November edition
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In the November edition of MHPN Connect:
Learn more about professions that shape multidisciplinary mental health care
Attend MHPN's special event | Understanding the Network Coordinator Role
Register for the final webinars of 2025:
- Beginning Child Aware Conversations with Parents who use Substances (tomorrow!)
- Skills in Child Aware Practice with Parents who use Substances
Listen to our latest podcast episodes:
- A Conversation About… Connecting Through Music and Art Therapy
- A Conversation About... Working with Anger
Browse upcoming network meetings
MHPN Profession Spotlight
Exploring the roles that shape multidisciplinary mental health care.
Watch these interviews to get a better understanding of how professions offer unique contributions to mental health care, and how collaborative care works across disciplines.
Stay tuned for more videos to come!
Networks
MHPN Special Event | Understanding the Network Coordinator Role
Tue 11 November 4pm AEDT
You're invited to attend this upcoming interactive session where you’ll hear real stories from practitioners who've recently started new networks, or stepped into coordinator roles.
This is your exclusive opportunity to find out:
- What does a volunteer Coordinator do?
- Why is networking important in the mental health sector?
- What personal and professional benefits can this role offer?
Feel free to share this event with any mental health professionals who might be interested, everyone is welcome!
Webinars
Beginning Child Aware Conversations with Parents who use Substances
Wed 5th November 2025 at 7:15pm - 8:30pm AEDT Tomorrow!
Build your skills to keep children’s wellbeing central, while recognising families’ strengths and protective capacity. Hear practical strategies from our panel to reduce stigma, build trust, and have meaningful, child-focused conversations.
Skills in Child Aware Conversations with Parents who use Substances
Tue 2nd December 2025 at 7:15pm - 8:30pm AEDT
Last webinar of the year
Further develop your confidence in these conversations while keeping children’s wellbeing at the forefront.
Our panel will discuss practical strategies to recognise family strengths and support positive engagement.
Podcasts
A Conversation About… Connecting Through Music and Art Therapy
Music therapist, Dr Jason Kenner, and art therapist, Pam Hellema, explore how their disciplines overlap, influence and amplify each other. Drawing on their collaboration in acute mental health at The Alfred, they describe what happens when art and music therapy are practised side by side and how creativity can spark connection and confidence.
A Conversation About… Working with Anger
Anger can be a helpful and productive emotion, but for some people it can impact what matters most to them.
Join Dr Tony McHugh and Prof Glen Bates as they explore effective ways for mental health professionals to better support individuals experiencing challenges with regulating or responding to anger.
External Opportunities
20-21 November 2025 | 📍 Pullman Hotel Adelaide, SA
The 2025 Equally Well Conference will bring people together from across the mental health sector to share innovative projects and research focusing on the shared goal of improving the physical quality of life for people with a lived experience of mental health challenges.
Register now for this free event and be part of a dynamic and inclusive experience where people with lived experience, academics, health leaders, clinicians, policy officers, and advocates come together to showcase bold, collaborative approaches that are transforming health equity and saving lives.
370+ multidisciplinary mental health networks meet across Australia to undertake professional development and peer support about a range of topics relevant to their needs.
Browse a selection of the upcoming network activities below, or find a network near you.
NATIONAL
- Online Sexual and Reproductive Mental Health Network - Advancing Psychological Interventions for PMDD: A DBT-Informed Treatment Approach| Monday, 10 November
NEW SOUTH WALES
- Northern Rivers Eating Disorders Network - Redefining Hope – Eating Disorder Recovery Forum | Wednesday, 5 November
- Sydney Multicultural Mental Health Professionals' Network - Understanding Suicidality Among CALD Communities in Australia | Thursday, 6 November
QUEENSLAND
- Gold Coast Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Network - Supporting Families in Early Parenthood: Introduction to Peach Tree | Thursday, 6 November
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- Online WA South-West Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Network -Speaking for the Baby: Linking Text and Illustrations| Wednesday, 12 November
TASMANIA
- Tasmanian Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Network - How to Safely Support Victim/ Survivors of Family Violence In The Perinatal Period | Wednesday, 26 November
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- PIGLET (Perinatal Infant Group Liaison Education & Training) Mental Health Network - 2025 Helen Mayo House Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Conference | Thursday, 13 November
VICTORIA
- Goulburn Valley Mental Health Professionals Network - The Role of the Nervous System in Safety, Connection, and Growth | Wednesday, 19 November
If these topics interest you and you're in the area, join the network via your MHPN account to attend!
The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the
Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
