Trauma Support Providers

Along with her position as a Manager at The Oasis Centre, Jatinder is also the Director of JK Diversity Consultants and Accredited Mental health Social Worker specialist in working with migrant and refugee communities. Her professional career spans 15 years and across various scopes of practice: research, child protection, family support, refugee settlement support, domestic violence counselling, policy roles and teaching Social work practice.

Jatinder is a fluent Punjabi speaker and has been delivering training workshops since 2011 to professionals from multi-disciplinary background across Australia to build cultural capability and responsiveness within child welfare, mental health, domestic and family violence. She has been a strong advocate and has published research in various journals and presented at national and international conferences. She has prepared submissions to various child protection inquiries and Royal commissions and Domestic Violence reviews. She is a member of Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and on the Advisory Board of Sikh Helpline Australia.

Ms Jatinder Kaur
The Oasis Centre Manager – Accredited Mental Health Social Worker

Medicare Provider Number: 5289313H | Registered NDIS Provider Number: 4050022645

Dana has worked intensively as a Clinical Psychologist in complex adult mental health settings since 2009. She applies an integrated therapeutic approach which is tapered to individual client needs to ensure best practice is always adhered to on an individual level. She strives to work with each person exclusively, within all external and internal facets of their lives to promote improved global wellbeing.
She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), APS College of Clinical Psychologists, Australian Clinical Psychology Association (ACPA), and Association of Contextual Behavioural Sciences (ACBS).
Whilst working with a broad range of clients, presentations and difficulties, Dana has a special interest in working with trauma, complex PTSD and helping people develop themselves with difficulties beyond achieving just a cessation of symptoms.

I am a registered Clinical Psychologist with the National Psychology Registration Board of Australia (PsyBA). I am a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists, a Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists, and a Member of the Australian Clinical Psychology Association. I hold a Master of Psychology (Clinical) with distinction and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Southern Queensland. I also have a Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a Bachelor of Organisational Leadership from the University of New England. Further, I hold a Diploma of Management and Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from Benchmark College.
I am a registered provider for iCare, the Victoria Transport Accident Commission, and WorkCover Queensland. I am also a registered provider for WorkSafe Victoria and the Department of Veterans Affairs. I provide services to victims of crime primarily through NSW Victims Services and Victoria’s Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal. I am accredited with Medicare as a provider of mental health services. I am a sponsor under Queensland and New South Wales Work and Development Order programs. Additionally, I am approved to provide services under Western Australia and Victoria's Work and Development Permit program.
I provide psychological services via telehealth from Sydney to clients of North-West Psychological Services who primarily reside in Victoria in a sub-contracting arrangement. In this arrangement, I am directly responsible for providing psychological treatment to people suffering from psychiatric disorders in various presentations and severity. I provide these services to clients under a range of funding arrangements. I am the proprietor of Psych Point, under which I also provide services directly. My services are frequently sought by medical practitioners, lawyers, other psychologists, community agencies, corrections case managers, and individuals seeking treatment.

I am a registered Psychologist with an Area of Practice Endorsement in Counselling. I am a full member of The Australian Psychological Society and a Fellow of the College of Counselling Psychologists. I have over 35 years experience with a wide range of clients including Vietnam Veterans and other combat trauma survivors, Survivors of Childhood trauma, workplace and industrial trauma in addition to general counselling. I have trained as a Gestalt Therapist so my approach to my counselling is to try to look at the big picture and to be very focused on the viewpoint of the client. I regularly undertake update training on trauma counselling and I have a clear model of treatment that I use for survivors of trauma

Deb is an experienced Psychologist with a demonstrated history of working with both adults and children in the mental health care industry. She is known for her gentle, down-to-earth non-judgement style. ""She takes the time to listen"". Skilled in Trauma therapy and Psychotherapy, Deb uses gold standard therapies recommended by Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Health including EMDR and Trauma-CBT. She can also help with other concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship breakdowns, low self-esteem and anger management - and equally important self improvement skills to help you move your life to the next level, such as values exploration, goal setting, relationship communication and parenting skills. Ask Deb about EMDR, Somatic Psychotherapy and Clinical Hypnotherapy to see if they are suitable to your needs.

I have been in private practice for over 10 years. I have experience in the treatment of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances and post traumatic stress disorder. My workload includes Medicare patients, Victims of Crime Clients, TAC and WorkCover Clients. I provide services for both adolescents and adults.

3 University degrees
40 years as a practicing clinician - 25 in private practice
24 Years as Specialist (trauma) Counsellor with Victim Services - NSW
Experienced in treating all types of abuse throughout my career
Experienced in treating institutional abuse
Treatment approach is Psychodynamic with Emotional Processing

I have worked as a counsellor and therapist since 1996, delivering service through private practice and/or work in organisations. I have worked with survivors in different contexts; in addition to counselling and/or therapy specifically for trauma, I have met and worked with survivors in areas such as drug and alcohol treatment, supportive casework, and employee assistance programs. I regularly undertake training in trauma treatment and related approaches, to keep up to date with new approaches and techniques that can help my clients.
My trauma work is focused on enhancing feelings of safety and wellbeing, and empowering people to enrich the meaning and joy they experience in their lives and relationships. I have availability to provide psychotherapy on a regular (weekly or fortnightly) basis; the length of treatment varies depending on the needs of individual clients. My rooms are in Clifton Hill (inner north east/Melbourne) and I aim to provide a safe and homey environment; I also offer online services. I offer a concession rate for low income earners, and my clients can access various financial support options (details on my website).
I use specialised counselling techniques to help clients in various ways, e.g.:
- identify and work through internalised emotions, and help them to reconnect with life and relationships in a healthy way
- use strategies to manage symptoms, such as being overwhelmed, including EMDR, grounding and focusing techniques.
Clients can work through issues at a pace that feels comfortable and safe for them. In the treatment I provide, a collaborative and client centred approach always takes priority. To achieve this, I encourage participation and feedback from my clients about our work together.
If you would like to discuss having counselling with me please contact me via telephone or email. You can also book a free telephone consultation via my website, to discuss whether I would be the right counsellor for you.

I received my Masters in Counselling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco in 2007 and became a Registered Psychologist in Australian in 2010. I also hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists, Inc.

I've been in private practice in Hobart since 2015, formerly at Family Psychological Services and Lenah Valley Medical Centre, and in solo practice at my New Town office since 2019.

From 2016-2021 I was the Tasmanian associate for a federally funded Inter Country Adoption Family Support Program, providing counselling services to individuals, couples and families currently or previously engaged in the inter country adoption program. I continue to provide support to the adoption community.

Since living Hobart I have also developed and facilitated programs for at-risk youth at the Hobart PCYC, presented as a guest lecturer for the Clinical Psychology Masters program at the University of Tasmania and run the Cygnet Clinic for the Huon Valley Council Community Mental Health Care Program.

Before moving to Hobart, I spent five years working as a Psychologist for the Western Australia Department of Corrective Services, both in the Perth metro and the Kimberley regions. There I provided prison counselling and ran group treatment programs for incarcerated Aboriginal people targeting substance abuse, domestic violence and sexual offending. I also contributed to projects aimed at improving the cultural relevance of offender treatment programs.

Welcome to Transitional Support, an organisation that provides counselling, careers advice and support services for people of all ages, as well as professional development, training and workshops for organisations and groups.
 
Transitional Support specialises in the processes and strategies that assist individuals, families and companies undergoing a transitional phase, and these include childhood to adolescence, education to employment, relationships, personal identity and organisational change. Our services also include bullying and online interactions, school and workplace-related stress, and behaviour management support.
 
Our philosophy is that throughout life people undergo phases of change, and it is normal for people to react to change with different emotional states. This response is not necessarily a reflection of mental illness or personality disorders but usually a combination of stressors and lack of strategies to cope. At Transitional Support, we assist clients in understanding the situation and equip them with a toolbox of strategies to both manage the outcome and their expectations.
 
Our clinic utilises an Integrative Therapy approach which draws upon various therapies including EMDR, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Mindfulness, Meditation, ACT, Solutions Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Person Centred, Family Systems and Sand Play. Through incorporating an Integrative counselling approach to our practices allows us to bring together different elements of specific therapies to best support the individual.
 
Integrative counselling maintains the idea that there are many ways in which human psychology can be explored and understood – no one theory holds the answer. All theories are considered to have value, even if their foundational principles contradict each other – hence the need to integrate them.  Essentially, integrative Transitional Support counsellors are not only concerned with what works but why it works – tailoring therapy to their clients and not the client to the therapy.
 
At our Springwood practice, we offer a discrete oasis for our clients. Whether you require one on one counselling, group guidance and mediation or workplace workshops, we can tailor our services to meet your needs.