Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Beth Jarman, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Professional Skills
The Interface Between Parental Mental Health Issues and Parenting Capacity
Gain insights into the relevance of diagnosis to functional impairment.
- Consider the impact of developmental experiences in parent’s family of origin and personality vulnerabilities on parenting capacity independent of diagnosis
- Diagnostic categories, and the place of therapeutic intervention
- Considered in this context the impact of parental mental illness on parenting capacity
Presented by Dr Antony Milch, Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist, Family in Mind
Presenters
Beth Jarman, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Beth is a Special Counsel in the Sydney Family Law practice of Mills Oakley, having joined the firm in January 2014. Beth has practised exclusively in Family Law for approximately 29 years. Beth has been an Accredited Specialist in Family Law since 2001 and acted as Deputy Registrar of the Family and Federal Magistrates Court in 2004. Beth has extensive experience across the range of all Family Law matters. Prior to commencing work with Mills Oakley Beth worked for the Legal Aid Commission of NSW from 1994-2013. Beth has acted as an ICL from 1996 to approximately 2018. Beth is trained in Collaborative Practice.
Dr Antony Milch, Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist, Family in Mind
Dr Antony Milch has established a career as one of Sydney’s leading child adolescent and family psychiatrists. Over the past 30 years he has worked extensively with children, adolescents and their families in both private and public settings on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches. Dr Milch has contributed to programs for adolescent mental health at The Black Dog Institute. Dr Milch regularly lectures and presents at conferences. He is a contributing author to the Practitioner’s Guide to Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents. He is the former chair of the NSW Department of Health stimulants subcommittee and the Northside Cremorne Clinic medical advisory committee. He has participated as a facilitator for The Black Dog Institute’s Troubled Teens program, where he has been running a workshops for GPs. Dr Milch is available for clinical assessments and therapeutic intervention. Here, he practices a bio-psychosocial approach within a systemic framework. Dr Milch has developed a special interest in medico-legal assessments. He is a respected expert in the Family Court of Australia and in other jurisdictions relating to child and family issues.
