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East Meets West: A culturally-responsive Schema Therapy training we’re proud to share cultural competency training mental health Feb 03, 2026

At Shapes and Sounds, we’re committed to amplifying work that genuinely strengthens culturally responsive mental health care for Asian communities. Th...

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February 2026 Organisational Newsletter: International student support cultural competency training Feb 01, 2026

February: International Student Support

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This month, we're excited to announce our new offering to support international students in Mel...

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January 2026 Organisational Newsletter: Happy New Year! cultural competency training Jan 01, 2026

January: Welcome back!

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Happy new year! I hope that you've had an easeful start to the new year.

We're delighted to share our first new...

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December Organisational Newsletter cultural competency training Dec 01, 2025

December: Wrapping up 2025

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This was the first year that we launched this newsletter specifically designed to reach service providers wh...

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November Organisational Newsletter cultural competency training Nov 01, 2025

November: Wrapping up Creative Community Care

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In 2024, we were selected by the Victorian Department of Health as one of twenty communit...

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October Organisational Newsletter: Research to support your work cultural competency training Oct 01, 2025

October: From our partners at Monash University.

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Here at Shapes and Sounds, we acknowledge the importance of remaining up-to-da...

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September Organisational Newsletter cultural competency training Sep 01, 2025

September: Reflections from our community of practice

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At Shapes and Sounds, I’m constantly reminded of the importance of listening closely to...

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August Organisational Newsletter cultural competency training Aug 01, 2025

 

August: Taoism in mental health care

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This past month, talk of Taoism keeps circulating in my sphere, so I wanted to share a little blurb t...

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July Organisational Newsletter: Resources for Chinese-speaking communities. cultural competency training Jul 01, 2025

July: Resources for Chinese-speaking communities.

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I'm delighted to share two free resources that may be of benefit to any Chinese-speaking co...

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June Organisational Newsletter: Resources to improve Asian mental health. cultural competency training newsletter Jun 02, 2025

June: Cultural-competency training feedback.

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Last month, we ran our cultural-competency training, “Addressing stigma in Asian communities”, f...

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May organisational newsletter: Considering CALD presentations in emergency care cultural competency training Apr 30, 2025

May: Considering CALD presentations in emergency care.

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Welcome back to our monthly newsletter! Our aim is to support you to feel confident an...

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April Organisational newsletter: Creative arts therapy workshops. cultural competency training Apr 01, 2025

April: Creative arts therapy workshops.

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A recent paper by Luu et al. (2023), found that interventions including creative arts therapies appea...

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