Please note this webinar has been rescheduled from 12 March 2025. The new date and time: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 at 7:00 PM AEST.
This is the third of a three-part series on the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF).
Session 3: How to apply this framework within systems and looking at the Australian mental health crisis through PTMF lens
Explore applying the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) within systems like Medicare and NDIS, while addressing Australia's mental health crisis. This webinar, the final in our PTMF series, will help psychologists navigate power dynamics, challenge systemic barriers, and enhance client-centered care, offering practical insights for meaningful change within existing mental health service models.
Issues to be discussed:
- Challenges and opportunities for applying PTMF within existing health systems such as Medicare and NDIS
- How systemic factors contribute to the mental health crisis in Australia
- Strategies for advocating for meaningful changes in mental health policies and services
Key Concepts:
- Navigating systemic barriers in using PTMF within government-funded programs
- Adapting the framework for use within the context of various service models (e.g., NDIS)
- Integrating PTMF insights to inform broader policy discussions around mental health
What you will learn:
- Practical steps for implementing PTMF within the constraints of Medicare, NDIS, and other systems
- Advocacy techniques for promoting systemic changes using PTMF principles
- Skills for critically evaluating mental health policies and advocating for client-centered improvements.
Key takeaways across all sessions:
- A deeper understanding of PTMF and its application to both individual therapy and broader systemic issues
- Tools for integrating PTMF into clinical practice to enhance client engagement and outcomes
- Strategies for advocating for change within Australia's mental health system, using PTMF as a guiding framework
About our presenters:
Dr Catherine McCarthy is a psychologist, EMDR Consultant and Training Facilitator and Board Approved Supervisor. Catherine trained at the University of East London (UEL) where she worked with asylum seekers, refugees and diaspora communities impacted by the devastating impacts of colonialism and imperialism. She has experience working with translators and is committed to building understanding of emotional distress through a decolonising lens, including through her work with voice hearers. Her EMDR practice with individuals and groups utilises Dr Jarero’s evidence-based stepped care approach for recent incidents, prolonged adverse life experiences, and ongoing traumatic stress.
Dr Averil Cook is an innovative thinker and practitioner. Trained as a clinical psychologist and systemic family therapist, Averil has been a practitioner and held leadership roles in psychology training programs, academia, NSW health services and hospitals. As Director of Bodhi & Psychology Averil leads a service that works towards decolonising therapy and clinician practices through therapy, training, supervision and corporate consultation.
With a special interests in teaching and training emerging Psychologists, Averil has been a Board Approved Supervisor since 2013 years and has taught and supervised Psychologists, Psychiatrists and NSW Mental Health teams across metropolitan and rural NSW Local Health Districts, tertiary hospitals, private practices and NGO’s. Across her career Averil has been passionate about social justice and has woven this into her work with mental health organisations and in research.
Her current work includes research collaborations examining climate change on the mental health of diverse communities with NSW health, the Bureau of Meterology and the Ingham Institute, and consulting to the Human Rights Commission to support intersectional and embodied change through policy, politics and social- justice. Averil brings these concepts to her work supervising mental health teams and therapists wishing to engage on pathway of decolonising themselves and their therapeutic work with clients.
Other sessions in this series:
- What is the Power Threat Meaning Framework? Wednesday 26 February 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM AEDT
- How to apply the framework with clients and looking at Australian mental health crisis through PTMF lens - Wednesday 3 March 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 PM AEDT
Webinar timing: 7:00 – 8:00 pm AEDT
Access to the recording of this webinar: A recording of this webinar will be available through the CPD Webinar Library, but for the best experience and the opportunity to ask your questions, join us live. Everyone who registers will be advised via email as soon as the recording is available. Members have unlimited access to the recording, and non-members will have access for 6 months.