Short Courses

Founded on attachment theory, MERTIL is a self-paced, online training program that teaches recognition of early relational trauma in the parent-child relationship and explores options for effective immediate response by frontline services. The program includes access to the 2 hr Mini MERTIL Refresher and our extensive MERTIL Library.

The Department of Health has commissioned new training opportunities for the expanding workforce in public clinical Infant, Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health services. A key component of this initiative is to support the growing early-career workforce to work confidently and effectively with clients and their families, carers and supporters.

Under the initiative, Bouverie is delivering 5 training packages at no cost for professionals working in a publicly funded, Victorian based CAMHS/CYMHS* service. (*CAMHS: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; CYMHS: Child and Youth Mental Health Service.)

The MERTIL Library is a large collection of resources including case studies, articles, factsheets, podcasts and more.

Mini-MERTIL is a self-paced, 2-hour online course that offers an introduction to the identification of early childhood developmental delay and the recognition of early relational trauma in the parent-child relationship, as well as outlining some options for effective immediate response by frontline services. Additionally, we will also provide access to our extensive MERTIL Library.

The Department of Health has commissioned new training opportunities for the expanding workforce in public clinical Infant, Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health services. A key component of this initiative is to support the growing early-career workforce to work confidently and effectively with clients and their families, carers and supporters.

Under the initiative, Bouverie is delivering 5 training packages at no cost for professionals working in a publicly funded, Victorian based CAMHS/CYMHS* service. (*CAMHS: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; CYMHS: Child and Youth Mental Health Service.)

This workshop focuses on working systemically with families (non-offending parent, children, grandparents, and so on) in the aftermath of domestic and family violence. 

This workshop provides a practice-based introduction to using Narrative Therapy and other creative processes with First Nations families.

This two-day workshop includes an introduction to group supervision, as well as the opportunity to practice skills and increase confidence in facilitating and managing supervision with groups.

Mini-MERTIL is a 2 hr summary of the full MERTIL course and is great for reminding yourself of the MERTIL principles whenever you need. The MERTIL Library is a large collection of resources including case studies, articles, factsheets, podcasts and more.

Both Mini-MERTIL and the Library are included with every MERTIL purchase. Click the Registration button below and then follow the prompts to activate access.

MERTIL for Parents is a new, short, video program that helps parents of 0-5 year olds understand why trust matters so much to their child's development, plus how to grow it, repair it and keep it, especially when life is challenging. It will show you how your baby is communicating with you in everything they do and suggests ways to see their behaviour differently, to further build your parent-child relationship.

Developed and hosted by the Bouverie Centre at La Trobe University, the MERTIL for Parents program consists of a 30-minute animated video, plus real-life parent-child video examples and extra printable resources.

The Bouverie Centre offers rapid, accessible family therapy through the Walk-in-Together (WIT) model. Find out more about the Bouverie Centre's innovative WIT model and the Department of Health funded partnership opportunity to adapt and implement the model in your own service. The webinar will outline the ‘Why, what and how’ of The Bouverie Centre’s WIT Family clinic with reference to early research indicating its utility for families (Hartley et al 2023). The presentation will outline the workforce development partnership project, including what's involved for services and how you can express your interest in partnering with the Bouverie Centre.

Date: Friday 15 November 2024

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm (AEDT)

Location: The Bouverie Centre (or via Zoom*)

Keynote speaker: Anne Hollaway, AAFT President

*Note: Only the "Celebrate Bouverie" part of this event will be available to Zoom attendees; 6:30pm - 7:30pm

The Department of Health has commissioned new training opportunities for the expanding workforce in public clinical Infant, Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health services. A key component of this initiative is to support the growing early-career workforce to work confidently and effectively with clients and their families, carers and supporters.

Under the initiative, Bouverie is delivering 5 training packages at no cost for professionals working in a publicly funded, Victorian based CAMHS/CYMHS* service. (*CAMHS: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; CYMHS: Child and Youth Mental Health Service.)

Note: Completion of MERTIL online learning is a prerequisite for workshop attendance.

Therapists and allied health practitioners who often work with families may lack confidence in their own skills to engage with younger children in sessions with parents and adolescent older siblings.

This experiential workshop focuses on creative and expressive ways of working systemically and therapeutically with children and families. Our subject matter experts will help you explore key concepts and theoretical and practical frameworks and consider guidelines and resources for the use of telehealth when working with children in families.