First Sessions with Children & Adolescents

 2 hours active CPD

Working with young people adds complexity to your clinical work on a day to day basis. You now have more than one client to engage, build rapport, and develop treatment goals with. This module will focus on some of the key considerations of working with young people, from ethical, competency and practical aspects.  

What's included?

  • 10 Chapters
  • 1 Certification
  • 20 videos
  • 5 PDFs to download

Active, interactive CPD

Written by experienced trainers, we know that you don't learn well just watching pre-recorded webinars.  This module is truly interactive with a constantly changing combination of videos, readings and activities to keep you engaged and encourage deep learning.

A deeper understanding

This module stimulates reflection on the added intricacies when working with young individuals in clinical settings. It emphasizes managing multiple client engagements, rapport-building, and goal-setting. The focus is on ethical, competency, and practical considerations specific to working with young people.

Dr Alison Bocquee

Alison has been a psychologist for over 20 years, and brings a real passion and wealth of experience to working with children and adolescents.

Alison has worked in a range of government, community, hospital and private settings, and with multidisciplinary teams. Throughout her career, she has established a strong foundation for assessment and intervention for individuals across the lifespan, and with complex presentations. Her clinical expertise includes; anxiety disorders, assessment and treatment of Autism spectrum disorders, as well as adjustment, parenting, and health- related concerns.

Alison is currently the Team Lead overseeing childhood and adolescent presentations, and has been a major contributor to developing clinical standards and governance around this. Alison is STAP Accredited Supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia and has provided supervision for more than 10 years.
"Each person's learning journey and development as a psychologist is unique, and I am both honoured and delighted to have a role in that."

Dr Alison Bocquee

Clinical Psychologist 
Board-approved Supervisor