Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

Jane is a registered psychologist with over 30 years experience in psychotherapy/counselling. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society.
For the last 30 years Jane has worked in private practise and has also worked part-time in schools and has been a consultant to various workplaces.

Early in her career Jane became involved in assisting clients to recover from various forms of abuse (emotional, physical) and in particular child sexual abuse. She has had extensive experience assisting clients who have been sexually abused by clergy, teachers, caregivers and by others in positions of power over children.She works with both men and women across the lifespan from young adults to older adults.
Jane considers it a privilege to assist people in their journey of recovery from the effects of child sexual abuse to become as much as possible the person they would have been had abuse not entered their lives.

She utilises a strengths based approach which draws on solution focussed and narrative therapy methodology. In therapy, qualities of character and resource are identified as to how the survivor has risen above the adversity of the abuse, to enable their story of survival.
Jane is passionate about her work and offers empathy, unconditional positive regard, genuineness and respect to her clients. She is focussed on developing a high quality therapeutic relationship with the client. She recognises that survivors coming into therapy usually are facing feelings of fear, shame, guilt and general discomfort when they are deciding to tell their story. She knows disclosing toxic secrets that perpetrators have tricked them into bearing the burden of is often initially a difficult step to take.
Jane works with people to be able to share their story to the level of detail they wish to share, in a context of safety and trust. She is aware that trust needs to be earned and established within the therapeutic relationship and that some survivors need considerable time to build up that trust in the therapist.

Jane is aware that survivors need to feel safe and build trust in order to regain a sense of empowerment in their lives.
Jane works with people that may have a variety of issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression issues, anger management issues, problems with assertiveness and self-confidence, drug and alcohol issues, and relationship problems. Jane for many years has provided assessments and reports for trauma survivors for victims of crime, compensation or various medico-legal matters.

Client Types

• Adult
• Couple
• Family
• LGBTIQ