Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker/counsellor and ACT therapist. I have been providing support, counselling and advocacy to clients across the lifespan since 1995. I have worked in Non-Government Organisations in New South Wales and Queensland with Domestic and Sexual Violence Services, in Out-of-Home Care managing a variety of Counselling Programs working with women, children and young people who have experienced complex trauma and abuse. Within these roles I have developed and written Models of Practice for sexual assault services, contributed written work to published group-work practices, programs, policy and procedures, and provided training and supervision and mentoring to other clinical professionals.

I have been the recipient of several awards for my contributions to communities, including a White Ribbon Award for the development of a Program for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in New South Wales.

I have completed extensive trauma training including Blue Knot Foundation (previously ASCA), Van der Kolk, Rothschild, Fischer, Levine, Australian Childhood Foundation, Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV), Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA), Walser, and additionally completed Suicide Training (ASIST), Hearing Voices training, and Vicarious Trauma training, along with extensive ACT and Compassion Focused training over the past ten years. I am committed to continuing and maintaining up-to-date and evidence-based training, and receive regular professional supervision from an experienced Social Worker (Professor Jenny Gilmore), and I am a member of a Trauma Informed Practice Group.

I conduct my private practice from a small wellness clinic in the Western suburbs of Brisbane. My practice is based on a strong evidence base and I am committed to providing trauma-informed clinical support to clients who have experienced trauma with deep respect and compassion.

Client Types

• Child
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Couple
• Family
• Groups
• LGBTIQ