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3 CEUs. 3 Hours.
This course is presented by a psychologist but offers staging and intervention principles which could be applied within an Occupational Therapy scope of practice. It relates closely to Creative Ability and Activity Balance. It provides a useful frame of reference for intervention for OTs and Psychologists working in the field of Adult Mental Health. It also provides insights for managing one’s own thinking traps, goal setting, role and activity balance and avoiding burn out. It may also have application in managing parents or caregivers of children or adult clients being seen for therapy.
This course reviews
- Dr Broder’s “Stage Climbing” within the construct of resiliency.
- 10 factors that support resilience development
- The seven stages of adult maturity, discussing:
- Presentation at the stage
- A typical case study of a client in this stage
- Common conditions presenting at each stage
- Attitude hooks common to the stage
- Focus of intervention at this stage
- Treatment principles to guide an adult to move to the next stage of function.
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This course will expire on 31 December 2026.
Back by popular demand. The OT Link is delighted to welcome Clinical Psychologist,
Tyrone Edgar to present Couch CPD.
Tyrone completed his clinical training at WITS, graduating with distinction in Clinical Psychology. His master’s research explored mediating factors in burnout, compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue.
Tyrone is also an internationally certified cognitive-behavioural therapist (CBT) who has received extensive training through the Unified Protocol Institute, Boston USA. The kind of CBT Tyrone utilises, addresses emotional disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and other related emotional difficulties. Visit the Unified Protocol Institute for more info.
Tyrone has applied his clinical skills in a variety of settings, such as the acute Adult and Child Psychiatric Units at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) and the CHBAH Burns Unit. Tyrone now works in private practice focusing on various emotional disorders alongside a multi-disciplinary team of, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, and other mental health practitioners.
Tyrone also lectures the WITS M.A. classes in CBT, supervises clinical psychologists and trains SADAG counsellors in the basics of counselling. Tyrone works closely with SADAG – the largest mental health advocacy organisation in Africa. He believes the more others understand mental health, the easier it becomes for those suffering from such conditions to access good health care. He regularly appears in the media promoting mental health awareness. Some of the media platforms he has featured in include the YOU Magazine, Mental Health Matters Television Show and 702.
