[Commpsych] Coming CPD events - great spring line-up for community (and feminist) psychologists

[Heather Gridley]

   Hello everyone

   The next few weeks will see a flurry of springtime CPD activity from the College of Community Psychologists and the Women and Psychology Interest Group - my two favorite homeplaces within APS 🙂    

   Rising Tide: The psychology of Advocacy

      Wednesday, 3rd September, 2025  7.30–9.00 pm AEST

The Psychology of Advocacy Movements is a special event being hosted jointly by Psychologists for Peace and the College of Community Psychologists that will explore the psychological mechanisms underpinning effective grassroots advocacy. Register here: APS Events: 25476 | APS<https://psychology.org.au/event/25476>

Compassion-Focused Therapy in the treatment of complex trauma
Wednesday 10 September, 6.30-8pm AEST
The APS Women and Psychology Interest Group is hosting this webinar, which will be delivered by Dr Lisa McLean, Executive Director of Laurel Place, the largest sexual violence service in Qld. Lisa has developed and trialled a compassion-focused group intervention for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, for which she received the 2024 APS Women and Psychology Elaine Dignan Award.
Register here: https://psychology.org.au/event/25513<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpsychology.org.au%2Fevent%2F25513%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExWGE5c1FHR0p4d2hRMldwSQEeas78j05X91S9xeD4-uTYVHuzR279RXePSwUJ9Z_avg9jcbuy8s5PkoT41Bs_aem_VnBVwnLAAc7qWZ5KT2io6Q&h=AT1P-CWpjuSs9Ov7zdP_F_Xe5iW3p2qpNPFe4zNSck6G0qCy0gRwz84QkKEZO2SzOnos1Bj2ZmPOUezoJV7MprBzHZE95UZYfJxDi_c17JtkwHKLPJ-8u3e1bajcoTCLXdEWum7SQxF639jbyWO-I3bMcdOAFA&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3VZz7kTXA2Ol1MuYfT_Jrqoecf-_bO4L-hPbW75IVSyjH0I3vfFXXFaYDgt7_FGoLBbv0TtKEeqatM_3GKsW57PUYe47LI12awWEQm2Kj6zBtzmXGU4bCX9oFmPL3Gn3UpTb5Ajr1CE0bvUl3OSgxqsMGY-7ZgOKyUmaOs7lQ>

 Working with collective and transpersonal trauma: Dilemmas & Approaches:

Thursday, 2 October, 2025 7.00–8.30pm AEST

Dr Peter Streker will encourage participants to learn from each other about how they, other psychologists and allies work with intergenerational, transgenerational, collective, cultural and historical trauma and grapple with some of the dilemmas and conundrums that present. Register here: APS Events: 25475 | APS<https://psychology.org.au/event/25475>

Registration details will be available soon on PsyCommunity and in the APS CPD Events Calendar for the following W&P events:


Wednesday 15 October - 6.30-8.30pm AEDT - CPD Event: Developing a DBT-informed approach to working with women experiencing premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Aimee Olivieri & Sharryn Muir

Wednesday 12 November – 6.30-8.00 AEDT: CPD Webinar - Women and Pain.
Philippa Frances & Anne Daley
Spring into spring 🙂


Heather Gridley OAM FAPS

Community and Counselling Psychologist

E: hmgridley50 at outlook.com<mailto:hmgridley50 at outlook.com>

Ph: +61 419113731




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