This Complex Life

Dr Yvette Vardy is a clinical psychologist with twenty years of experience in the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder and those with complex issues and traumatic histories. Dr Yvette Vardy uses evidence-based practices and is passionate about providing treatments that lead to recovery or clinically significant improvements, ensuring clients are left with very tangible and concrete ways to manage themselves and their symptoms differently. She has a private practice in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 

Dr Yvette Vardy has established several Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programs in Australia and been employed as a senior clinical psychologist, supervisor and team leader at a number of hospitals. Previously, as Spectrum Personality Disorders Service of Victoria’s senior education officer, Dr Vardy visited numerous services and organisations across Australia, to help clinicians learn practical skills and helpful theoretical concepts in working effectively with BPD and individuals with personality disorders.  Dr Vardy has completed her Comprehensive and Intensive DBT and DBT-PE training and enjoys sharing her passion for DBT by providing DBT-specific lectures and workshops, as well as individual and group supervision to clinicians seeking DBT training and support.

https://www.yvettevardy.com/

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Dr Jodie Richardson is one of Australia's leading lights in managing anxiety. An educational leader, Dr Jodi Richardson supports parents and teachers to change their relationship with anxiety, dial it right down and light the way for their children and students to do the same. Jodi is a professional speaker supporting whole school communities around Australia, the best-selling author of the books 'Anxious Kids' and 'Anxious Mums', hosts the popular podcast 'Well, hello anxiety' and is a mum of two.

Where to find Jodie

Website https://drjodirichardson.com/

Books https://drjodirichardson.com/shop/

Podcast https://podfollow.com/1585382774

Enquiries [email protected]

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drjodirichardson/

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jodi-richardson-15589240/

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Doing some research and planning before your session can help give you a sense of calm and help you work out if the therapist is going to be a good fit for you and your goals/ needs for therapy. 

Finding the right professional or professionals and finding the right kind of treatment and support is a fine balance.

1. What are your fees and cancellation policy?
2. What training did you do?
3. What Kind Of Therapy Do You Offer?
4. How Will I Know We’re A Good Fit?”  Do you have experience working with others who are in similar circumstances?
5. What will Therapy look like moving forward?
6. Can You Help Me Create Some Goals?
7. Can I reach you in between sessions? 
8. What can I do in between sessions?
9. How do you think I’m doing? How will we measure progress?

What if after all this it still doesn’t feel right?

Check out our blog post I saw a professional for help for my mental health but it didn’t work – what do I do next?  

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Episode 7 Youth Mental Health First Aid - interview with Dr Claire Kelly

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In this week's episode, you’ll hear how Silvina started an inclusive drama program in Canada and ran it successfully there for a number of years before moving to Melbourne and starting it all over again. 

Learn more here https://www.purplecarrots.com.au/

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We all have different ways that we like to learn and engage with content. In this episode, I talk through some of the learning preferences that adult learners may have and how to tailor supervision to meet different needs.

If you are a supervisor it's really handy to know what works for your supervisee and if you're a supervisee it’s really helpful to know how you like to learn and what you can do and supervision to get the most out of supervision.

Join the supervision group for school social workers and school counsellors

https://thetherapyhub.com.au/supervision/ 

Become a Youth Mental Health First Aider

Face to face in Footscray https://thetherapyhub.com.au/youth-mental-health-first-aid/

Online https://thetherapyhub.com.au/online-youth-mental-health-first-aid/ 

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Caroline is an accredited EMDR, trainer and consultant with a background in clinical social work and psychotherapy. She has over 15 years of experience providing therapeutic services across community, hospital, medical and tertiary settings. She is the owner and director of Mindful Living, a group private practice in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. She had worked in The Melbourne Clinic so as an EMDR, coordinator where she developed the first inpatient hospital EMDR program in Victoria. She has an infectious enthusiasm for EMDR therapy and EMDR training, which will be obvious when you listen to her talk about it. She loves encouraging and motivating mentoring therapists as they embrace the opportunities that EMDR therapy brings. So for a bit more information about Caroline, you can head over to her website, https://www.carolineburrows.com.au/

Recommended resources

What happened to you -  Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

THe body Keeps Score - Bessel van der Kolk

Podcast recommended

Notice That https://emdr-podcast.com/

https://blueknot.org.au/

Episode 29 - EMDR explained

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-inside-social-work-podcast/id1459084811?i=1000482673871

Training 

Carolines on demand training https://www.carolineburrows.com.au/on-demand-training-main

Upcoming EMDR part 1 training www.carolineburrows.com.au/basic-emdr-training 

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Benefits of group supervision

Group supervision can provide unique opportunities to grow your skills, feel connected and normalise difficult situations or experiences.

Some of the benefits include

• Peer Feedback
• Social Networking
• Hive mind -Having Multiple Listeners, ideas and frames of reference for the Same Event.
• Developing Empathy, compassion and self-compassion
• Practice Public Speaking and Presenting.

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‘’I always knew that I wanted to work with people in like a helping profession.’’

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Supervision is SO important . It provides a forum for reflection and learning,  review, reflection, critique and replenishment for professional practitioners.

One of the purposes of social work supervision is to enhance the professional skills and competence of the supervisee to achieve positive outcomes for the people with whom they work

Choosing a supervisor

It's crucial to find someone you can work with and trust

Some things to ask or explore - check out their linkedin profile, website or other profiles 

1. What is their background and work experience? 
2. Do they have any areas of specialty and/or interest? Does this match the work your doing or are interested int?
3. Ask them what is their approach to supervision?

Check if they are 

1. Professional. 
2. Knowledgeable. 
3. You’re compatible
4. Convenient / do they have the availability to mete your needs?

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We chatted about diversity, sexuality, being authentic in therapy, critical reflection, building trust, and sharing parts of your lived experience.

About Coby

Coby is an experienced mental health practitioner with a passion for life, health, and healing. As an advocate for good mental health, he regularly presents at conferences and workshops across different states in Australia and internationally. In addition, he has extensive experience working creatively with children (as young as 6 years old), adolescents, and adults from various backgrounds and cultures, assisting them in identifying and maximising their inner strengths and resilience.

Connect with Coby

https://liveyourstory.com.au/

Find out More about Youth Mental Health First Aid and Tuning into teens

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