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Martin Ringer: Record of training and professional development 

General professional development and professional affiliations

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Six years of fortnightly professional supervision with Helen Costello, Registered Clinical Psychologist.

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Member of Change Consultant’s Learning Network, 1995 – 2000 inclusive.

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Member of Association for Experiential Education (USA), 1989 – 1999.

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Member Australian Institute of Socio-Analysis, 2000 – 2004 (AISA ceased trading in March 2004).

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Member, International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations: 2005 - present

Workshops and conferences attended. 

2006

November 17 & 18

Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists: Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.
June 22 - 26 International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations: Members' day and conference. Haarlem, Netherlands.
June 20-21 Social Dreaming at Work. 2-day workshop by Gordon Lawrence, Haarlem, Netherlands. (ISPSO pre-conference workshop)
February 1 - 5 Fourth International Adventure Therapy Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand
2005

October 15 & 16

OD Australia (Organizational Development Australia) Inaugural Conference, Melbourne.
January 22-4 Working in Aboriginal Settings: Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists: Quarterly conference. Alice Springs Psychiatric Hospital.
2004

December 4-6

Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists: Quarterly conference. Adelaide.
September 16 "Movement: The Art of Life" - The philosophy of adventure education; conference, Charles University, Prague.
September 17 Kinesiotherapy Conference, Hosted by Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital and Charles University in Prague, Department of Education, Psychology and Didactics.
2003

April 20 - 24

3rd International Adventure Therapy Conference, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
February 8-9 Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ. 
2002

December 13-14

Adventure Therapy: Exploring the Healing Potential of the Outdoors; Conference: Brathay Hall Trust, Ambleside, England. 

November 23

Aotearoa/NZ Adventure Therapy Network Inaugural Conference: Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua, NZ. 
October 9 Australia/NZ Action Research Network Conference. Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua, New Zealand
2001 Monthly meetings of Management Consultants' Peer Learning Network, Rotorua, NZ.

2000

20-24 March

Second International Adventure Therapy Conference: erlebnispaedagogik Augsburg, Germany.

April 18 & 19

William St Family Therapy Centre, Perth, Western Australia. Psychoanalytic perspectives on working with groups in organizations: a 1 ˝ day workshop: (Co-facilitated with self).

April 19

The basis of Group Identity and Identity in groups: Public lecture by Professor Claudio Neri, (University of Rome).

1999

August 12

College of Organizational Psychologists (Australian Psychological Association). Provocative therapy in organizations: Frank Farrelly: Perth, evening workshop.

April 20 – 25

Australian Institute for Social Analysis: Twelfth National Conference: Authority for Learning. Lorne, Victoria.

January 10 – 15

11th Australian National Outdoor Education Conference. The human face of outdoor education: Murdoch University, Perth.

1998

September 10 – 14

Joint Congress of the European Institute for Outdoor Adventure and Experiential Learning (EOE) and the UK National Association for Outdoor Education (NAOE); Celebrating diversity: Learning by sharing cultural differences. Edinburgh, Scotland.

February 13

 

Change Consultant’s Learning Network: Forum on working with Tyranny in organizations: DOPLAR, Perth WA.

1997

July 25

Change Consultant’s Learning Network: Forum on meeting the clients’ needs: DOPLAR, Perth WA.

 

July 1 -5

First International Adventure Therapy Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

 

January 19 - 24

10th National Outdoor Education Conference, Collaroy Beach: The Outdoor Professionals and the Australian Council of Outdoor Education.

1996

December 5 - 9

The theory of Outdoor Education: Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, Turangi New Zealand.

September

Therapeutic Adventure Professional Group pre-conference: Association for Experiential Education 24th Annual International conference.

September

Association for Experiential Education 24th Annual International conference: Spawning new ideas; a cycle of discovery. Spokane, Washington, USA.

Second semester

Australian Institute of Social Analysis: Bion reading group: Study group on small group process (seven meetings).

July 11 & 12

 

Youth Conference: Development Training beyond 2000. Brathay Hall Trust, Cumbria, UK.

July

The Wasley Institute; Australian Institute of Social Analysis: Organisational consultancy and group dynamics workshop.

1995

December

Adventure therapy: Tales of transformation: Wesley College, Perth, Western Australia.

November

The Wasley Institute; Australian Institute of Social Analysis: The influence of original family in roles at work.

September

Australian Systems Conference. Currie Hall, University of Western Australia, Perth Western Australia.

April

Association for Experiential Education, S. E. Regional conference, Montreat, North Carolina, USA.

January

Adventure as Therapy pre conference and National Outdoor Education Conference, Southport, Queensland.

1994

November

Association for Experiential Education adventure therapy pre conference and main conference including research methodologies workshop: Austin, Texas.

September

Camping and Outdoor Education Association Annual Conference: Mandurah, Western Australia.

April

Adventure-based interventions with young people in trouble and at risk conference and study weekend: Basecamp and Adventure Education: Ambleside UK.

1993

March

National outdoor recreation leadership development project conference: Brisbane, Queensland.

1992

October

Association for Experiential Education 20th International Conference, including Adventure therapy pre conference and Research colloquium for experiential educators: Banff, Canada.

September

Australian Institute of Criminology National Conference on Juvenile Justice; Adelaide South Australia.

1991

March 26 - 27

Super-trainers; Training for those who train. WA Council for Youth work Training; Perth. Glen Capelli.

Jan. 20

Youth at risk leadership training Australian National Outdoor Education conference;  Melbourne.

Jan. 15 - 17

Family therapy and organisational change; Dr. Tony Williams; Australia and New Zealand psychodrama association conference, Melbourne.

1990

July - Dec.

800 hours of accredited training in psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry and role training for community, clinical and organisational group work. Wasley Centre, Perth, Western Australia.

1984-1989

 

1200 hours of workshop-based introductory level training in professional and personal development. ie group facilitation, family therapy, counselling, conflict resolution, mediation, organisational dynamics, Gestalt therapy, provocative therapy, neuro linguistic programming, psychosynthesis, cross-cultural communication, countering sexism, etc.

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