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Day 1

Sunday, 17 August 2025

Day 2

Monday, 18 August 2025

Day 3

Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Day 4

Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Day 5

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Day 6

Friday, 22 August 2025

9:00 am - 9:20 am - 18 August 2025

Welcome to Country

Plenary

9:20 am - 11:00 am - 18 August 2025

Opening Plenary

Plenary - Plenary 2

This opening plenary session will include a welcome from Conference Convenor Janise Mitchell, as well as presentations from Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson and Professor Paul Gilbert.

11:00 am - 11:30 am - 18 August 2025

Morning Tea

Break

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Applying trauma transformative practice using a developmental lens

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 3

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Finding solid ground: Transforming treatment for complex trauma and dissociation

Keynote - ICTC - Room 219 & 220

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Living with a constant feeling of dread: Providing DDP interventions with parents who have experienced trauma. (not recorded)

Keynote - ICTC - Room 203 & 204

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Resilience and post-traumatic growth

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 1

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: The nature and process of compassion focused therapy for the traumatised mind

Keynote - ICTC - Room 210 & 211

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Symposium: A symposium exploring the intersection of neurodivergence and childhood trauma

Symposium - ICTC - Plenary 2

This panel discussion will be hosted by Noel Macnamara.

11:30 am - 1:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Workshop: Comforting the uncomforted: the heart of trauma-informed care

Workshop - ICTC - Room 212 & 213

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Lunch

Break - Break

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: FASD at the nexus of disability and neuro-divergence, the impacts of trauma, risk and protective factors and the journey to enable a good life for individuals and their whānau

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 2

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: From crisis to stability: Assessment and stabilisation for complex, dissociative clients

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 3

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: The nature and process of compassion focussed therapy for the traumatised mind

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 1

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Masterclass Part 1: Applied polyvagal theory as an embodied approach to psychotherapy

Masterclass - ICTC - Room 210 & 211

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Masterclass Part 1: Restorative attachment with children and caregivers: Expressive arts and sensory processing approaches to repair and restoration

Masterclass - ICTC - Room 203 & 204

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Masterclass Part 1: Unlocking the Power of Traumatic Brain Adaptations: Breaking New Ground in Trauma Recovery

Masterclass - ICTC - Room 212 & 213

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Workshop: How the healing began: Using Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander painting to heal trauma

Workshop - ICTC - Room 219 & 220

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - 18 August 2025

Afternoon Tea

Break

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Applying trauma transformative practice using a developmental lens

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 1

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Autism: Intersectionality and the trauma that comes from being different

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 3

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: Benangying Dangalang, Picking Everlastings – a story to listen and learn

Keynote - ICTC - Room 219 & 220

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Keynote: From crisis to stability: Assessment and stabilisation for complex, dissociative clients

Keynote - ICTC - Plenary 2

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Masterclass Part 2: Applied Polyvagal Theory as an Embodied Approach to Psychotherapy

Masterclass - ICTC

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Masterclass Part 2: Restorative attachment with children and caregivers: Expressive arts and sensory processing approaches to repair and restoration

Masterclass - ICTC - Room 203 & 204

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - 18 August 2025

Masterclass Part 2: Unlocking the Power of Traumatic Brain Adaptations: Breaking New Ground in Trauma Recovery

Masterclass - ICTC - Room 212 & 213

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When & Where

Date

17 - 22 August 2025
17 August 2025 9:00 am to 22 August 2025 5:00 pm

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre