Overview

Who It's For

Our training is ideal for group leaders, managers and team leaders who want to equip themselves with proven techniques to help balance different views within groups, increase motivation, and adapt their leadership styles to suit every situation.

What You'll Learn

You’ll develop group facilitation and leadership skills, and learn to better understand different styles of communication, how to deal with different group dynamics, how to give feedback, and how to run creative group exercises.

Why Us

Backed by over 70 years of real-world clinical experience and results, we provide a confidential, safe and supportive environment that welcomes all cultural backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.

Workshop Outcomes

 
Develop effective group leadership skills.
 

You’ll develop the confidence, presence and practical skills to facilitate engaging, strengths-based groups that create meaningful change.

Develop a confident and authentic group leadership style

Strengthen communication, body language and presentation skills

Facilitate groups using trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches

Apply advanced facilitation techniques to achieve meaningful group outcomes

Use experiential learning, creative education and multi-sensory facilitation techniques

Increase participant motivation and support positive behaviour change

Respond effectively to group dynamics and build a shared sense of purpose

This training is ideal if you work in one of the following roles:

01
Counsellor, psychologist running group sessions or workshops
02
Men’s behaviour change workshop facilitator
03
Educator
04
Community organisation or charity team leader or trainer
05
Community organisation or charity team leader or trainer
06
Youth group facilitator

How it works

Format

This workshop consists of 2 x 3-hour workshops, delivered live and online via Zoom.

Cost

$968 per person including GST.

A discount of 10% applies when booking for 3 or more participants.

Experience

Our facilitator, Andrew King is a leading group work specialist in community services, counselling and health. An author of multiple textbooks and training programs, he has devoted a large part of his career to working with men, fathering and domestic violence.

Upcoming Workshop Dates

15-16 July 2026

9:30am to 4:30pm both days
Relationships Australia NSW Parramatta
Level 6, 126 Church Street, Parramatta 2150
$880 + GST

SOLD OUT

14-15 September 2026

9:30am to 4:30pm both days
Relationships Australia NSW Parramatta
Level 6, 126 Church Street, Parramatta 2150
$880 + GST

Our Facilitators

Julie Wilson

Julie is the Practice Specialist, First Nations Manager at Relationships Australia, NSW. She is a proud Barkindji and Ngyiampaa woman and is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Practice Specialist at Relationships Australia NSW.

Julie has over 30 years’ experience in delivering groupwork and training programs regarding trauma, grief and loss, cultural awareness, domestic violence, Men’s Behaviour Change programs and groupwork.

Andrew King

Andrew is the Practice Specialist, Groupwork and Community Education Manager at Relationships Australia,
NSW. He is a leading group work specialist in community services, counselling and health.


Andrew is also a respected author of multiple textbooks and training programs regarding groupwork and working with men, fathering and domestic violence.

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