WORKSHOPS    |    TRAINER BIOS

Dapaanz workshops are available throughout the year.

Check out our events calendar for a monthly view of workshops available and to register. Or find out more about each workshop below.

In this session, you will gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence both burnout and well-being. You’ll also learn practical strategies to:

  • Assess your current self-care practices and identify areas for improvement.
  • Develop a tailored self-care plan that suits your unique needs.
  • Discover daily strategies to enhance your well-being at work and home.
  • Understand the warning signs of burnout and the patterns that can lead to it.
  • Learn to set and maintain boundaries to protect your mental health.
  • Improve your sleep habits for better overall well-being.
  • Discover ways to improve your digital well-being and manage your online time effectively.

Duration: 7 hours

CPD points: 30

Delivered by: LaNae Fisk

Paddling and Flying to New Horizons

Ka huri te kei o te waka

Haere ki tua, papapounamu te moana

Kia Ngā tahi te waihoe

Whatiwhati ngaru

E topa, e rere ki te paerangi.

Paddle as one

Turn the bow of the canoe

Cut through the waves

Go beyond to where the waters are flat

that you may soar and fly to the horizon.

This interactive workshop is for Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists and Social Workers.

You will:

UNDERSTAND: How use of Pūrakau (Traditional Maori narratives of origin) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) acknowledging the mana of each can make your conversations for change more powerful.

KNOW: The fundamental MI skills. Spirit of MI: partnership, acceptance, compassion & evocation. The four MI processes: engage, focus, evoke & plan. How to use reflective listening to shape a conversation to resolve ambivalence and strengthen commitment for change.

PRACTICE: Engaging in storytelling of Pūrakau with discussion expanding and deepening themes of change and applicability of these narratives of origin with those you work with.

STRENGTHEN: Your confidence to use Pūrakau and MI in your practice.

Duration: Two days (7.5 hours per day)

CPD points: 50

Delivered by: Tipene Pickett

This is an interactive session that starts with us and ends with specific ways we can make our addiction services places where LGBTTFQI+ people feel welcome and safe.

This session will cover:

1. An exploration of our own identities

2. Understanding how heteronormativity and cisnormativity impacts our views

3. Essential information, concepts and language necessary for Rainbow competency

4. Discussion and problem solving around making our services Rainbow inclusive

Duration: Three hours

CPD points: 15

Delivered by: Diana Rands

This workshop will give the opportunity for clinicians to enhance their Rainbow clinical practice. It is for people who have a good cultural understanding of the experience of Rainbow tangata whai ora and would like to have more in-depth conversations about the specific challenges they see in their clinical practice. It will also be a great way to check-in with others who are working in this area.

Duration: Two hours

CPD points: 10

Delivered by: Diana Rands

Many of us struggle with someone else’s addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs. Join us for an interactive workshop on working with whānau.

Being in close proximity to someone in active addiction causes ongoing anxiety and stress. In this workshop we will explore the impacts and some of the challenges we sometimes encounter in our work or with our whānau, How can we support whānau when working one-on-one with someone; how can we support whānau in their own right, and what support options are available. This hui will provide a space to explore and practice working with whānau.

Duration: 3 hours

CPD points: 15

Delivered by: Suzy Morrison & Rachel Scaife

This workshop aims to provide an introduction to group work.

Groups are, for many of us, a huge part of the work that we do. We will look at ways to increase your confidence in delivering groups, and what you can do if things aren’t going well.

This workshop will cover:

1. The benefits of groups

2. Group process in mental health & addiction

3. Different styles of group, such as self-help, psychoeducational, task-focused and process

4. The Golden Rules of group work

5. How to set your group up to minimise challenges

6. Factors that can potentially create challenges within your group, and steps you can take to get things back on track. (This section of the training will include break-out room discussions of challenging situations and possible resolutions)

Duration: 3 hours

CPD points: 15

Delivered by: Rachel Scaife

Training Outcomes:

How to navigate the transition from completing your supervision training to becoming a supervisor. This is pitched at a new to supervision level.

Topics:

Wellness in the workplace and how to manage your own juggle.

Not taking too many things on and keeping boundaries with supervisees.

Ensuring that your own self care is managed.

Duration: 2 hours

CPD points: 10

Delivered by: Rachel Scaife

Why do many of us struggle to have difficult conversations? Some people find them more straightforward than others; however, there will always be times when they are more challenging. Sometimes, this can be due to who we must talk with, the subject matter, or we worry about how someone will respond.

Join the workshop to explore more about difficult conversations, some of the challenges we might experience, what makes a good team and how vital difficult conversations are in a team environment. This workshop will equip you with some new tools to help boost your confidence in approaching difficult conversations.

Duration: 3 hours

CPD points: 15

Delivered by: Rachel Scaife

This is an interactive online session that will involve information provision, discussions, and self-reflection.

Expected outcome of the session is for participants to:

Understand their own personal/professional boundaries.

To build confidence in communicating and maintaining appropriate boundaries.

Content:

What are personal/professional boundaries.

How do we know if our boundaries are being challenged/overstepped?

What do we do if our boundaries are challenged/overstepped?

Discussions on self-disclosure/dual relationships/confidentiality.

Exploration of how self-care relates to good boundaries.

Duration: 6 hours

CPD points: 30

Delivered by: Steve Staunton

This is an interactive online session that will involve information provision, discussions, and self-reflection.

The focus of the training is:

Managing our acute stress response

Phases of Escalation

10 De-escalation Practices

Skills Practice

Responding to particular behaviours and symptoms

Other Safety considerations.

Duration: 6 hours

CPD points: 30

Delivered by: Steve Staunton

The training will focus on strategies and techniques to support movement in the “Cycle of Change”. It is a short practical training looking at best practice within each of the stages of change. The aim of the training is to develop an understanding of each of the stages and best practice model to see shifts in those you are working with.

Duration: Two hours

CPD points: 10

Delivered by: Bronwen Wood

The training will focus on an introduction to the different domains of the ACT model and how these interact with each other. We will discuss different strategies that can be used to unhook with thoughts that move you away from living a valued informed life. The training will provide practical strategies that you can apply during treatment sessions.

As this is focused at an introduction to ACT, no prior knowledge is required.

Duration: 5 hours

CPD points: 25

Delivered by: Bronwen Wood

This training will focus specifically on the types of unhelpful themes that can present after being exposed to a life threatening trauma. It will discuss how to support those we work with to identify that these thoughts are opinions that have developed from past experiences. It will discuss different techniques to begin to adjust these unhelpful thoughts to more balanced perspectives. The aim of this to learn to not be led by your unhelpful thoughts and reducing emotional impact.

Duration: 6 hours

CPD points: 30

Delivered by: Bronwen Wood

Overview

Coexisting mental health and addiction issues are common in both addiction and mental health treatment settings. Research suggests that between 30–80% of people accessing mental health and addiction services meet criteria for coexisting issues. Therefore, this co-occurrence is considered the expectation rather than an exception. In this workshop, the term coexisting issues is defined and examined. Current evidence-based approaches to coexisting mental health and addiction issues are introduced, which integrate therapeutic, culturally responsive treatment approaches.

Following this workshop, participants should be able to meet these learning outcomes:

Examine the issues associated with coexisting issues.

Identify cultural and spiritual understandings of mental distress.

Recognise and apply effective ways of engaging people with coexisting issues.

Describe and apply therapeutic, evidence-based strategies for working with people with coexisting issues.

Duration: 6 hours

CPD points: 30

Delivered by: Michele Yeoman

Overview

Polyvagal Theory (PVT) is a conceptual model to understand the processes and impacts of stress and trauma. Drawing on several existing bodies of knowledge related to the neuroscience of stress and trauma, and attachment theory, PVT offers a nuanced perspective of biological processes, which therapeutically, can help guide trauma-informed practice. Through a PVT lens, addiction might be seen as a valiant strategy in managing the impacts of trauma, and in this way, addiction can be viewed as a protective survival strategy. In this workshop, PVT will be explained, and its three organising principles outlined. Therapeutic strategies to apply polyvagal-informed and other neuropsychological frameworks will be introduced which focus on reframing addiction and on healing through holistic practises.

Duration: 6 hours

CPD points: 30

Delivered by: Michele Yeoman

Dapaanz trainer bios

Bronwen Wood

Bronwen is a registered psychologist currently working in private practice with trauma, mental health, and addiction clients.

She has over 25 years’ experience working in this field. In addition, Bronwen is the programme manager for justice programmes that she developed and implemented.

Bronwen began her career delivering sexual violence and sleep programmes within prison settings. She then worked on a Home Office pilot initiative with prolific offenders in the UK and implemented the new initiative in different areas of the UK.

On moving to NZ, Bronwen first worked delivering programmes for Corrections. She then worked for the NDHB alcohol and drug team for about 16 years, during which time she developed and implemented the Drive Soba Programme; the AOD Court Liaison position; the methamphetamine harm reduction course; and was part of the team that implemented the SBIRT AOD clinician in the Emergency Department.

Bronwen is an accredited dapaanz supervisor and delivers many training programmes, supporting those in addiction and other settings.

Bronwen is passionate about working in the addictions field which is evident in her delivery of training.

LaNae Fisk

LaNae Fisk

LaNae Fisk is a registered psychologist with two decades of experience working in mental health and addictions. LaNae’s background in addiction treatment includes roles as a clinician at Odyssey House and service manager at the Phoenix Centre.

With experience working in addictions, she recognizes the demanding nature of this work and the crucial role of self-care in maintaining well-being and providing quality care to tāngata whaiora.

Suzy Morrison

Suzy Morrison

Suzy is a clinical supervisor and group facilitator in private practice. She has worked in the addiction sector in various settings for twenty plus years. She is a registered addiction practitioner and dapaanz accredited supervisor.

Suzy has lived experience of active addiction and long-term recovery and has a special interest in supervising people with lived experience who are working in the addiction sector.

Rachel Scaife

Rachel Scaife

Rachel has had a varied career in addiction practice. Beginning with harm reduction and educational roles in the UK and later working as a paramedic.

Since moving to New Zealand Rachel has worked across many settings including in Therapeutic Communities, and in mobile outreach services for clients managing teams of both peer support specialists and AOD clinicians.

She led the implementation of Haven, a peer-led harm reduction service in the busy centre of Auckland leading teams of homelessness, addiction and mental health peers. More recently, Rachel led operational and community-based programmes including delivery of Smart Recovery as the Learning and Development coordinator at a large NGO in Auckland.

Rachel is also an accredited clinical supervisor for dapaanz and delivers many training programmes supporting supervisors and others in addiction and aligned settings.

Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton is a Registered Social Worker and dapaanz Addiction Practitioner and Accredited Supervisor with 15 years of experience conducting various trainings for addiction and mental health practitioners in both DHB and NGO settings.

Steve also practices as a group facilitator/trainer/supervisor and counsellor based in Whangārei.

Michele Yeoman

Michele has 30 year’s experience as a clinician, leader and academic in the mental health and addiction fields. She is a registered nurse, dapaanz practitioner and dapaanz supervisor.

In her current role at AUT, she leads one of the most highly regarded national addiction-training programmes. Michele is also involved in research and academic supervision, has a private practice, and is a sought after presenter nationally on therapeutic-related topics.

Tipene Pickett

Tipene Pickett

Nga Ngaru a Te Huki te Maunga – The waves of Te Huki is my Mountain

Waihua te Awa – Waihua is my River

Kahungunu te Iwi – Kahungunu is my tribe

Kurahikakawa te Hapu – Kurahikakawa is my Sub-tribe

Waihua te Marae – Waihua is my Marae

Ko Tipene Pickett toku ingoa – Tipene Pickett is my name

Tipene has been an alcohol and drug practitioner since 1998 in a number of Governmental, NGO and Kaupapa Māori settings. Since 2019, Tipene has been self-employed and delivers training for several DHBs and NGOs, upskilling people working in a variety of roles and disciplines.

Tipene provides a wide spectrum of MI (Motivational Interviewing) training, including MI with groups, coaching and training in the use of the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) & Video Assessment of Simulated Encounters (VASER NZ).

His special interest is in the relationship between MI and indigenous knowledge and wisdom. To that end, Tipene has developed a framework for framing the journey of MI within the context of the Māori language (Te Reo) and practices (Tikanga), as well as contemporary Māori models of health and the use of traditional Pūrakau (narratives of origin) of enhancing wellbeing.

Tipene is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, connecting him to a global community of people who share a similar vision of change and scrutiny of professional practice to promote effective clinical practice.

He manu e kai ana i te miro, nōnā to ngahere. He manu e kai ana i te matauranga, nōnā to ao.

A bird who feeds of the miro berry, theirs is the forest. A bird who feeds on knowledge, theirs is the world.

Diana Rands

Diana has been working in the addiction field since 1985, when she graduated as a social worker. Since then she has been a clinician, trainer, project manager, and facilitator.

She has been running workshops to increase cultural competency when working with Rainbow people since 2001 and has been actively involved with Rainbow communities for most of her adult life.

She believes we are all capable of challenging our heteronormativity and cisnormativity, giving us inside into how we can create safe and inviting environments for our Rainbow tāngata whai ora.