Are you a mental health professional or educator who wants to better understand the mental health needs of gifted and/or twice exceptional individuals?
Participants will increase their knowledge, skills and confidence via teaching, experiential activities and case studies in the following areas:
Contemporary approaches to giftedness - the case for giftedness as the next big thing in the neurodiversity movement!
Complexities in the screening and identification of giftedness
Understanding overexcitabilities (or OE's) - the psychological and neurological “super highways” and their impact in giftedness
Contributors to well-being & mental ill-health in giftedness (including why big feelings, anxiety and existential depression are understandable!)
Giftedness and disability - complexities in screening and assessment, and impact on mental health
Treatment of mental -ill health in 2E individuals
Certificate of participation on completion of the seminar
Up to 3 hours of CPD for mental health professionals when you complete the seminar and all activities and reflection questions (check your individual requirements)
This 2.5 hour seminar is designed for mental health professionals or educators who want to up-skill in the latest psychology of giftedness. This is a professional course - and may be relevant to those directly supporting gifted and/or 2E children, adolescents and/or adults, as well as others who want to grow their personal and professional understanding of giftedness as the next big thing in the neurodiversity movement.
Registered Psychologists, including provisional psychologists as well as those with Area of Practice Endorsement (or working towards) in Clinical, Health, Counselling, Educational & Developmental, school psychologists
Mental health professionals providing psychological care including psychotherapists and counsellors
Educators at all levels (including Primary & High School teachers, University Lecturers)
Researchers working in relevant areas associated with neurodivergence including giftedness and/or autism
Dr Belinda Ratcliffe (Phd, Clinical Psychologist)
Dr. Belinda Ratcliffe is a highly respected Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience. She holds a PhD in Autism and Mental Health from the University of Sydney's Medical School and is a former Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Western Sydney University. Based in Sydney, Australia, Dr. Ratcliffe is founder of the Emotions Clinic Australia, providing compassionate and evidence-based psychological services to neurodivergent communities. Dr. Ratcliffe is deeply committed to the fields of psychology and has a particular interest in comprehensive gold standard diagnostic assessments including for Giftedness, Autism, ADHD, Learning Disorder and co-occurring mental ill-health (e.g. anxiety, depression, trauma symptoms) as well as high quality evidence-based mental health care in this space. Dr. Ratcliffe has spent 12 months studying the psychology of giftedness internationally and has a current interest in the application of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) for Gifted and Twice Exceptional individuals, who also experience symptoms of trauma, loss and grief. Dr. Ratcliffe is known for her warmth, rigor, and commitment to delivering evidence-based interventions. She is also a multi-award-winning researcher and published author, contributing significant insights to the field of psychology. Dr. Ratcliffe is sought after in delivering training across the Asia-Pacific. She leads therapy groups, offers clinical supervision, and holds multiple influential roles in both business and academia. Her work is driven by a deep motivation to embody and promote compassion in all aspects of her professional and personal life.
You must pre-register to attend. Participants who pre-register will have access to live recording for 30 days
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Yes. We encourage participants to attend live. However, we understand that, due to time differences, it may not be possible for you to attend this training live with us. With that in mind, the seminar will be recorded, and you'll have access to the recordings for 30 days after the course ends, to watch in your own time.
We warmly welcome general discussion, sharing and theme-based questions in response to content, activities, and experiential learning. As this course is for general education, we don't encourage participants to ask personal/individualised questions in the seminar about themselves or those in their care and to save this for their individual therapy or supervision.
This course would be considered CPD for most health professionals. Please check with your registration/accreditation body to see if this program is appropriate for your CPD.
We are committed to providing high-quality educational courses and programs to our participants. We understand that circumstances may arise where individuals are unable to complete or continue with a paid course they have enrolled in. To ensure fairness and transparency, we have established the following refund policy for our paid courses: If this course is cancelled 14 days prior to the start date will receive a full refund. Cancelled 5-13 days prior to the start date will be subject to a 10% cancellation fee. Cancellations made less than 5 days prior to the start date will be subject to a 20% cancellation fee. No refunds are available once the course has began. Please note this course is recorded to watch up to 30 days later, so participants who are unable to attend live will be able to watch the recordings at a time that suits them.
