Public Events

Australia – Brisbane

Anxiety in Children and Teens

Brisbane, St Aidans AGS – 13 June 2019, 6pm-9pm (Details here)

Anxiety is a very normal part of being human, but for as many as one in five children and adolescents, it can reach intrusive levels, interfering with family life, friendships and school performance. This transformational session will provide parents and carers with the essential information and powerful, practical, research-driven strategies to help their children and teens thrive through anxiety, whether it’s everyday levels of anxiety or more intrusive. 

Australia – Brisbane, Toowoomba

Working with Anxiety in Kids and Teens (For anyone who works with young people)

• Brisbane – Monday 21 October 2019, 9am-4pm (Details here)
• Toowoomba – Wednesday 20 Nov 2019, 9am-4pm (Details here)

For as many as one in five young lives, anxiety is an intrusive part of everyday life. The effects of anxiety can steal into families, classrooms and friendships. They can undermine the way children see themselves and shrink their world – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Anxiety is very manageable when it is recognised and properly managed. With the right support children can be empowered with the skills and knowledge to manage anxiety and move forward with courage and resilience. This dynamic workshop will help participants to recognise anxiety disorders in children and adolescents (5 – 18yr olds). It will delve into the obvious and not so obvious signs of anxiety, discuss where they come from and why they exist, and offer a range of practical, powerful interventions to assist participants to respond effectively within their own professional context.

New Zealand – Various Locations

Overcoming Anxiety – Working with Children & Young People Find Their Brave (For anyone who works with young people)

• Wellington – 7 May 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Palmerston North on 8 May 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Rotorua on 9 May 201, 9am-3pm9 (Details here)
• New Plymouth on 10 May 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Auckland on 13 May 2019 (Details here)
• Whangarei on 14 May 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Invercargill on 26 November 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Dunedin on 27 November 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Christchurch on 28 November 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)
• Nelson on 29 November 2019, 9am-3pm (Details here)

Anxiety disorders are the most common child and adolescent mental health concern. Anxiety is a very normal human response, but for as many as 1 in 5 young people the symptoms become so intrusive so as to  interfere with day to day living. Anxiety can potentially undermine the way children see themselves, the world and their important place in it – but it doesn’t have to be this way. When recognised and properly managed, anxiety is very treatable. This transformational workshop will help participants to recognise the symptoms of anxiety, distinguish anxiety from other similarly presenting conditions, and provide a powerful scaffold for understanding, explaining and working with anxiety in children and adolescents. This scaffold will then be used to present participants with powerful, practical, research-driven interventions to strengthen young people against anxiety, and build courage and resilience.