Professional Development

Relationships Australia offers a range of professional development programs designed to help you in the workplace such as:

Introduction to Counselling, Couples Counselling, Family Dispute Resolution training, Domestic Violence training
Dealing with Difficult Clients
Group facilitation skills

We can customise training to suit your particular workplace, ranging from lunchtime seminars to training over several days. For more information contact us.

Communicate Effectively in the Workplace - NEW

Want to work more effectively with people you work with? Do you want to make your interpersonal relationships at work more empowering, supportive, positive and clear? This two day course covers all areas of communication including attitudes, listening, and speaking skills, as well as conflict resolution. More

Responding to Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace - NEW

Workplace bullying and harassment occur in all workplaces, from offices to shops, cafes, restaurants, community groups and government organisations. This training will explain workplace harassment and bullying, its effects on employees, and what you and organisations can do to respond to it. More

Work and Family Balance - NEW

Do you ever feel you are juggling too many commitments and your well-being is suffering? This seminar will help you find a balance between work and other life demands. More

Couples and Conflict - A Developmental Approach - NEW

How a couple thinks about their difficulties, how they manage their feelings, where they focus their attention, and how they act and communicate under stress, will ultimately determine the quality of their relationship. Participants will have the opportunity to learn Bader and Pearson's model of developmental stages in relationships, and to practice coaching a couple through an Initiator/Inquirer process. More

Working with Adolescents - NEW

What are the developmental tasks of adolescents, and how can we as workers support these in our young clients? This training will present models for thinking about the work and intervening. More

Teachers Enhancing Students' Self Esteem - NEW

Adolescence can be a difficult path for many young people as they attempt to find their own identity in an ever changing and challenging world. Teachers of high-school students can play an important part in assisting students through this tumultuous period by taking an active role in assisting these young people find their own self and become comfortable within that space. More

Engaging Jane - NEW

Jane has lived with abuse and violence. She and others may think of her as lacking assertiveness, having poor boundaries or being enmeshed. She may view herself as a problematic person who should be more this or less that. This workshop will focus on skills to assist Jane from being a 'problem person' to her maybe seeing the abuse as the problem. More

Feedback Informed Therapy - NEW

Recent research identifying the most significant factors influencing the effectiveness of therapy and therapists will be presented. Participants will be introduced to a simple way of monitoring these factors by eliciting and acting on client feedback throughout the therapy process. With a particular focus on how feedback can be of value in couples' therapy, participants will have opportunity to practice using some simple process and outcome measures with clients. More

Parenting between Cultures

Migrant and refugee families often receive tremendous support from their parents, relatives and community. With this support can come expectations about how couples should relate to each other, parent their children and commit to their family of origin. More

Recognise and Respond appropriately to Domestic and Family Violence - New

This unit can be completed on its own. It is also a requirement of the Certificate IV in Relationship Education (also offered by Relationships Australia).

This unit addresses the knowledge and skills required to identify and respond to domestic and family violence during professional contact with clients.
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Couple Counselling and Domestic Violence

If you are working in couples counselling, this 2 day training will be useful in exploring ethical dilemmas as well as developing skills in the area of working with couples where there is controlling behaviour that results in abuse and even violence. More

Engaging John

This one day workshop will be helpful for those who provide counselling to men who are abusive in words and actions towards their partner and/or other family members. More

Introduction to Being a Supervisor

This 2 day introductory workshop will be useful for those who are interested in becoming supervisors, and for those supervisors who are either looking for a refresher or who are new to the role and looking to expand their knowledge and skills. More

Introduction to Pornography Addiction and Treatment

This half day interactive training outlines how dependence on pornography develops and becomes a problem and introduces counsellors to the skills and techniques to assist their clients through the key steps of recovery. More

Defusing Angry and Abusive Customers

You're at the front line of service delivery. It may seem that you can do little to respond to angry and abusive clients and customers. But you can! This half day seminar shows you key principles and strategies to defuse clients' and customers' anger and reduce abusive behaviour right from the start. It also assists you to reduce your own stress levels. More

Narrative Therapy

The practices of Narrative Therapy transport a person from being a 'problem person' to being a person who has a relationship to a problem – a relationship that can be changed. The process of externalising the problem is invigorating for the questioner and empowering for the questioned. The well known practice of 'externalising' and the 'thickening of unique outcomes' will be explained and demonstrated. More

Family Patterns

This course is useful for both personal development and professionals working in this field.
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Introduction to Couples Counselling

Participants are introduced to the key principles of Systems Theory,including a neutral stance on the couple relationship. Through theory, case studies, live and DVD demonstrations, and skills practice, the course covers assessment, hypothesis formulation, and intervention with unhelpful repetitive patterns of couple behaviour. More

Change and Loss

Work changes, retirement, illness and the more serious upheavals such as separation and death are all accompanied by a degree of loss. In this all-day workshop learn how to recover your emotional equilibrium, make positive adjustments and grow towards a fresh frame of mind. More

Accidental Counsellor

Have you ever been caught without the words to help a friend, client, customer or co-worker who was dealing with a distressing situation? This one day course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to help you help them. More

Group Facilitation Skills

From 2011 onwards, this course is now embedded into Module 1 of the Certificate IV in Relationship Education (see Nationally Recognised Training link on home page for further details). More

EI - Emotional Intelligence

Emotions can play a strong and constructive role in individual thought, decision-making and in handling of relationships. It’s not a question of taking an emotional or an intellectual approach – we show how you can do both. Intelligent recognition and acceptance of your emotions, and other people’s, is the aim. Learning from this process is the goal. More

Therapy with Distressed Couples

This all day course shows how to help couples help themselves through greater mutual consideration and care. More

Virtues Parenting Program

Relationships Australia is offering training as a facilitator in the Virtues ProjectTM. This program consists of an introductory 6 session course, 3 day advanced training and our Group Facilitation Skills training. More

Advanced Virtues Training Program

Customised Courses

We can customise training opportunities to suit your particular workplace needs. More