Professional Development & Training

Inside Out Recovery offers professional development, full day workshops and accredited suicide prevention training. All training programs & workshops can be delivered face to face Australia wide or via Zoom

We provide training throughout Australia for a variety of sectors, including NDIS, Non-NDIS, My Aged Care, Health NSW, psychologists, frontline workers, and anyone seeking to enhance their skills, knowledge, and understanding of how to support individuals living in cluttered environments.

Unpacking the Complexity of Hoarding Disorder and Severe Domestic Squalor

Are you a support worker looking to expand your skill set & knowledge of Hoarding & Domestic Squalor?

2 hour workshop Part 1

Understand and Work with People Living in Hoarded and or Squalored Environments

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Sever Domestic Squalor (SDS)

  • Understand the DSM-5 and its relationship to providing support.

  • Effectively identify the presence of HD & or SDS

2 hour workshop Part 2

Understand and Work with People Living in Hoarded and or Squalored Environments

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the behaviours, psychology and emotional attachments that underpin these

  • disorders.

  • Effectively use the Assessment tools to inform work practice.

  • Explore strategies for support.

4 hour workshop

Understand and Work with People Living in Hoarded and or Squalored Environments

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Severe Domestic Squalor (SDS) – including the

  • DSM5 Diagnostic Criteria

  • Understand the behaviours, psychology and emotional attachments that people with HD and SDS experience.

  • Effectively use the Assessment tools to inform work practice.

  • Explore strategies for support.

Face to Face or online

1 day Workshop - 9:30am – 4:30pm

Understand and Work with People Living in Hoarded and or Squalored Environments

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding HD and SDS – including the DSM5 Diagnostic Criteria

  • Understanding the impacts and potential safety hazards of living in a cluttered and or squalid environment

  • Unpacking the psychological, emotional attachments and behaviours that underpin these disorders

  • Understanding of and how to use the assessments and resources to inform work practice, including peer led programs

2 day workshop

Understand and Work with People Living in Hoarded and or Squalored Environments

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand Hoarding Disorder (HD) and Severe Domestic Squalor (SDS)

  • Understand the behaviours, psychology and emotional attachments that people with HD and SDS experience

  • Effectively identify the presence of HD & or SDS

  • Identify appropriate intervention strategies – what works / what doesn’t

  • Effectively use Assessment tools

Day 1: 9:30am – 4:30pm

  • Understanding HD and SDS – including the DSM5 Diagnostic Criteria

  • Understanding the impacts and potential safety hazards of living in a cluttered and or squalid environment

  • Exploring the brain connection

  • The impacts on children and other people residing in the home including fire risks

  • Understanding animal hoarding and the impacts on family members

  • The meaning of stuff, including the ‘Iceberg of Clutter’

Day 2: 9:30am – 4:30pm

  • Unpacking the psychological, emotional attachments and behaviours that underpin these disorders

  • Understanding of and how to use the assessments and resources to inform work practice, including peer led programs

  • Practical decluttering strategies

  • Case studies

Buried In Treasures (BIT) Facilitators Training

Training to deliver a 15-week consumer program for people living in a hoarded or very cluttered environment that aims to increase someone’s understanding of hoarding. BIT explores barriers to sorting and discarding and provides strategies to equip people to do the work of decluttering.

Window of Tolerance Workshop (4 hours)

Join us for a transformative 4-hour professional development workshop designed to enhance your understanding of the Window of Tolerance (WoT) and its impact on emotional regulation and overall functioning.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Insight into the Window of Tolerance and its relevance to your work with clients

  • Enhanced skills to recognize when someone is outside their WoT

  • Understanding of the connection between WoT and emotional dysregulation

  • Practical grounding techniques to help widen the WoT and support emotional regulation

This workshop is a fantastic opportunity to deepen your skills and improve your support for those you work with. If you're interested in attending or would like to arrange training for your staff, please reach out to us!

We offer in person and online training

Accredited Suicide Prevention Workshops

We are accredited CALM Facilitators, offering a vital program created by Suicide Prevention Australia.

Join us for our comprehensive training workshops designed to equip you with the skills to support those in need:

3-Hour Training Workshop

Perfect for a quick yet impactful introduction to the CALM approach, where you’ll learn essential skills to recognize and respond to someone in distress. Ideal for those not able to attend the full day workshop.

Full 1-Day Training Workshop

Dive deeper into the CALM framework— Calm conversations can save lives.

This extended workshop provides in-depth training, tools, and resources to engage in meaningful conversations about suicide and support those who may be struggling.

To book or enquire about this training for yourself or for your organisations staff call Debbie Graham Ph: 0499 326 192

Trauma Informed Care (TIC)

This training can be delivered as a 2-hour, 4-hour or 6-hour workshop

Trauma informed care is critical when supporting someone with a lived experience of mental health. This training will provide the participant with an understanding of trauma, its impact on clients and how to support and build their capacity for change and acceptance

To book or enquire about this training for yourself or for your organisations staff call Debbie Graham Ph: 0499 326 192

Tailored Training
Are you after specific training for your group or organisation?

Contact us and we will work with your organisation to customise training to meet your specific needs.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE A LIFE LESS CLUTTERED, THE FIRST STEP IS YOURS.