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ADHD Group Therapy Programs “What lies beneath”

The ADHD Foundation Australia Team are delighted to be embarking on providing availability of these valuable ADHD Group Therapy Programs in locations across Australia. Currently, we are offering a face-to-face program in Perth, Western Australia. We are working hard to offer this range of educational programs through delivery methods and face-to-face in other areas of Australia and will update our information in due course.  If you want to register your interest, please click on this link developed here in Australia by a registered psychologist and general practitioner, Dr. Madalena Bennett. As interest grows in different areas, we will be in touch. Register your expression of interest, and we will be in touch in the near future.

Who is Grace da Camara?

Grace is a registered psychologist specialising in the impact of ADHD on families. She works with children of all ages, their parents, and families, as well as partners of individuals with ADHD.

As a parent to a child with ADHD, she recognised the need for greater knowledge and education about the condition and the need for interventions that target not only the individual but the family.

Grace is skilled in various therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. She mostly adopts an eclectic approach – understanding each client as unique with their own particular presentation and then selecting from evidence-based techniques across different approaches to help the client develop a better understanding of their challenges and grow in a personally meaningful way.

Grace is the author of What Lies Beneath Matters, a series of self-help workbooks for children and adults with ADHD, as well as for parents. Her co-author is her daughter, GP Madalena Bennett.

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Programs
A Combined Parent-Child (CPC) Program for children (ages 7-10) Read More
A Program for Tweens with ADHD (ages 11-13) Read More
A Program for Teens with ADHD (ages 14-17) Read More
A Program for Young Adults with ADHD (ages 18-35) Read More
A Program for Parents of Children with ADHD (all ages) Read More
Therapist Training for therapists who want to deliver a manualised treatment for the ADHD population. Read More

Group Therapy Programs open now in Perth WA

See Dates Here

To register your interest in 2024 CPS On Trac Programs outside of Perth WA

Register Your Interest

The ADHD Foundation will offer these courses as part of its commitment to providing evidence-based care over the past five years. The ADHD Foundation Education team is delighted to deliver these valuable group therapy programs that Grace Da Camara and Safe Zone Counselling developed. ADHD Group Programs offers the following OnTrac group programs:

ADHD Workbook for Teens and Tweens

Coming Soon

ADHD Workbook for Parents of Teens and Tweens

Coming Soon

ADHD Combined Parent and Child Group Therapy

Coming Soon

ADHD Group Therapy Programs

Coming Soon

What are the benefits of group therapy?

While no studies have directly compared group to individual CPC interventions, specific therapeutic benefits are associated with group therapy in general. Researchers suggest that positive peer support among group members can increase families’ engagement with the program, attendance, and the shaping of parent behaviours (Borrego, Urquiza, Rasmussen, Zebell, 1999; Webster-Stratton & Hammond, 1997).

In fact, 92% of parent participants in a study examining CPC therapy indicated that the group helped them feel less alone. Group treatment provides parents with opportunities for socialisation, feedback regarding socially appropriate behaviour, and role-playing of desired peer and parent-child interactions.

Groups also provide opportunities for peer modelling, reinforcement and leadership (Flannery-Schroeder & Kendall, 2000). Group interventions can also help to ensure that more families will have access to specialised group interventions and may be particularly useful in rural areas where mental health services are generally not in abundance.