Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 13 June
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Body image, bullying, cyber-safety, school exams, risk-taking, identity, authority, drugs and alcohol … the list of pressures teenagers face is endless. And let’s face it, it’s not an easy time for parents either. But rest assured: there are tools we can implement to make a difference in the health and well-being of young people.
Renowned child and adolescent psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg takes a close look at adolescent mental health in Australia today, and outlines the strategies parents can implement to help families through these often-tricky years.
Lunchbox/Soapbox
Sometimes there’s nothing better than a good rant. Every Thursday, the Wheeler Centre hosts an old-fashioned Speakers’ Corner in the middle of the city, where writers and thinkers can have their say on the topics that won’t let them sleep at night.
Featuring some of our most compelling voices across just about every sector of human endeavour you can imagine, the themes dominating Lunchbox/Soapbox are proudly idiosyncratic. BYO lunch. Ideas provided.
Featuring
Michael Carr-Gregg
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg works as a nationally registered child and adolescent psychologist who is passionate about delivering evidence based psychology workshops and seminars that make a difference to the health and well-being of young people.
His training and approach incorporates cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness skills and interventions drawn from positive psychology research.
He is a founding member of the National Centre Against Bullying and Chairs their Cybersafety Committee. In October 2010 he was appointed the official advisor to the Queensland government on cybersafety.
He is a director of the The Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, sits on the board of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, is a columnist for a number of publications, including New Idea and Girlfriend magazine, and is the parenting expert on Channel 7’s Sunrise as psychologist for the top rating Morning Show with Neil Mitchell on Fairfax Radio 3AW.