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Do you have what it takes to engage with Indigenous people?
Join our interdisciplinary panel of experts for a discussion about supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous people.

 Watch this facilitated panel discussion of Sophie's story be better equipped to: 

  • discuss how a focus on commonalities and shared experience can help in therapeutic work and how this can be achieved.
     
  • identify challenges, tips and strategies for working with Indigenous clients, including collaborative practice, in the context of contemporary Australia (social, scientific and political environment)
     
  • describe how practice and discourse around boundaries can impact our work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients across different professional disciplines.

Panel List

Review the panel of interdisciplinary experts’ bios.:

• Dr Louis Peachey (Rural Generalist, Queensland)

• Dr. Jeff Nelson (Psychologist, Queensland)

• Dr Mary Emeleus (Psychiatric Registrar, Queensland)

Facilitator:

  • Professor Steve Trumble (General Practitioner, Victoria)

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Disclaimer

This webinar was produced in September 2019. The Mental Health Professionals’ Network’s webinars are produced for mental health professionals. The information is intended for suitably-experienced mental health professionals and does not replace clinical judgement and decision making. It is intended for use as a guide of a general nature only and may or may not be relevant to particular patients or circumstances. The subject matter is not exhaustive of any mental health conditions presented. Health professionals implementing any recommendations contained in the webinar must exercise their own independent skill or judgement or seek appropriate professional advice relevant to their own particular circumstances when so doing. Any information presented in the webinar recording was deemed relevant at the time of the live event and after this date has not been reviewed. No guarantee can be given that the information is free from error or omission. Accordingly, MHPN and its employees and agents shall have no liability (including without limitation liability by reason of negligence) to any users of the information contained in any MHPN webinar for any loss or damage (consequential or otherwise) cost or expense incurred or arising by reason of any person using or relying on the information contained in MHPN webinars and whether caused by reason of any error, negligent act, omission or misrepresentation of the information.