If you’re just starting out, or even if you’re not, you may be looking for some free Continuing Professional Development (CPD)/Ongoing Professional Development (OPD) courses.

I’ve compiled the list below to provide an easy guide.

Alison: Alison has “free” courses, but you need to pay between $20-$35 to receive a certificate.

Blackdog Institute: an institute that investigates mental health from childhood to adulthood. They offer a mixture of education types, including courses, webinars and events.

Comorbidity Guidelines: courses with a focus on alcohol and other drugs. They also have webinars.

CPD for Therapists: a limited number of free courses (you may need to sign up for their newsletter).

eiseEducation: eise offers both short courses and free online webinars, both of which provide certificates upon completion.

Emerging Minds: with a child focus, Emerging Minds offers short courses and webinars, both on demand and live.

Headstrong Academy: Headstrong Academy offers short courses with a focus on inclusive practice.

Insight (Centre for alcohol and other drug training and workforce development): They offer short courses and webinars.

Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN): MHPN has both live webinars and a collection of past webinars in its library. You can also create an account and link in with a network relevant to your particular interests.

The NOCD Academy: they offer education around OCD, but also other things like hoarding, anxiety, and exposure therapy. They have both home study courses and live webinars.

PESI: PESI regularly offers free webinars and courses. You can sort by price (lowest to highest) to find the free options in their catalogue.

PsychPD: PsychPD offers free webinars by clinical psychologists.

Sydney Centre for Creative Change: With a focus on creative therapies, the Sydney Centre for Creative Change occasionally offers free webinars.

Therapas: They offer a limited number of free courses that offer a certificate upon completion. They also have other free resources, like consent to release information forms that may be useful when starting private practice.

Know of any others? Let me know in the comments, and I’ll add them to the list.