Managing Emotional Well-being and Stress

Members of the community are invited to a Dinner Seminar during which a three course meal and sides will be served. Drinks at bar prices.

Speakers:

• Dr Richard Chambers (Clinical Psychologist & Mindfulness Consultant)
• Dr Meredith Dalton (Neuropsychologist & Lifeline Prevention Trainer)
• Magistrate Leonard Brear (Industry example)
• Mr Glenn Tippett (Australian Rotary Health Representative)

Speaker Backgrounds:

*Dr Richard Chambers (Clinical Psychologist & Mindfulness Consultant)*
Dr Richard Chambers, one of the Presenters at our Dinner Seminar is a clinical psychologist and internationally-recognised expert in mindfulness. He is leading a university-wide mindfulness initiative at Monash University and regularly provides mindfulness training to a growing number of businesses, educational institutions and community organisations. He has been teaching mindfulness since 1999 and regularly provides lectures and workshops around Australia and internationally. Richard helped develop Smiling Mind, a free mindfulness app with over 2 million downloads, and the Mindfulness for Wellbeing & Peak Performance free online course which has had 200,000 users and was voted as within the Top 50 online course of all time by Class Central. He has published three books, Mindful Learning, Mindful Relationships and Mindful Origami. He features regularly in mainstream media and is actively involved in research studies at a number of universities around Australia.

*Dr Meredith Dalton (Neuropsychologist & Lifeline Prevention Trainer)*
Meredith Dalton, one of the Presenters at our Dinner Seminar, has background in Clinical Neuropsychology, working in clinical positions in several Melbourne hospitals over a 17 year period. Employed with Lifeline Melbourne since 2009, she has held various roles, including supervising the Phone Room, working as a Clinical Supervisor providing clinical supervision and debrief, and as a trainer. Training roles have included training the volunteers who work on the phones (Crisis Support Workplace Training), training ASIST and SafeTALK (suicide intervention), DV-alert and more recently Mental Health First Aid (both Standard and Youth courses). Currently she holds a Corporate and Community Training role with Lifeline Melbourne delivering these workshops, plus a number of additional short courses, including DV Awareness programs.

*Magistrate Leonard Brear (Industry example)*
Magistrate Brear is currently a Reserve Magistrate having previously sat the Melbourne Magistrates' Court, Coroner's Court, Drug Court and Koorie Court in addition to a number of Courts located in the suburbs. Prior to being appointed as a Magistrate, His Honour had practiced as a Solicitor, a Judge's Associate and Barrister. He also acted as the Principal Legal Officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services and supervised the first indigenous lawyer admitted to practice in Victoria. Having had an extensive and diverse experience in a high pressure and high stress industry, His Honour will be providing an industry insight into stressors and practical coping techniques.

Discover:

• Statistics concerning mental health in Australia
• Identification of risks to well-being and mental health
• Various tips, services and tools available to help you (or someone you know) improve emotional well-being, better cope with or reduce stress (particularly in high performance or stressful situations) and those applicable to people experiencing a mental health condition
• Industry example (legal) of stressors and coping strategies

Price: $45 per person

A portion of every ticket sold will go towards Mental Health Research via Australian Rotary Health

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