Mental Health In Focus

This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In the final episode, Mark is joined by Sarah Versitano, senior art therapist and researcher, and Sean O'Carroll, creative arts therapist and psychoth...

This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In episode three, Mark is joined by Tilly Dawson, an art therapist working in oncology, and Kirsty Greene, an art therapist with a background in nursing an...

This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In episode two, Mark is joined by Dr Henry Bowen, research and training lead for Military and Emergency Services Health Australia; Naomi Pears-Scown, creat...

This four-part series, produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, explores the practice of creative arts therapy. In episode one, Mark, Dr Kate Dempsey, CEO of ANZACATA, and Deanne Gray, researcher and PHD candidate talk about the quality and the quantity of evidence u...

Creative Arts Therapies is a four-part podcast series produced in partnership with the Australian New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA) and Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN). Hosted by clinical psychologist, Professor Mark Creamer, the series features practising therapists and academics who explore the diversity of creative arts therapies and their therapeu...

Listen in as host, clinical psychologist Mark Creamer and co-host Tim Peck, who brings 21 years' experience working with Victoria Police to his current role as Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for Emergency Worker Mental Health, talk with three ‘experts by experience’ in the final episode in this series on supporting the mental health of emergency workers. You’ll hear first-hand ex...

Listen in to this third episode as your host, clinical psychologist Mark Creamer and co-host Jane Nursey, a clinical neuropsychologist with 30 years' experience, discuss the importance of considering a range of diagnoses, including PTSD, and the common challenges practitioners may face when treating the mental health of emergency workers. Hear Professor Andrea Phelps’ insights on treatment ap...

In this episode, your series host Mark Creamer and episode co-host Patricia Watson, Phoenix Australia’s Responder Assist consultant and psychologist for the U.S. National Center for PTSD, unpack the importance of supportive leadership and organisational structures that support emergency workers' mental health. Listen in to be reminded of the value and power of peer support with Neville Goddar...

Tune in as your host, clinical psychologist Mark Creamer and co-host Nicole Sadler, clinical psychologist and Director of Responder Assist, set the scene for this four-part series about the mental health of emergency service workers.  Hear valuable insights from David Lawrence, lead researcher of Beyond Blue’s Answering the Call study - the first Australian national mental health and wellbeing stu...

In this four-part series, host Professor Mark Creamer will be joined by expert clinicians, researchers, service providers, emergency workers and partners of emergency workers to discuss experiences and topics unique to this workforce, who provide a vital and valuable service to the community.  The series will cover how and why the nature of their work can put emergency workers at greater risk of m...

This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore the spectrum of eating behaviours from having a good relationship with food through to disordered eating and eating disorders. Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell, as they i...

This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore the experience of living with, recovering from, and supporting someone with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell, as they delve into...

This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore restrictive eating and how it relates to, and occurs in anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belind...

This episode of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown will explore restrictive eating and how it relates to, and occurs in anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Join our co-hosts; psychologist and National Director of the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC), Dr Beth Shelton; and carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belind...

Welcome to ‘Eating Disorders: Beyond the Unknown’ – a series brought to you in partnership by the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) and the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN). In this four-part series you will join Beth Shelton, psychologist and National Director of NEDC, and Belinda Caldwell, mother, carer and CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria, as they combine their insights a...

Mental Health In Focus is a podcast brought to you by the Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN). Each episode will take you on a deep dive into specific mental health topics to broaden your knowledge and give you a holistic understanding of contemporary areas of mental health in Australia. Subscribe now to stay up-to-date, and don’t forget to leave a rating.