Mentalisation-Informed Parent-Led Interventions
Location
Online event access details will be provided by the event organiser
About
Mentalisation-Informed Parent-Led Interventions: Bridging Behavioural Strategies and Relational Understanding in the Treatment of Childhood Anxiety
A professional development workshop designed to help clinicians integrate mentalisation principles with evidence-based behavioural strategies when working with children experiencing anxiety and related difficulties.
Key Learning Objectives Participants will learn to:
• Combine behavioural interventions with a mentalisation-informed framework.
• Use mentalisation to guide action-oriented interventions in a developmentally sensitive way.
• Apply the approach to presentations including anxiety, OCD and depression.
• Involve parents as collaborative agents of change.
• Develop practical skills through case examples and discussion.
Participant Takeaways The workshop promises:
• A practical mentalisation-informed treatment framework.
• Clinical language and questioning strategies for children and caregivers.
• Attachment-based metaphors to support understanding and engagement.
• Strategies for anxiety, OCD, depression, and relational patterns such as dependency and enmeshment.
• Guidance for constructive parent engagement.
• Case-based examples that can be applied immediately in practice.
About the Presenters:
Dr Chris Ludlow: Chris is a Lecturer in Psychology at Swinburne University. He is the developer and clinical supervisor of One Step at a Time, a parent-led intervention program for childhood anxiety delivered at the Swinburne Psychology Clinic, integrating cognitive behavioural therapy with mentalisation-informed and reflective parenting approaches.
James Morello: James Morello is a clinical psychologist with more than 17 years of experience providing therapeutic support to children, adolescents, and families. He works across educational and private-practice settings, providing psychological assessment, intervention, and consultation for children and young people with a range of developmental, emotional, and mental health needs. James is also the founder of Young Minds Collective, a child and adolescent psychology practice in Gippsland, Victoria. His clinical
and research interests include childhood anxiety, trauma, neurodiversity, reflective parenting, and the integration of mentalization principles into parent-led cognitive behavioural therapy.
Audience: Psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health professionals working with children and families.
A professional development workshop designed to help clinicians integrate mentalisation principles with evidence-based behavioural strategies when working with children experiencing anxiety and related difficulties.
Key Learning Objectives Participants will learn to:
• Combine behavioural interventions with a mentalisation-informed framework.
• Use mentalisation to guide action-oriented interventions in a developmentally sensitive way.
• Apply the approach to presentations including anxiety, OCD and depression.
• Involve parents as collaborative agents of change.
• Develop practical skills through case examples and discussion.
Participant Takeaways The workshop promises:
• A practical mentalisation-informed treatment framework.
• Clinical language and questioning strategies for children and caregivers.
• Attachment-based metaphors to support understanding and engagement.
• Strategies for anxiety, OCD, depression, and relational patterns such as dependency and enmeshment.
• Guidance for constructive parent engagement.
• Case-based examples that can be applied immediately in practice.
About the Presenters:
Dr Chris Ludlow: Chris is a Lecturer in Psychology at Swinburne University. He is the developer and clinical supervisor of One Step at a Time, a parent-led intervention program for childhood anxiety delivered at the Swinburne Psychology Clinic, integrating cognitive behavioural therapy with mentalisation-informed and reflective parenting approaches.
James Morello: James Morello is a clinical psychologist with more than 17 years of experience providing therapeutic support to children, adolescents, and families. He works across educational and private-practice settings, providing psychological assessment, intervention, and consultation for children and young people with a range of developmental, emotional, and mental health needs. James is also the founder of Young Minds Collective, a child and adolescent psychology practice in Gippsland, Victoria. His clinical
and research interests include childhood anxiety, trauma, neurodiversity, reflective parenting, and the integration of mentalization principles into parent-led cognitive behavioural therapy.
Audience: Psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health professionals working with children and families.
