is currently positio...
This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In episode three, Mark is joined by Tilly Dawson, an art therapist working in oncology, and Kirsty Greene, an art therapist with a background in nursing and somatic movement facilitation. Together they discuss the different populations and cohorts of...
This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In episode two, Mark is joined by Dr Henry Bowen, research and training lead for Military and Emergency Services Health Australia; Naomi Pears-Scown, creative arts therapist, clinical supervisor, and academic; and Associate Professor Drew Bird, Dramat...
This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In episode one, Mark, Dr Kate Dempsey, CEO of ANZACATA, and Deanne Gray, researcher and PHD candidate talk about the quality and the quantity of evidence underpinning Creative Arts Therapy. Kate and Deanne share key findings from ANZACATA’s publicat...
Creative Arts Therapies is a four-part podcast series produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN). Hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, the series features practising therapists and academics who explore the diversity of creative arts therapies and their therapeutic value. Episode 1 – The Evidence Episode 2 – Qualifications and Competencies Episode 3 –...
Listen in as host, clinical psychologist Mark Creamer and co-host Tim Peck, who brings 21 years' experience working with Victoria Police to his current role as Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for Emergency Worker Mental Health, talk with three ‘experts by experience’ in the final episode in this series on supporting the mental health of emergency workers. You’ll hear first-hand experiences about emergency work in different contexts and roles – from a salaried emergency worker, f...
Listen in to this third episode as your host, clinical psychologist Mark Creamer and co-host Jane Nursey, a clinical neuropsychologist with 30 years' experience, discuss the importance of considering a range of diagnoses, including PTSD, and the common challenges practitioners may face when treating the mental health of emergency workers. Hear Professor Andrea Phelps’ insights on treatment approaches; the value behavioral therapies provide alongside evidence-based treatments, and how and wh...
In this episode, your series host Mark Creamer and episode co-host Patricia Watson, Phoenix Australia’s Responder Assist consultant and psychologist for the U.S. National Center for PTSD, unpack the importance of supportive leadership and organisational structures that support emergency workers' mental health. Listen in to be reminded of the value and power of peer support with Neville Goddard, a volunteer firefighter for more than 35 years. He shares how the Victorian Country Fire Authority...
Tune in as your host, clinical psychologist Mark Creamer and co-host Nicole Sadler, clinical psychologist and Director of Responder Assist, set the scene for this four-part series about the mental health of emergency service workers. Hear valuable insights from David Lawrence, lead researcher of Beyond Blue’s Answering the Call study - the first Australian national mental health and wellbeing study, that surveyed over 21,000 police and emergency services workers from across the countr...
In this four-part series, host Professor Mark Creamer will be joined by expert clinicians, researchers, service providers, emergency workers and partners of emergency workers to discuss experiences and topics unique to this workforce, who provide a vital and valuable service to the community. The series will cover how and why the nature of their work can put emergency workers at greater risk of mental health problems, the kinds of problems they might develop, the best models of care, ...
This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore the spectrum of eating behaviours from having a good relationship with food through to disordered eating and eating disorders. Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell, as they interrogate the question, ‘what is “normal” eating?’ Tune in as Beth and Belinda are joined by Sh...
This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore the experience of living with, recovering from, and supporting someone with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell, as they delve into the factors which underpin these types of eating disorders, and the supports that are available ...
This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore restrictive eating and how it relates to, and occurs in anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell, as they dive into characterising and differentiating these diagnoses in the context o...
This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore restrictive eating and how it relates to, and occurs in anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell, as they dive into characterising and differentiating these diagnoses in the context o...
Welcome to ‘Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown’ – a series brought to you in partnership by the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) and the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN). In this four-part series you will join Beth Shelton, psychologist and National Director of NEDC, and Belinda Caldwell, mother, carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria, as they combine their insights and experience as service provider and carer to present a united and holistic approach to support...
Mental Health In Focus is a podcast brought to you by the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN). Each episode will take you on a deep dive into specific mental health topics to broaden your knowledge and give you a holistic understanding of contemporary areas of mental health in Australia. Subscribe now to stay up-to-date, and don’t forget to leave a rating.
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