1. Heart-SCAPE Conference Program
Saturday 24 May
8.00-8.45 Registration
8.45-9.00
Welcome to Country
Conference Introduction
9.00-10.30
Keynote Address
Speaker: Professor Emeritus Ronna Jevne, University of Alberta, Canada
Topic: The heart and soul of counsellor education
10.30-11.00 Morning tea
11.00-12.30
Workshop
Ass. Prof. Denis O’Hara: Three spheres of hope
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.00
Paper
John Arber
Educating students in grief and loss counselling:
The challenge of preparing the students from
the classroom to the counselling room.
Paper
Ann McDonald
The Cycle of Caring and its contribution to the
training of counsellors and psychotherapists.
2.00-2.30
Paper
Jenny Coburn
The students’ journey through a transformative
learning environment – educational
experiences that facilitate and impede study
persistence.
Paper
Dr Mark Pearson
Development of student self-awareness
through an eight-week mindfulness practice
and challenge.
2.30-3.00 Afternoon Tea
3.00-4.30
Panel: PACFA, Counsellor Education and the Regulatory Context
Professor Ione Lewis: PACFA President
Andrew Little: SCAPE Representative to PACFA Board
Maria Brett: PACFA CEO
Alison Strasser: PACFA Chair of Training Standards
5.00-6.00 SCAPE AGM
6.00-7.00
Melbourne Laneway Walking Tour: come and experience some of Melbourne’s famous city
laneways
7.30 Conference Dinner: Zio’s Restaurant
SCAPESociety of Counselling and Psychotherapy Educators
Collaboration •Recognition • Influence

2. Sunday 25 May
8.00-8.45 Registration
8.45-9.00 Welcome
9.00-10.00
Lorraine Touma
Gabriel Roth’s 5Rhythms: experiential session with Lorraine Touma
10.00-11.30
Workshop
Paul Schreuder
The use of songs and humour to enhance the
teaching process in CBT training.
Workshop
Jo Ablett
The body knows – Working with intuition.
11.30-12.00 Morning Tea
12.00-1.30
Workshop
Dr Kaalii Cargill
Is psychotherapy still healing (therapia) the soul
(psyche)?
Workshop
Vaughan Bowie
Ethical guidelines for trauma informed
education and training in the human services.
1.30-2.30 Lunch
2.30-4.00
Workshop
Jon Dachs
The spiral of empathy – Rogers revisited, with a
slight twist.
Workshop
Dr Michelle Webster
Developing reflective skills using video review.
4.00-4.30
Ronna Jevne
Closure: Weaving the threads of the conference
SCAPESociety of Counselling and Psychotherapy Educators
Collaboration •Recognition • Influence