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Welcome to the Peregrine Centre’s Learning Platform. Check out what’s new and upcoming from us below, listen to a podcast episode or browse our collection of resources, curated for rural mental health practitioners

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Active Learning

The Peregrine Centre hosts free face-to-face and online training events on a variety of mental health topics, as requested by practitioners across NSW. We offer a mix of professional training led by experts in their field, and group learning opportunities with your peers led by our Local Project Officers; we call these Applied Practice Activities (APAs).

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AOD & Mental Health – One Day Training, Goulburn

Join Dr Suzie Hudson in Goulburn on Thursday 29th October to explore evidence-based interventions, supports and community wellbeing approaches for workers in rural and remote areas that are person centred and trauma-informed.
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AOD & Mental Health – One Day Training, Dubbo

Join Dr Suzie Hudson in Dubbo on Thursday 22nd October to explore evidence-based interventions, supports and community wellbeing approaches for workers in rural and remote areas that are person centred and trauma-informed.
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Stay Connected – Join our Mailing List

Sign up to our mailing list to stay connected & hear about any upcoming face to face training that we are facilitating in 2026.
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Guided Learning

Our Guided Learning modules have been developed to support your online learning with tailored resources to get you started and have a taster of a range of topics. While these are not formal trainings, they are intended to help you ‘dip your toes’ into a topic.

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Getting Started with Narrative Therapy – An Online Learning Journey

Join us for seven weeks to gain an introduction to the modality of Narrative Therapy. Our final week will be a webinar with David Newman where you will have an opportunity to ask any questions you have.
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Getting Started With Mindfulness

This workbook has been designed to complement our 2023/24 podcast series, Getting Started With… where we take a look at a number of the very common modalities for therapy and practice, and we try and help you get started with ... Mindfulness.
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Getting Started with DBT

This workbook has been designed to complement our 2023/24 podcast series, Getting Started With… where we take a look at a number of the very common modalities for therapy and practice, and we try and help you get started with ... DBT.
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Guided Learning

Our Guided Learning modules have been developed to support your online learning with tailored resources to get you started and have a taster of a range of topics. While these are not formal trainings, they are intended to help you 'dip your toes' into a topic.
View All

AOD & Mental Health – One Day Training, Goulburn

Join Dr Suzie Hudson in Goulburn on Thursday 29th October to explore evidence-based interventions, supports and community wellbeing approaches for workers in rural and remote areas that are person centred and trauma-informed.
Find Out More

AOD & Mental Health – One Day Training, Dubbo

Join Dr Suzie Hudson in Dubbo on Thursday 22nd October to explore evidence-based interventions, supports and community wellbeing approaches for workers in rural and remote areas that are person centred and trauma-informed.
Find Out More

Stay Connected – Join our Mailing List

Sign up to our mailing list to stay connected & hear about any upcoming face to face training that we are facilitating in 2026.
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Podcasts

Tune into The Peregrine Centre’s insightful podcasts. Hear leading experts unravel complex mental health topics, spark thought-provoking discussions, and equip you with practical insights you can readily apply in your practice.

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Becoming a Better Practitioner: Turning Learning into Practice

You’re probably familiar with the experience of going to a great training, leaving invigorated with your new knowledge, and then what? It can be hard to incorporate new learnings into practice for a range of reasons. This month on the podcast, join a panel of practitioners at different points of their careers as they reflect together on what they have found helpful, and not so helpful, about taking their learnings into their practice.
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Becoming a Better Practitioner: Finding Good Information

As practitioners, we want to be working with the best available evidence, but when time can be so limited, how do we find this evidence efficiently? This episode is all about staying curious without getting overwhelmed.
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Leadership in Stressful Times

Are you a leader in rural mental health? Do you work with a team in tough circumstances? Join Dr Rebecca Sng as she speaks with CEO Lauren Errington on how she manages the unique challenges of leadership in stressful times. This conversation covers some of the practical and useful ideas that Bowen Systems Theory can offer those tackling this difficult task. 
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Practice Toolkits

Rural practitioners often have to be across a lot of areas. Our practice toolkits contain tips and tricks for working with different client groups, or in different modalities. These topics have been selected based on requests from MH practitioners around NSW. We have collated helpful resources for you and the people you work with to support your practice.

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Working with Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Around 1 in 5 Australians will meet criteria for a substance use disorder in their lifetime, but less than a third will seek treatment. Often siloed, treating AOD use can be an important part of mental health care.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a flexible, adaptive, and creative modality that can be used across the age span and for a range of presentations. This toolkit provides you with a starting point to being your ACT journey.
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Contemporary Thinking in Suicide Prevention

Working with people who are experiencing suicidal ideation can feel overwhelming. This toolkit looks at the latest guidelines, best practice, and self-care tools to do this valuable work.
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About

This portal has been created as part of the joint partnership between The Peregrine Centre and NSW Health, in conjunction with the Rural Mental Health Partnership Grant.

Within the portal, The Peregrine Centre has curated a collection of learning materials across areas important to mental health practice.

Access to this portal is free for anyone who works in the mental health field. Resources will be continually updated, with the content being informed through feedback from practitioners on the ground across New South Wales.

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