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Inspiring helpful conversations about mental wellbeing
Upcoming Training & Events
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Supporting Parents and Family Members of people with OCD: A Clinician's Guide
ONLINE PRESENTATION
Tues, 10 Jun 2025 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM NZST
Online event
Hosted by: OCD Skillbuilders NZ
Presenter: Lisa W. Coyne, PhDWhen a child or teen struggles with OCD, the whole family is affected. Often parents and other family members find themselves accommodating the compulsions or even doing compulsions themselves. Other parents find themselves demanding that their child just stop the compulsions or stop thinking the intrusive thoughts, which is both invalidating and unhelpful.
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Sharpen your skills: Intermediate ACT workshop
CLINICIAN TRAINING
Mon, 23 Jun 2025 9:00 AM – Tue, 24 Jun 2025 4:00 PM NZST
Venue: Naumi Hotel, 213 Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Hosted by: Ben Sedley and Giselle Bahr.
This workshop enables you to practise using ACT with more precision, flexibility and heart. It uses demonstrations, experiential exercises, role-plays, real-plays and self-reflection to develop your experiential understanding of ACT’s basic processes.
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ACT for teens with OCD
CLINICIAN TRAINING
Tues, 21 Oct 2025 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM (Melbourne time)
Online workshop
Hosted by: Contextual Consulting
Helping teens with OCD stick with exposure and response prevention (ERP) can be tough—rigid approaches often lead to frustration, avoidance, and dropout. This interactive 3-hour workshop will show you how to use acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to make ERP more flexible, engaging, and sustainable.
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Promoting an understanding of taboo content in P-OCD
ONLINE PRESENTATION
Tues, 4 Nov 2025 9:30 AM – 10.30 AM NZST
Online event
Hosted by: OCD Skillbuilders NZ
Presenter: Elyse Stewart, PhDThis presentation will discuss special considerations for working with clients whose obsessional content centers on worries about being a pedophile (P-OCD). The negative reinforcement cycle of OCD will be reviewed with a special emphasis on the function of symptoms rather than the content of symptoms.
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Introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
CLINICIAN TRAINING
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 9:00 AM – Tue, 18 Nov 2025 4:00 PM NZDT
Venue: Naumi Hotel, 213 Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Hosted by: Ben Sedley and Giselle Bahr.At this experiential workshop you will establish a foundational understanding of Psychological Flexibility, develop skills for using ACT and learn about Relational Frame Theory (RFT).
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Stuff That’s Loud: Integrating ERP and ACT for OCD
CLINICIAN TRAINING
Coming in 2026.
Hosted by: Ben Sedley
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the most effective treatment for OCD. Integrating ACT enhances ERP therapy by increasing precision and connecting behaviour to client values.
Need a speaker?
I regularly run workshops and training sessions on topics such as:
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Supporting teenagers through mental health challenges
Understanding and treating OCD
How we can rethink and reframe mental health conversations
These sessions are designed for professionals, parents, educators, and anyone interested in fostering a more compassionate approach to mental health. I also speak at events and collaborate with clinicians, educators, and organisations to make mental health support more accessible and effective.
Connect with me
If you’re looking for insights or just a fresh perspective on mental health in the media, I invite you to explore my books, join a workshop, or reach out via this form.
For enquiries regarding my private clinical practice, please visit ACT Wellington.