Treatment programs and workshops

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A program to help you manage disturbed sleep

• Develop an understanding of the sleep process and factors impacting on sleep.
• Learn ways to reduce or eliminate factors detrimental to sleep and to introduce or enhance those beneficial to sleep.
• Explore and understand the impact of sleep disturbances on mood, behaviour and relationships.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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A program to help you understand and manage depression

• Understand the signs and symptoms, situations and thinking patterns that contribute to depression.
• Challenge unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.
• Learn techniques to manage stress and depressed moods.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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A program to help you understand anger and aggression

• Manage thoughts and feelings that contribute to anger.
• Learn how problematic anger develops and how to prevent aggressive behaviours.
• Understand the warning signs of anger.
• Develop skills to reduce heightened physical responses and anger.
• Manage unhelpful thinking and develop skills to communicate more effectively to improve relationships.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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A program that teaches you strategies and skills for managing anxiety

• Understand the impact of military training and experiences on anxiety.
• Learn strategies to challenge/change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
• Discover lifestyle factors for managing anxiety.
• Develop a Relapse Prevention Plan.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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A program to help improve wellbeing and enhance relationships

• Take time out from the daily routine and focus on a range of lifestyle subjects.
• Take stock of issues in a relaxing venue to identify what is working well and areas that need change.
• Consider the impact of military service and adjustment to civilian life on families.
• Learn and reinforce skills in stress management, communication, building resilience and relationships.
• Discover the importance of diet, motivation, problem solving and goal setting.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members and their partners.

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A workshop that examines the civilian transition process in both practical and emotional terms

• Discover key issues related to personal and social adjustment following discharge.
• Receive knowledge, skills and resources to assist you in making the transition to civilian life.
• ADF members attending the program will be considered ‘on duty at another location’.

Who can attend: ADF members and their partners about to or recently in transition to civilian life. 

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A program to help understand and manage the impact of trauma on you and your family

• Identify and reduce heightened physical responses to trauma.
• Manage avoidance behaviours and develop a strategy to safely confront fearful situations.
• Learn how to modify unhelpful thinking.
• Develop skills to improve relationships and meet healthy lifestyle goals.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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Practical skills that can be used in everyday life to de-stress

• Discover mindfulness as a practice to shift focus from ‘what has happened in the past’ and ‘what may happen in the future’ to ‘what is happening right now’.
• Learn strategies to alleviate a variety of conditions, including pain, stress and mild depression.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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A program to help you learn about effective pain management strategies

• Understand the link between physical and psychological aspects of pain.
• Learn strategies to challenge/change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
• Discover important lifestyle factors for managing pain.
• Develop a Personal Pain Plan.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members, partners, adult children.

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A program to help you rediscover what's important in your relationship and to rebuild a relationship with your partner

• Focus on what works well to strengthen your relationship.
• Enhance the resilience of individual partners and the relationship.
• Create shared meaning through values and rituals of connection.
• Understand the emotions behind your partner's life dreams.
• Manage conflict positively and adopt a positive perspective.

Who can attend: Current and ex-serving ADF members and their partners. Adult children and their partners.