I’m available to provide training to counsellors and caseworkers in the following specialist areas:

• Working with male clients in general
• Counselling men (individually and in couples work)
• Other related topics

Typically, this training is provided in the form of presentations or workshops, though other formats (including individual training) can be arranged if required.

Examples

The following list provides examples of previous presentations I’ve given and training workshops I’ve conducted.

• “Working with Men in Rural and Remote Areas.”

  Training Day with Agcare Counsellors, Perth, May 2010.

• “The Person of the Therapist in Psychotherapy Practice: What we do and how we do it“

  Presentation/Workshop for PACAWA members, Perth, November 2009.

• “Engaging with Men”

  Training workshop for Centacare Geraldton and other social service practitioners, August 2009.

• “Where Have All the Men Gone? What’s happened to manhood, fatherhood and husbandry in Australian society and what can we do about it?“

  Workshop presentation and discussion at a public forum hosted by the Men’s Advisory Network, Perth June 2004. Also adapted as a paper for presentation at the Third National Men and Family Relationships Forum, Sydney, October 2004.

• “How Do We Engage Men?”

  Seminar presentation and panel discussion at the ‘Engaging Men’ forum for social service practitioners, hosted by MensPlace, Perth, May 2004.

• “Counselling Men”

  Two-day training workshop conducted for the staff of South West Counselling Services, July/August 2001.

• “The Learning Father”

  Paper presented at the Seventh Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Perth, October 1999.

• “Men and Relationship Counselling: Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Papering Over the Cracks?“

  Paper presented to the First National Men and Family Relationships Forum, Canberra, June 1998, and subsequently published in Psychotherapy in Australia, Vol. 5 No. 2, February 1999.

• “Men’s Talk: Working with Men to Facilitate Personal and Relationship Growth“

  Workshop presented at the Australian Association of Social Workers (WA Branch) Forum, ‘Relating to Men’, November 1998.

• “Men and Marriage: Bitter Pill to Swallow or Path to Health?“

  Paper presented to the Second National Men’s Health Conference, WA, November 1997.

• “The Heart of Darkness & The Light of Love: Reflections on Working with Australian Vietnam Veterans“

  Paper presented to the 1991 Australasian Congress on Christian Counselling (published in proceedings); edited version published in Australian Ministry, 1992.