Professional Development
Free Webinar, ‘Care not Treatment! The therapeutic neuroscience of active listening in a GP setting. How we, as clinicians can help settle the distressed brains by just being there’ with Dr Les Koopowitz 20 November 2025
Free Webinar, ‘Care not Treatment! The therapeutic neuroscience of active listening in a GP setting. How we, as clinicians can help settle the distressed brains by just being there’ with Dr Les Koopowitz 20 November 2025
The NEAMI National and the NT PHN invite you to join us for an online CPD education session with Neuro-Psychiatrist, Dr Les Koopowitz.
‘Care not Treatment! The therapeutic neuroscience of active listening in a GP setting. How we, as clinicians can help settle the distressed brains by just being there’ with Dr Les Koopowitz
This upcoming CPD session will provide an opportunity for GPs to learn how to use active listening to improve patient outcomes for patients with brain trauma.
Who is this for?
GPs, GP Registrars
Presenters
- Pam Marwood
- Pam is NEAMI National’s Clinical Services Manager
- Dr Les Koopowitz
- A specialist psychiatrist since 1991, Les and his family relocated to Australia in 1995. After working for many years in the field of Neuropsychiatry (based at the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit in Adelaide) Les attempted to retire in 2021. Since then, a part-time consultancy job as a Consultant Psychiatrist for Neami National has developed into Les assuming the role of the Neami National Psychiatrist and providing a service to various Neami run Mental Health Services throughout Australia. Les remains keenly interested in the clinical management of people presenting with difficulties in maintaining their mental health equilibrium. He will be addressing clinical issues in the therapeutic neuroscience of active listening in a GP setting. This will not be a prepared lecture but an interactive clinical forum. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions and/or present clinical cases for discussion.Forum topic will be: How does trauma affect the brain and what can we do about it? This presentation will explore the neurobiological consequences of emotional trauma, the concept of epigenetics, and how therapies can help change the wiring of the brain.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognise the neurobiological and epigenetic impacts of emotional trauma on the brain.
- Describe how evidence-based therapies can support brain rewiring and recovery.
HealthPathways
RACGP and ACRRM acknowledge HealthPathways as a valuable clinical tool for GPs and have endorsed its use to contribute to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. HealthPathways provides clinical information for local practitioners and the opportunity to engage in reflective practices to deepen comprehension of patients’ clinical conditions, enhancing overall patient care.
A link to the relevant pathway can be found here: Trauma-Informed Care
More information can be found on the CPD Hours for HealthPathways Use page and access is provided via healthpathways@ntphn.org.au”
CPD
*2 hours of self-reported CPD.
*As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.
Questions?
For registration queries, please contact events@ntphn.org.au
