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For senior clinicians, educators and clinic owners who guide others

Stop repeating yourself. Start building clinicians who think.

A five-session live programme that turns experienced practitioners into intentional mentors, so the people you guide reason for themselves, instead of returning for the same answers.

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30+ years in clinical practice · Two small cohorts, next course beginning 9 September 2026

You were trained to become an excellent clinician. You were never trained to develop thinking in someone else.

So mentoring quietly becomes something heavier than it should be:

You explain the same reasoning, clearly, for the third time and they still come back for the answer rather than the method.
You step in to "save" a consultation, because it's faster, and you watch the junior's growth stall the moment you do.
You carry the cognitive load for the whole team, and you finish the week running on empty.
You hold back honest feedback, because you're not sure how to give it without bruising someone in a tight labour market.
You sense they want a recipe to follow, when what they need is to learn to think.

The cost isn't only your exhaustion. It's the talented clinician who stays dependent and eventually leaves, because they never quite grew into themselves.

This took me years to see both as a clinician and a coach

The harder I worked to be helpful explaining, correcting, reassuring, the more I trained people to bring me their thinking instead of doing it themselves. My competence was quietly creating their dependence.

Good mentoring isn't more explaining. It's a different skill entirely: knowing what you're developing, listening for reasoning rather than answers, managing your own urge to jump in, and challenging people in a way that grows them rather than shrinks them.

That skill can be learned. This is where you learn it.

Mentoring Mastery

Developing Independent Clinical Thinkers

Five live sessions that build five developmental disciplines, the difference between supervising people and growing them.

01 Intention

Clarifying what you are actually developing, before the conversation begins.

02 Attention

Listening for reasoning rather than answers.

03 Regulation

Managing your own internal reactions, so you stop rescuing.

04 Intervention

Delivering feedback that strengthens capability instead of triggering defensiveness.

05 Elevation

A full session on putting into practice what you have learnt over 10 weeks.

This is structured developmental mentoring, not generic supervision, and not communication tips. The goal is not smoother conversations. The goal is stronger clinicians.

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Is this you?

This is for you if you are:

A senior clinician supervising early or mid-career colleagues
A mid-career clinician wanting to develop your mentoring skill deliberately
A private practice owner developing the capability of your team
A practitioner mentoring others, formally or informally
Someone committed to building independence rather than dependency

This is not for you if you are:

Looking for clinical technique updates
After generic communication tips
Focused purely on compliance or ticking a supervision box
Unwilling to reflect on your own mentoring habits

What you get

Five live Zoom sessions, fortnightly over 10 weeks — so you practise and apply between each one, rather than forgetting it by Monday.

01 From Expert to Developmental Mentor

Moving from fixing problems to building long-term capability.

So you stop being the bottleneck your team routes everything through.

02 Listening for Thinking

Identifying incomplete reasoning and strengthening reflective questioning.

So you can hear where someone's thinking breaks down, and ask the question that repairs it.

03 Assumptions & Bias

Recognising your internal reactions and holding psychological safety.

So you stay calm and useful when a case (or a person) frustrates you.

04 Feedback That Builds Capability

Delivering corrective feedback without triggering defensiveness.

So you can be honest without fracturing the relationship.

05 Calibrated Challenge

Implement what you have learnt so you leave the course with a new skill.

So you can lift the bar and the person at the same time.

Each session includes structured case work, mentoring simulations and an implementation plan for the fortnight ahead. A CPD certificate is provided. An AI summary follows each session for reflection and accountability.

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Picture the term ahead

You prepare for a mentoring conversation in two minutes, because you know what you're developing. You ask before you tell, and you can sit through the silence that follows. A junior brings you a complex case and you guide their reasoning instead of handing them the answer and you watch them get there.

You give the hard feedback cleanly, and the relationship holds. Your team brings you fewer of the same questions, and better ones. You finish the week with something left in the tank.

And the quieter shift: you feel like the mentor you always hoped you'd become — not the tired expert everyone leans on, but the one who builds people who can stand on their own.

What participants are saying.

"After finishing the program, I can genuinely say it has changed the way I approach mentoring. Before, my mentoring was largely advice based. I would listen and then tell. The course has given me a framework to guide conversations rather than simply reacting in the moment. It has also helped me recognise when I'm struggling with a particular mentee and understand why, instead of just pushing through and hoping things improve.

The thinking patterns module had the biggest impact on me. I'm starting to recognise these patterns in real time during conversations and, while I'm not doing it consistently yet, I'm far more aware of them than before. Having the language to describe what's happening has been incredibly helpful and has made my mentoring more effective. It is definitely a start of a different kind of mentoring for me."

Aditi Joshi

(physiotherapist)

"I have enjoyed the sessions so far, it's given me an opportunity to reflect on my mentoring and has given me the insight I need so I can be a better mentor. My mind has completely shifted as I now understand that mentoring is a collaboration, and it is not me teaching a mentee. I feel that my team members will get a better experience with me as I am now conscious of my biases and I will recognise the hat shift before I speak!"

Annie Beaudion

West Ryde Physiotherapy (Sydney)

"This has been a great opportunity to practice and consolidate my learning. I think the best part has been the practice and discussions in real-time, as well as the resources that you have provided us."

Nicole Vella

"Emilija and I have found this incredibly useful. We both feel like we don't want it to finish. We plan to block off fortnightly time together to reflect back on all of the sessions, reflect, practice and plan practice. Thank you so much for putting this course together."

Juliet Hall - Bodyfit Physios (Melbourne)

"Techniques that are short and easy to implement and relevant to real-world mentoring scenarios."

Tomo

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About Annette

I'm Annette Tonkin, a Clinical Communication and Behaviour Change Explorer with more than 30 years in clinical practice as a physiotherapist, former clinic owner, speaker and mentor.

I've spent those years at the intersection of communication, behaviour change and clinical work and I've built the frameworks I teach (C.L.E.A.N. and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.) from training in NLP, Coaching, Clean Language, Motivational Interviewing and reflective practice, tested in real clinical rooms rather than theory.

I know the pull to rescue, because I lived it. I built this programme to give experienced clinicians the structure I wish I'd had — so you can develop thinkers without burning yourself out doing it.

This part is yours now.

Enrol early

Enrol by 28 August (early bird) and you secure:

Early-bird pricing — A$797 Cohort Track (save A$200), A$1,597 Intensive Track (save A$200).

Early Bird Savings: The first 12 participants receive $200 OFF! Use code EBMMC for the MM Cohort or EBIC for the Intensive Cohort at checkout.

Your choice of cohort time — 8:00am or 12:15pm AEST, while places in your preferred slot remain.

Cohort time

8:00 am AEST

Wednesdays, fortnightly · Beginning 9 September

Cohort time

12:15 pm AEST

Wednesdays, fortnightly · Beginning 9 September

Bonuses:

1. A guiding-questions reference

2. Widening the gap: regulation reset

3. Consultation Transcript Prompt for real time communication reflection

4. More coming soon

Choose Your Track

Cohort Track

$997

Early Bird: $797

(If paid by 28th August

Early Bird: Use code EBMMC for $200 OFF. First 12 enrollments only.

Five live small group sessions- max 12 people
CPD Certificate
Implementation resources
Summaries transcription of each session
A small community where you can interact and ask questions as you go through the course

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Intensive Track (Limited to 4)

$1797

Early Bird: $1597

(If paid by 28th August)

Early Bird: Use code EBIC for $200 OFF. First 12 enrollments only.

Everything in the Cohort Track, plus:
Four 30-minute private mentoring consultations
Personal mentoring strategy refinement
Case-specific calibration
Feedback rehearsal and debrief
Implementation accountability across the 10 weeks

For senior clinicians wanting deeper individualised development and application to their specific team context or those wanting to mentor the mentor.

Join the Intensive Track

My guarantee: Attend the first session. If it isn't what you hoped, tell me before session two and I'll refund you in full.

Why the room is kept small

This intake is deliberately small: a maximum of 12 clinicians per cohort, across two cohorts only.

Depth requires psychological safety. Small numbers protect the practice time, the individual feedback and the quality of discussion that make this work — which is why places are limited and the room is kept small.

Two cohorts, beginning Wednesday 9 September: 8:00am or 12:15pm AEST.
Early-bird pricing ends 28 August.
Live participation only — there is no replay, because the value is in the practice.

FAQs

What is Mentoring Mastery?

A five-session live programme for experienced clinicians who guide others, developing the skill of mentoring for reasoning, judgement, confidence, reflection and independence — rather than correcting, rescuing or explaining.

Is this theoretical or practical?

Highly practical. Every session includes mentoring simulations, structured role practice, observation and feedback, and a fortnightly implementation plan. You practise the tools repeatedly, not just hear about them.

How is this different from supervision training?

Supervision ensures standards are met. Developmental mentoring builds thinking capability and professional identity. This programme focuses on reducing repeated corrections and growing clinicians who reason independently under uncertainty.

How is it different from communication training?

Communication training focuses on speaking clearly. This focuses on developing reasoning, strengthening decision-making, building independence and shaping professional identity. The goal is not smoother conversations. The goal is stronger clinicians.

Will it help if I'm already an experienced mentor?

Yes — particularly if you still repeat corrections, find that you are often in teaching mode, notice people seeking reassurance, want to challenge more confidently, or care about raising standards.

Why is there no replay?

This is an implementation-based programme. The value is in practice, discussion and live application, not passive viewing. An AI summary follows each session for reflection.

What's the time commitment?

Five live sessions over 10 weeks, plus practising one mentoring behaviour between sessions and optional peer accountability. The design is realistic for busy clinicians.

The first session is 75 minutes, and the other 4 sessions are 60 minutes each.