Spilt Milk Psychology
Spilt Milk Psychology offers a range of workshops to the general public as well as range of health professionals including midwives, lactation consultants, GPs, and psychologists.
Balancing science, analogies and real-life examples, Spilt Milk workshops bring to life up-to-date, evidence-based information about infant feeding, parenting and mental health.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - Birth trauma and breastfeeding (CANCELLED)
Monday 18 July 2022
This 90 minute webinar explains the intertwined physiological and psychological processes that occur during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. It will outline the biological, hormonal and psychological disruptions caused by traumatic birth experiences and how these can impact on early parenting practices, particularly the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. It also provides key considerations for care-providers to help protect and restore these processes.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - Gender disappointment (CANCELLED)
Monday 20 June 2022
This 90 minute webinar will explore the phenemenom of "gender disappointment" - what is it? what is the psychology behind it? and how do we work with it as clinicians?
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - Breastfeeding and mental health
Monday 16 May 2022
This 90 minute webinar will provide a solid foundation into the ins and outs of breastfeeding basics for mental health professionals. It will also look at challenging some of the common myths and misunderstandings about the relationship between breastfeeding and postnatal depression. And finally, we discuss common "booby-traps" that clinicians can fall into that accidentally undermine the establishment and continuation of breastfeeding.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING - "I think about hurting my baby"
Monday 21 March 2022
What do you do when a client discloses thoughts of harm related to their baby/child?
Risk assessment in the perinatal period is a complex space. This interactive webinar will explore the various types of distressing thoughts that parents may have and help you build your clinical confidence in assessing, understanding and managing primary and secondary risks to both parent and infant.
Compassion focused therapy foundations
Friday 30 July 2021
***THIS TRAINING HAS ALREADY BEGUN - PLEASE CONTACT AMANDA BEFORE BOOKING***
Compassion focused therapy - Foundations for perinatal professionals
ONLINE SIX WEEK COURSE
In this six week training program, participants will gain an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of compassion focused therapy and core compassion-focused skills for working in the perinatal context.
Zoom webinar
Self-care for parents
Tuesday 20 July 2021
In this live webinar event, Stuart Goldsmith (professional comedian) and Amanda Donnet (Clinical Psychologist) will be discussing “self-care” – what it is, what it isn’t, why it’s so damn important and how to get actually find time for self-care as a parent.
Compassion Focused Therapy for Perinatal Professionals (CANCELLED)
27 - 29 May 2020
This training workshop provides two possible options:
A two day workshop providing foundational knowledge in compassion-focused therapeutic approaches and how they can be utilised in the perinatal context (suitable as introductory training and open to all perinatal professionals)
A three day workshop – the first two days PLUS a third day “deep dive” for advanced clinical skills (suitable for clinicians who provide targeted psychological interventions).
Brisbane International Virginia
CFT for perinatal professionals - 6 week course
Friday 22 May 2020
In this six week training program, participants will gain an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of compassion focused therapy and core compassion-focused skills. Participants will also explore the unique challenges of working in the perinatal context and how core CFT practices can be adapted to meet the needs of this client population.
Zoom webinar
"I think about hurting my baby": dyadic risk assessment
Friday 15 May 2020
Dyadic risk assessment in the perinatal period is a complex space. With the new challenges posed by the current global pandemic, accurate risk assessment is more difficult, and more important, than ever. This interactive webinar will explore the various types of distressing thoughts that parents may have and explain how to develop a functional assessment to determine the primary and secondary risks to parent and infant.
Zoom webinar
How birth trauma impacts on breastfeeding
Friday 1 May 2020
This 2hr webinar explains the intertwined physiological and psychological processes that occur during pregnancy, birth and early parenting. It will outline the biological, hormonal and psychological disruptions caused by traumatic birth experiences and how these can impact on early parenting practices, particularly the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. It also provides key considerations for care-providers to help protect and restore these processes.
Zoom webinar
Compassion Focused Therapy for Perinatal Professionals
18 - 20 March 2020
This training workshop provides two possible options:
A two day workshop providing foundational knowledge in compassion-focused therapeutic approaches and how they can be utilised in the perinatal context (suitable as introductory training and open to all perinatal professionals)
A three day workshop – the first two days PLUS a third day “deep dive” for advanced clinical skills (suitable for clinicians who provide targeted psychological interventions).
Hotel Lindrum
Spilt Milk Psychology - Webinar
Thursday 28 November 2019
Wine-Mum culture - where did it come from? Why is it a problem? And what is the solution?
Join me for this FREE 45 minute webinar where we'll be talking all things alcohol, social media stereotypes, the traps we fall into and how to get ourselves out again.
Zoom webinar - online only
Clinical Skills for Resolving Birth Trauma
Friday 10 May 2019
Birth trauma is a common precursor to Postnatal Depression and Anxiety Disorders, and can disrupt infant bonding in the early years.This workshop will enable clinicians with existing clinical skills and knowledge in trauma and/or clinical intervention,to work more effectively with perinatal mental health clients. The main focus is on skill-building, so that attendees come away with practical and enhanced skills they can put into immediate practice.
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