Free Mental Health Management Workshops for Disability Service Managers and Mental Health Service Managers

Register for National Walk to Work Day 2010 at www.walk.com.au and sign the Pledge to Put Your Feet First by walking all or part of the way to work on Friday 1 October. You will go into the draw to win one of two walking holidays thanks to wotif.com

First prize is a trip for two to Auckland, New Zealand for a coastal and rainforest walking adventure. Second prize is a trip for two to beautiful Davenport, Tasmania. You will also go into the draw to win one of 250 pairs of Rockport, shoes - valued at $250.

All individuals who Pledge to Put their Feet First will receive a $25 gift voucher from Rockport!

National Walk to Work Day is an annual event run by the Pedestrian Council of Australia, involving workplaces and workers around the country. Now in its 8th year as a national initiative, Walk to Work Day encourages Australians to include regular walking in their daily routine to improve both physical and mental health while cutting traffic congestion and pollution.

ANXIETY DISORDERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA
Presents a public lecture

'GET OVER IT'  Finding Release from the Prison of the Past

by BEV AISBETT Author and Counsellor

Date: Thursday, 30th September 2010
Venue: Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote (Ground Floor Room 2)
Time: 7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
Cost: $20.00 non-members and $10.00 ADAVIC members

Got difficulties? Get Over It...

'The past can be a prison which traps us in the illusion that life is hard, that we are meant to suffer and that our fate is out of our hands. One day I decided that this was an extra burden that I could live without.'

Bev Aisbett, acclaimed author of Living with IT, Taming the Black Dog and Letting IT Go once again delivers the straight-talking, compassionate advice that has helped tens of thousands of people move past trauma and into hope.

Get Over IT is the perfect resource to help you feel more grounded in your ability to face the difficulties in your life.

'Get Over It' which was released in June, adds to further essential resources to those already provided by Bev's impressive portfolio of achievements in assisting those with anxiety and depression. With sales of her previous popular self help texts enjoying readership by thousands within Australia and overseas (including versions in four foreign languages) and through her lectures and "WORKING IT OUT" recovery program, Bev's work has proven to be a crucial link in the recovery process for those seeking help.

Having had first-hand experience of severe anxiety and depression, Bev's subsequent and mainly self-steered recovery led to her passing on her unique techniques to the many who suffer from anxiety, depression and OCD. By personifying her fears and anxiety into a cartoon character- "IT", Bev was able to assist readers of her books to gain a new and healthier perspective on their anxiety, with the added bonus of gentle and disarming humour. A trained counsellor, Bev has honed her skills in many modalities through ongoing research and training and is a highly perceptive and intuitive teacher.

Bev's continued association and assistance to ADAVIC has been invaluable. She regularly hosts lectures, workshops and programs, as well as providing anxiety sufferers with her books. Bev's popularity ensures that her lectures are always well-received, and her publications along with her workshops have steadily gained recognition from doctors, psychologists and government rehabilitation services as being highly effective in terms of the recovery process. Bev has used her personal experience as a means of empowering thousands of people suffering from anxiety and depression. Her down to earth, practical and empathetic approach is refreshingly direct and has reached many who had previously given up hope.

Bev's reassuring and common sense approach to problem solving, self-awareness and empowerment has led graduates of her workshop to consistently report at least a 70% reduction in their anxiety levels and a far more relaxed attitude to life in general, through the adoption and application of Bev's techniques.

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!
MONIES NON REFUNDABLE
Bookings can be made by calling ADAVIC (03) 9853 8089
Or email us at adavic@adavic.org.au
Or via our website www.adavic.org.au
Note: a $2 surcharge fee will apply to invoices

The Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria Presents
Don't Panic: You Can Overcome Anxiety Without Drugs

A Lecture with Dr. Sallee McLaren
Clinical psychologist and author

This lecture will discuss Dr. Sallee McLaren's book and offer a practical alternative to medication:
• Panic attacks, phobias, extreme shyness, and general anxiety disrupt the lives of an estimated 15 percent of the population.
• Typically, these kinds of problems are diagnosed, often without evidence, as being caused by a biochemical imbalance that requires rebalancing through medication. The result, very often, is an endless psychiatric revolving-door syndrome.
• Understanding what anxiety is and how it is caused offers alternatives to medication.
• This lecture will explore this book and offer proven ways for individuals to change their lives for the better - permanently and without drugs.

Dr Sallee McLaren is a doctor of clinical psychology. She has worked in private practice for many years, helping hundreds of her patients recover completely from anxiety and many related forms of emotional distress, all without medication. She is the consulting psychologist for the Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria (ADAVIC) in Australia, and comments frequently in the media on ways to recover from distress.

Thursday 23rd September 2010
7.30pm-9.00pm
Maroondah Federation Estate (Room 2)
32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood. VIC

Cost:
$10.00 ADAVIC members
$20.00 Non-Members
Bookings:
Phone: ADAVIC (03) 9853 8089     Email: adavic@adavic.org.au
Website: www.adavic.org.au

Proceeds from this event help to maintain ADAVIC services
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL! Monies non refundable
Note: a $2 surcharge fee will apply to invoices

2010 Comcare National Conference

22-24 September 2010
National Convention Centre Canberra ACT

The Conference theme is : Improve, include and inspire workplace wellbeing.

beyondblue is an Associate Partner Sponsor
Further details: www.comcare.gov.au/events

Alcohol issus frequently present to General Practice in the form of minor injuries, absenteeism, family disharmony, and so on. GPs, Practice Nurses, GP registrars or Pre-Vocational Doctors with an interest in building your confidence to use early intervention approaches in alcohol management are welcome.

Further information
danielle.thomson@mgpn.com.au

Creating Futures 2010 brings Australian and International Keynote and Plenary Speakers together to address how it is possible to harness the creativity and energy of the social enterprise sector to address the underpinning social determinants of mental health and well being.

Creating Futures 2010 is being held in Tropical North Queensland, Beautiful Cairns 20-23 September 2010 at the Sebel Cairns Hotel. Join us!

An academic and social program highlight Indigenous issues, Island issues, Community & Rural Issues such as climate change, Children & Youth, Consumers and Creativity. Work in Progress art exhibit - Join us at The Tanks in Cairns on Wednesday 22nd.
Contact The Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Queensland 07 4032 6700 www.crrmhq.com.au or info@crrmhq.com.au

Open Ground Men's Gatherings are annual events recognised internationally for providing life-changing opportunities and developing a strong community of men. Open Ground allows men from a wide range of backgrounds to connect and forge new friendships and to develop as a man through a series of high quality workshops and activities over the course of the weekend.

Open Ground gatherings are open to all men from any background, religious, political or sexual persuasion. We encourage freedom for men be real with themselves and other men.

The gatherings offer a safe, non-judgemental, supportive space where men can explore the connections, modalities, challenges and exercises that facilitate real and lasting change.

Men attend aged from 18 to 80+ from all walks of life, careers and social backgrounds. We find there is no 'typical' gathering attendee. What we do find is the men who attend are usually seeking a better way to discover themselves and a better way to live their lives.
For further details email: graemeross@internode.on.net

Free Mental Health Management Workshops for Disability Service Managers and Mental Health Service Managers

This 2 day conference hosted by the UWS School of Psychology covers Addiction and Comorbidity and many aspects of mental health and wellbeing, some specifically focussing on young people. Pre-conference clinical workshops on September 14 cover OCD and Related Disorders, Spiritually Augmented CBT and Creative Writing as Burnout Prevention.

Visit www.uws.edu.au/mentalwellbeing for more information.