MH Certifications

Mental Health Certifications

It is important to me that I offer the very best care to clients. That means I need to remain updated with all relevant global studies and industry information.

The best way someone can do that is with training and education; thanks to modern technology, it can be accomplished much more efficiently.

Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors

My priority with my various studies is the Diploma of Counselling with AIPC. My advanced majors include child development and effective parenting, counselling clients with addictions, family therapy, abuse counselling and working with children and adolescents. AIPC is a great place to enjoy a comprehensive online experience, and I recommend it to anyone who needs to study in their own space and at their own pace. I intend to follow on and complete a Bachelor of Counselling. Visit the AIPC website for more details on the courses they offer.

ACA Student Membership
Awarded:Apr 8, 2021
Awarded To: Deborah Dewar
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Advanced Study Major - Counselling Clients with Addictions
Awarded: 2 Dec 2022
Awarded To: Deborah Dewar
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Advanced Study Major - Abuse Counselling
Awarded: 24 May 2023
Awarded To: Deborah Dewar
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Mental Health Academy

Another of my fundamental study resources for mental health matters is the Mental Health Academy. It offers its members a vast and comprehensive selection of informative and career-building courses, and I highly recommend it to all health professionals. I have completed over 400 hours of study time with the Academy, a steadfast staple in my Sober routine and ongoing professional development.

Within a decade, we have experienced two catastrophic natural disasters within my LGA and those surrounding it. Devastating bushfires ravaged most of the landscape for the best part of a year during 2019 and early 2020, only to end the drought in 2021 and ride on into 2022 with the worst recorded flooding the eastern seaboard of Australia has ever seen. With trauma-informed care now being needed more than ever, completing the Disaster Mental Health Counseling credential course has been necessary to ensure I serve my community as best as possible for the decade or two of recovery we are now facing. Given our global troubles, the Working with Trauma credential course is highly recommended for all mental health professionals.

Working with Behavioural Addictions & Working with Substance Addictions are both modern and fundamentally important courses that tackle the need for psychoeducation and compassion for individuals while advocating for social reform and community involvement in changing how we treat those suffering from addiction.

Science & Practice of Wellbeing Credential course. This course was one I sunk my mind into and was a wealth of resources and information. It taught me the history and current evidence of why positive psychology is used in modern-day mental health treatments. I have applied much of what I learned with this course to my everyday recovery plan, adding another safety net of well-being knowledge to my sobriety toolbox. The Applied Positive Psychology Course examined positive psychology's history and current-day application.

My favourite course is Evidence-Based Parenting: Raising Children to Thrive with Dr Justin Coulson. I highly recommend it to anyone for any parenting reasons.

The Clinical Applications of Neuroscience is a critical foundational course for those who understand the importance of this for a holistic, broad-spectrum and integrated approach to any therapeutic alliance.