Conference Presentations
| Poster | The Mental Health Services Conference, August 1999, Melbourne. When dreams become a reality: a secure extended care unit goes on holidays. |
| Poster | The Mental Health Services Conference, August 1999, Melbourne. How we tackle the tough questions! Eastern View Community Care Unit makes living in the community a reality. Co-author: Terry Gleeson (Psychiatric Nurse). |
| Paper | The Mental Health Services Conference, August 2000, Adelaide. “Shape Up” Healthy Lifestyle Pilot Program. Co-author: Meagan Walker (Dietitian). |
| Guest Presenter | MindBodyLife Forum, November 2001, Melbourne. “Shape Up” Healthy Lifestyle Program. |
| Poster | World Federation of Occupational Therapists – World Congress, June 2002, Stockholm, Sweden. The benefits of a psychosocial rehabilitation program within a community care unit. Presented by Mary Kennedy-Jones, LaTrobe University, on my behalf. |
| Paper | The Mental Health Services Conference, August 2002, Sydney. Activity without a goal or purpose is not therapy. Co-author: Terry Gleeson (Psychiatric Nurse). |
| Paper | The Mental Health Services Conference, September 2003, Canberra. ‘Shape Up’ Addressing physical health issues for people with a mental health illness around Victoria. |
| Paper | The Mental Health Services Conference, September 2004, Gold Coast. Are you game to take the plunge? How to attract new clinicians to the mental health waters. Co-author: Jackie Warner (Senior Psychiatric Nurse). |
| Paper | International Early Psychosis Association Conference, October 2004, Vancouver, Canada. Beating the Bulge! Addressing weight gain for people on antipsychotic medication. |
| 3 hour Course | Canadian Psychiatric Association 54th Annual Meeting, October 2004, Montreal, Canada. ‘Shape Up’ Healthy Lifestyle Program: Addressing physical health issues for people with a mental illness - 3 hour Course. |
| Brief Paper | The Mental Health Services Conference, August 2005, Adelaide. Can I drive? A study of health professionals’ knowledge of patients’ fitness to drive. |
| Accepted Abstract | The Mental Health Services Conference, September 2006, Townsville. How clinicians and carer consultants work together to meet families needs. |
| 90 minute Paper | ACT Summer Institute 4, June 2008, Chicago. Using art as a therapeutic medium for delivering ACT groups to adolescents with depression or anxiety. Co-author: Dr Louise Hayes (psychologist). |
| Poster Presentation | WFOT 2010 (World Federation Occupational Therapists) Chile, May. Client Fitness to Drive: Policy Development and Education for Mental Health Professionals. Presented by Dr Linsey Howie, LaTrobe University, on my behalf. |
| Paper | National Conference: Consumer-Centred Health Care: Policy, Innovation and Empowerment, 22-23 March 2010. Consumer involvement in mental health research about fitness to drive. |
| Paper | TheMHS Conference, 14-17th September 2010, Sydney. Why is talking about fitness to drive so hard? |
| Paper | 3rd Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, November 2011, Ballarat, VIC. Building an Interagency Mental Health Service System to meet the needs of young people with mental health difficulties: A collaborative approach Co-author: Michelle Harper. |
| Paper | 13th International Mental Health Conference, 6-8 August 2012, Gold Coast, QLD. What would I want from a youth mental health service? Co-presenter: Ben Gillett. |
| Paper | 4th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, 19-21 November 2012, Adelaide, SA. Equitable access for young people to mental health services in regional Victoria – is it really possible? Co-presenter: Tara Fitzgibbon. |
| Paper | TheMHS Conference, September 2013, Melbourne, VIC. The New Face of Mental Health: Early Intervention in Kindergartens. |
| Brief Paper | TheMHS Conference, September 2013, Melbourne, VIC. If we are to forge a new future we may need to be brave enough to let go of the past. Co-author: Tamara Irish. |
| 90 minute Workshop | TheMHS Conference, September 2013, Melbourne, VIC. Interagency Collaborative Care Planning with the Consumer at the Centre…the way of the future. Co-presenters: Michelle Harper, Leigh Cooksley, Katrina Hishon. |
| Poster Presentation | 2nd International Youth Mental Health Conference, October 2013, Brighton, England. Services can redesign to meet the mental health needs of youth. |
| Workshop | 5th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, November 203, Geelong, VIC. How can a mental health service help community agencies in regional and rural Victoria who work with young people who self harm? |
| Paper | TheMHS Conference, September 2014, Perth, WA. In it together. |
| Elective Speaker | The Journey Women’s Conference, May 2015. 1) Where are we walking to? – Recognising you are a child of God. 2) Shoulder rides for weary legs - it’s ok to rest. |
| Poster Presentation | 3rd International Youth Mental Health Conference, October 2015, Montreal, Canada. Where is ‘me’ in this? Co-presenter: Michelle Harper. |
| Paper | 7th Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Conference, October 2015, Creswick, VIC. Why rural practitioners value shared support planning. Co-authors: Michelle Harper, Caitlin Doogan, Melissa Maas. |
| Key Note Speaker | The Journey Women’s Conference 2016. 1) Living life to the full while riding the rollercoaster. 2) Go Light Your World. |
| Elective Speaker | The MHS Conference, August2018, Adelaide, SA. Hear The Whisper, Not The Roar. Reform, Reflect and Review. |
| Elective Speaker | The International Mental Health Conference, July 2019, Brisbane, QLD. The Hidden Impact of Mental Health on Relationships. |
| Poster Presentation | New Zealand Mental Health Conference, March 2020, Christchurch, New Zealand. How to recognise the most common mental health disorder in the world and treat it. |
| Elective Speaker | New Zealand Mental Health Conference, March 2020, Christchurch, New Zealand. How to recognise the most common mental health disorder in the world and treat it. |