This interactive workshop is for ASA Members interested in Peer to Peer Support Training. The Workshop is a 2-hour program run by Hand-n-Hand and designed in collaboration with the Black Dog Institute. These sessions are run by expert mental health practitioners and are highly interactive with a focus on scenario-based practice. They also come with a digital booklet of takeaway info.

DATE: Monday 3 July 2023

TIME:  6:30pm–8:30pm AEST via Zoom

Presenters

Dr Tahnee Bridson

Dr Tahnee Bridson was the Queensland Young Australian of the Year for 2022. Whilst she initially thought of pursuing a career in dance and music, she had a desire to improve the wellbeing and lives of others that led her down the path of medicine. Tahnee, a born and bred country girl from rural Queensland, is a psychiatry doctor and founder of Hand-n-Hand Peer Support Inc. Tahnee has advocated for the wellbeing needs of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic establishing a peer support network which provides free and confidential support to all healthcare workers across Australia and New Zealand. She is passionate about advancing the field of mental health through research and recently combined these two passions when offered a PhD position in Melbourne.

Dr Kym Jenkins

Dr Kym Jenkins was elected to the RANZCP’s inaugural Board in 2013 and subsequently elected as the College President from 2017-2019. Dr Jenkins has held a range of roles as a Consultant Psychiatrist in both the public and private sectors. She has a clinical and academic interest in the health and welfare of the medical profession and spent over 10 years in the role of Medical Director of the Victorian Doctors Health Program. In her private practice, Dr Jenkins continues her work in the doctors health field whilst specialising in consultation-liaison and women’s psychiatry. She is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University and an honorary senior fellow at Melbourne University. In 2020, Dr Jenkins helped develop the Hand-n-Hand Peer Support Service and now serves as Chair of the Board.

Registration fee

$30 per person
This registration fee will be donated Hand-n-Hand as a contribution to support their organisation.

This event is open to all ASA members.
Registration is strictly limited to 30 participants.

CPD

The time taken for this event is eligible as a Knowledge and Skills activity.

For further information on this or other ASA events, please contact the ASA Education and Events Department at events@asa.org.au.