Guest Speaking & Workshops
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Looking for an experienced, engaging, and knowledgeable guest speaker in the field of psychology and mental health?
Dr Nicholas Harris offers professional guest speaking, training, and workshop facilitation across a wide range of clinical and academic topics. With a background that bridges theory and practice, Nicholas delivers content that is research-informed, practically relevant, and always tailored to the audience – whether that’s clinicians, students, educators, GPs, or the general public. |
Topics of Expertise
Nicholas can present on a wide variety of mental health topics in either an academic or practical style – or a combination of both. Presentations can be adapted for professional development sessions, community events, clinical teams, or tertiary education settings. Topics include:
All sessions are interactive, evidence-based, and can be tailored to suit specific learning needs or clinical populations.
Nicholas can present on a wide variety of mental health topics in either an academic or practical style – or a combination of both. Presentations can be adapted for professional development sessions, community events, clinical teams, or tertiary education settings. Topics include:
- Case Formulation & Treatment Planning: Learn how to create clear, collaborative, and evidence-based case formulations that guide effective intervention.
- Building and Maintaining Rapport: Explore the foundations of therapeutic engagement, alliance, and trust.
- Therapy Approaches: In-depth training and discussion of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), including skills, techniques, and clinical applications.
- Trauma-Informed Practice: Understand how to work safely and effectively with trauma-affected clients, including grounding strategies, pacing, and emotional regulation.
- Working with Adolescents: Practical and developmentally sensitive approaches to therapy, assessment, and engagement with young people.
- Psychological Assessment: Gain insight into cognitive, diagnostic, and functional assessments – when, why, and how to use them.
- Safety Planning and Risk Management: Develop and implement practical, collaborative safety plans with clients at risk.
- Technology and Mental Health: Explore the impact of phones, screens, and digital habits on emotional wellbeing.
- Statistics and Research Methods: For students and early career professionals – engaging explanations of research design, analysis, and interpretation.
All sessions are interactive, evidence-based, and can be tailored to suit specific learning needs or clinical populations.
Previous Engagements
Nicholas brings over a decade of experience teaching and speaking in both academic and professional settings. His roles and speaking engagements include:
Nicholas brings over a decade of experience teaching and speaking in both academic and professional settings. His roles and speaking engagements include:
- Senior Lecturer and Lecturer Roles at the University of Newcastle and the Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP), where he has taught across undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional psychology programs.
- Guest Speaker for GP Groups and Medical Teams, delivering workshops on psychological interventions and trauma-informed care.
- Conference Presentations at national and international levels, including both academic research and applied clinical topics.
- Published Author, contributing to textbooks, peer-reviewed journals, and clinical resources used in psychology training and practice.
Book a Session
Whether you're looking for a guest lecturer, professional development speaker, or workshop facilitator, Nicholas offers flexible, engaging, and informative sessions suited to your audience.
If you’d like to discuss a speaking engagement, training session, or collaborative opportunity, please get in touch via our contact page.
Whether you're looking for a guest lecturer, professional development speaker, or workshop facilitator, Nicholas offers flexible, engaging, and informative sessions suited to your audience.
If you’d like to discuss a speaking engagement, training session, or collaborative opportunity, please get in touch via our contact page.