APN CHRISTMAS TRIVIA NIGHT Thurs 24th November 2022 Come and join us for an APN Christmas Celebration including Dinner and Trivia!!! With your ‘Clinical’ Quiz Meisters: Patrick Sheehan & Vincent Fogliati Trivia prizes on the night!!! Numbers are strictly limited !!! Event Details When: Thursday November 24th 2022 Time: 7.00pm start Where: The Forest Lodge Hotel 117 Arundel St Forest Lodge NSW 2037 […]

APN CLINICAL CASE NIGHT WEBINAR 'Working with Perfectionism: A Clinicians Approach' Presenter: Tonia-Marie Dempsey  Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice About this webinar: It’s all too common that we have clients present to therapy for treatment of a specific condition, yet there’s far more going on behind the scenes. Along for the ride is a sometimes-lifelong […]

APN CLINICAL FOCUS SEMINAR ‘From Prohibition to Prescription: The Role of Cannabinoids in Sleep and Anxiety’ Presenter: Dr Anastasia Suraev Research Fellow, University of Sydney 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 […]

'Perfectionism: An Integrated Conceptual Model' Presenter: 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 […]

This event has been postponed until 2024 DATE TBA 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, […]

“Stop! I don’t want to think or talk about it!” – Using EMDR to work through trauma with a young person. 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 […]

Caution - burnout ahead? Emotional labour and burnout in the provision of mental health care Anthony Joffe, Black Dog Institute About the 2024 webinars: The Anxiety Practitioners Network is pleased to bring you the 2024 series of Clinical Focus Webinars aimed at providing clinicians and clinical students with up-to-date information relating to different fields of anxiety and […]

APN CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR Friday November 29th 2024 10am - 1pm ‘Promoting Mental Health over Menopause: Understanding the Evidence and Building Self-Compassion’ Dr Lydia Brown The University of Melbourne About this webinar: While mental health issues are not usually central to the experience of menopause, a subgroup of women are at greater risk of experiencing mental health symptoms […]

APN CLINICAL FOCUS SEMINAR Monday May 26th 2025 7pm - 9pm ‘Managing Performance Anxiety: What can we learn from Musicians?’ Presenter: Thomas Nicholl, PhD Clinical Psychologist About this seminar: Performance anxiety (PA) captures the experience of intense anxiety in preparation for/during an evaluative event. The experience is often endured despite debilitating symptoms and can result […]

APN CLINICAL FOCUS WEBINAR Monday June 30th 2025 7.30pm - 8.30pm ‘Update on Pharmacological and Stimulation Treatments in OCD' Presenter: Dr John Lam-Po-Tang Consultant Psychiatrist, Redtree Practice About this webinar: Obsessive compulsive disorder is a psychiatric condition often associated with significant morbidity and disability, and presents treatment challenges for mental health professionals. Interventions for this […]