Trauma Support Providers

Professional Biography

Hello, my name is Pamela Trotman. I am a qualified and accredited mental health social worker with forty years of experience and learning related to working with survivors of different kinds of trauma. I have worked with people from many different groups and cultures including Aboriginal Australians who are members of the Stolen Generations. I too am a survivor of childhood sexual assault who spent many years finding ways to overcome the effects of that abuse. The last leg of that journey occurred when I was in my sixties when I successfully claimed compensation which served as a formal recognition that the abuse had occurred. If you choose me as your counsellor I can offer a range of well-known and accredited healing approaches but most of all I see myself as your guide and mentor in your healing journey.
My counselling style is collaborative: to work with you to address your issues by assisting you to manage adverse trauma reactions while exploring ways to promote your healing. I see ‘healing’ as that state of being where our lives and wellbeing are no longer shaped and overshadowed by trauma, so we are free to enjoy a rich and satisfying life as a person, and in relationship with others. I cannot guarantee that the counselling process will be easy, but I can offer you the commitment to ‘walk-beside-you’.
All my counselling is offered on the basis of the following considerations:
1. By seeking counselling you have the courage and commitment to achieve wellbeing. My responsibility is to match that courage;
2. We will negotiate mutually suitable times and ways to meet;
3. My fees are the (reduced) AASW fee schedule ($250 per session);
4. Our brains have the capacity to help us survive and also to thrive. In recent years I have learned about the neurological basis for this intuitive knowledge, and have developed strategies to harness that energy;
5. I don’t have to fear being overwhelmed by your story. Moved yes, but not overwhelmed because it is our shared responsibility to decide how to safely travel along your healing path;
6. I may not be the best person to serve as your counsellor. If we decide this, I will assist you to gain a clearer picture of what style of counsellor would best suit you.
Thank you for considering me. I wish you well in this exciting stage of your life. Go in peace and confidence that you can find wellness and joy.
Pamela

Client Types

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