Facilitating a Therapeutic Support Group - 14/10/2025

Date: 14/10/2025 

Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm AEDT

An interactive, online workshop providing skills needed to start and facilitate a therapeutic support group – a challenging exercise for even the most experienced clinicians.  

You’ll learn practical strategies for maximising time in a group setting and develop skills for acknowledging the individuality of clients. 

Learning outcomes 

At the end of this workshop, you'll be able to: 

• how to set up and establish an effective and safe therapeutic support group 

• create a clear aim and focus within the support group 

• identify, design and facilitate appropriate therapeutic group activities in a group setting 

• understand the ethical and legal implications of working with a therapeutic support group 

• understand the importance of setting boundaries 

• provide referrals to other services. 

Ideal for  

Clinicians, social workers, community organisation workers, health professionals, youth workers, child and family workers and counsellors at any level of experience who are planning to or interested in facilitating a therapeutic support group.  

About the presenter

Linda Russell is an experienced psychologist, counsellor and educator who is registered with the Australian Psychological Society and the Mental Health Professionals Network. Linda has provided counselling services to individuals, couples and has provided training and professional development to community agencies. Linda has also participated in community development projects, education activities and provided supervision to colleagues and supervision students. 

Registration information 

• When you register, you'll be taken to our payment gateway to complete your registration. A new account will be automatically created for you in our Learning Management System (Moodle). 

• Registrations for scheduled workshops close 48 hours before the event. 

• Workshops must be paid for at least 2 business days before the training date, or your registration will be cancelled.  

• If paying by invoice, proof of payment needs to be provided at least 24 hours ahead of the event. 

Training Workshops Cancellation Statement [PDF, 1MB]  

Other information 

Please note that you'll need access to the following to participate in this workshop: 

• Desktop or laptop computer 

• Reliable internet connection 

• Headphones recommended 

• Microphone/speakers 

• Webcam (built in or external to your computer) 

Contact us 

Training and Development Team 
Phone: (03) 8573 2222 
Email: ravtraining@rav.org.au