Matthew holds a Cert IV in Assessment and Training, and has extensive expereince as a lecturer and trainer having delivered well in excess of one hundred workshops.
He has been engaged by both the Australian Psychological Society and New Zealand Psychogical Society to deliver his one-day Addictions and Working With Resistance workshops nationwide as a part of their continuing professional development calendar.

2016 workshop dates here

Interests
Matthew has delivered topics from an applied, real-world perspective that make his sessions highly rated by the participants. These include:

   Motivational Interviewing for case managers and support workers, based upon Miller & Rollnich's 2012 90% revision of the model. inc.: understanding motivation; techniques for enhancing change; responding to sustain talk.
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  Supporting and getting outcomes with 'resistant' clients, inc.: understanding motivation; three hurdles to change; working with defensiveness; techniques for enhancing change; refining motivators to lead to lasting change.
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  Superivion and/or line manager skills, inc.: Giving instructions; transitioning into a manager role; Feedback, Reflective, Strengths Based, & other question types; Supportive/ administrative/ developmental functions; assessment & contracting.
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    Understanding substance use, addiction, and other compulsive appetitive behaviours. inc.: patterns of substance use, sexual and other behaviours; 7 primary drivers of these behaviours; difference between problematic use and addiction; 7 primary moderating factors; psycho-social interventions; 5 principal medical responses; impact of systems and peer networks.
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     In Search of the 6th Happiness. inc: activity versus state happiness; understanding the real causes of contentment in people, one the most common causes of depression.
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    Managing Challenging & Aggressive Behaviours, inc: understanding aggression; helpful responses to manipulative behaviours; risk assessment; de-escalation using DR LASSO technique; supporting colleagues.
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    Solution-focussed counselling or coaching, inc: communication styles; motivating people to change; clarifying goals; and finding internal & external strengths.
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Other topics and also been developed customised to organisations' specific needs, and past requests have included
    Stress management,
    Work-life balance