Masterclass Videos

1 Video
3 Ethics Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel - Clinical Psychologist and Author

This presentation, accredited for 3 Ethics CPD points, examines the ethical implications of AI use in mental health, with a particular focus on the use of AI chatbots for life-advice. The talk explores how patients are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support, therapy-like conversations, and crisis help - often in ways that bypass a real mental health professional or psychotherapist entirely.

Drawing on mostly psychoanalytically-informed, evidence-based, peer-reviewed research, the talk explores both the benefits and the limitations and significant risks of AI chatbot psychotherapy. 

1 Video, 3 online articles
12 Ceu's Package, Dr Ian Weinberg - Neurosurgeon

The science of psychoneuro-immunology (PNI) has expanded exponentially over the past few years. Its incorporation into the mechanistic biomedical space has given rise to the emergence of a more holistic biopsychosocial model of wellness and disease.

In this comprehensive presentation, Dr Ian Weinberg, a pioneer in the clinical application of PNI, will be your guide on a journey of exploration of the neuro-immune connection. Insights are offered in regard to the integration of cognitive and emotional function with immune activity and how this may predispose to pathology. Flowing from this is the demonstration that illness may not be as fortuitous as was previously believed.

5 Videos 
15 Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Children in Mind and Babies in Mind

1 Video
3 Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Children in Mind and Babies in Mind

LEARN:

• How to recognize and avoid common clinical mistakes therapists make

• How to improve the outcome of your therapeutic work

• The importance of transference

• The importance of the paternal function

• What really makes therapy work?

• How things often go wrong in the therapy process

• How to preserve yourself as a clinician

• How to provide a therapeutic intervention that is more beneficial to your patients

WHO WILL BENEFIT:

Mental health practitioners including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, therapists and counsellors.

1 Video
3 Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Children in Mind and Babies in Mind

LEARN ABOUT:

• Finding the meaning in symptoms

• Defense mechanisms

• Working with parents

• Development and change - in childhood, theory and practice

• Keeping up to date with new knowledge and research

• Holding an open mind about different paradigms and other theoretical and explanatory models

1 Video
3 Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Children in Mind and Babies in Mind

LEARN ABOUT:

• How common are childhood mental disorders today?
  
  
• Is childhood psychiatric diagnosing increasing?
  
  
• Current trends in childhood psychopathology
  
  
• ADHD children:  labelling and the use of medication
  
  
• Gender identity and psychodiagnostics

• When childhood psychiatric diagnosis is not the answer

WHO WILL BENEFIT:

Psychologists, mental health practitioners, health professionals, educators

1 Video
3 Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Children in Mind and Babies in Mind

Recent research shows that mental health (emotions, behaviour and personality) are influenced by genetics.

LEARN:

• About 'orchids and dandelions' and the latest research by Prof Jay Belsky and others about differential susceptibility to environmental influences. 

• Essential viewing for all those working with children, parents and mental health.

DISCOVER: 

The crucial way in which genetics and psychology interact.

WHO WILL BENEFIT:

Psychologists, mental health practitioners and anyone interested in infants and children.

1 Video
3 Ceu's Package, Jenny Perkel, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Children in Mind and Babies in Mind

LEARN:

• The value of primary infant mental health interventions.

• What's in the Babies in Mind workshops and ideas about group-work for new parents.

• How recent infant mental health research and psychoanalytic therapeutic approaches have contributed to the field.

• What Babies in Mind has taught us about infant mental health.

• About existing South African infant mental health initiatives, networks and training options.

5 Videos, 1 Bonus online article
18 Ceu's Package, Dr. Michele van Niekerk, MBChB Paediatrician

Neurodiversity refers to the diversity of human minds' (Judith Singer, 1990). Neurodivergence refers to an individual whose neurodevelopment takes place along a different trajectory.

Neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) as well as Specific Learning Challenges and Developmental Co-ordination Disorder, are often manifest as behavioural problems at home or in the classroom. However, conventional medical curriculums don't devote much attention to the mental health of children & adolescents.

These conditions present at an early age and can have a significant impact on an individual throughout their lifetime. Early recognition, education and appropriate intervention may prevent psychopathology later in life and ensure affected individuals achieve their unique potential. Fortunately, there is a rapidly evolving awareness globally of the scale at which psychoeducation is required not only for medical professionals and educators, but also for parents and individuals themselves.

These courses are for everyone and anyone who may have to deal with children and adolescents who have or may have one of Neurodevelopmental conditions.  The courses are particularly suitable for General Practitioners, Paediatricians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists and other healthcare providers.

3 Videos
9 Ceu's Package, Dr. Michele van Niekerk, MBChB Paediatrician