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Keynote Presentations

Matt Ball - Dissociachotic: Seeing the non-psychosis that

we share

Dissociachotic is about coming to understand the dissociative na-
ture of what is usually called psychosis and seeing how psychosis
evaporates within the context of safe relational spaces.

Matt Ball is a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, psychotherapist,
trainer and Co-Director at the HUMANE Clinic. He is interested in

'psychosis', trauma and human to human responses to personal
distress and meaning. Matt was awarded the 2017 Australian

Mental Health Nurse of the Year for his work in this area.

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Stephanie Mitchell - Compassion for “Borderline"

Coming from a place of compassion when working with people

often labelled with “Borderline Personality Disorder” should be
the basis of all clinical and non-clinical practice. Unfortunately in-

dividuals with diagnosises of BPD are often some of the most ma-
ligned in our health services. In this workshop we consider the

attachment needs and legitimately adaptive behaviour of individ-
uals who have often experienced complex trauma and significant

attachment disruption in early life. Participate in conversations

around responsive and compassionate approaches to understanding and being alongside
individuals experiencing deep distress.

Stephanie Mitchell is a Co-Director of the HUMANE Clinic and a psychotherapist who spe-

cializes in working with people who have experienced complex trauma and labels of
'borderline personality disorder' and 'psychosis'. Stephanie has extensive experience fa-

cilitating therapeutic groups and is interested in how healing occurs in the human to hu-
man relationship.

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