MEET THE TEAM

‘A dynamic and passionate social worker, specializing in family therapy, trauma recovery, mood disorders, and compulsive behaviours.’

Role: Senior Complex Comorbidity Clinician
Accreditations: Accredited Social Worker and National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Culture: English, Chinese and Scottish.
Local Government Area: Ryde.
Locations: Mobile Northern Sydney.

Experience:
- Disability.
- Family Preservation and Out of Home Care.
- Therapeutic.

Primary Specialisations:
- Family therapy.
- Post traumatic stress disorder.
- Anxiety and Depression.
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
- Squalor and hoarding.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Trauma informed care.
- Strengths based.
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- Systems theory.
- Narrative therapy.

Training facilitation:
- Behaviour Support.
- Trauma informed care.

Alternative Approaches:
- Baby massage trained.

‘Jessie uses a trauma informed approach and has a calm and sincere nature, which makes engagement with her relaxed’.

Role: Senior Behaviour Clinician
Accreditations: Accredited Social Worker and National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Culture: Chinese Australian.
Local Government Area: Parramatta.
Locations: Mobile Western Sydney, Clinics in Penrith and Parramatta.

- Child Protection and Out of Home Care.
- Disability.
- Therapeutic Interventions.

Primary Specialisations:
- Children, young people, and family work.
- Interpersonal relationships.
- Depression and Anxiety.
- Complex Trauma.
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Trauma Informed Care.
- Strengths Based.
- Person Centred Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychoeducation

Training facilitation:
- Trauma Informed Care.

'Let's play together! Let's build relationships together and support your goals. You lead in this journey. '

Role: Senior Child Development Clinician
Accreditations: Accredited Learn to Play, Accredited Social Worker, EMDR (level 1), National Disability Insurance Scheme, Victims of Crime.
Culture: Aboriginal and German.
Local Government Area: Blacktown.
Locations: Mobile Western Sydney, Clinics in Penrith and Parramatta.

Experience:
- Working with children and young people who are living with complex trauma and disabilities.
- Working with children and young people who have been removed from their families.
- Clinical assessment of multilayer of trauma, concerns of harm and disability with children, young people and their families.

Primary Specialisations:
- Ages from 2-22 years.
- Learn to Play: play therapy-based intervention focused on six key areas of development.
- Play-based interventions through specific interest, art, movement, creation, mindfulness and more.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy with children and young people.
- Neuro-affirming care model.
- Behavioural Assessment Report (BAR), Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA) and Sensory Profile.
- Assessments for Autism; to be taken to psychiatrist/paediatrician for formal confirmation of diagnosis.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Play-based therapy; Directive play therapy.
- Sensory regulation work.
- Neuro-affirming model.
- Psychoeducation.
- Ecological approach.

Training facilitation:
- Behaviour Support training.

‘I offer person-centred support, guided by lived experience, curiosity and respect, and a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach.’

Role: Behaviour Support Practitioner and Psychotherapist
Accreditation: Australian Counselling Association
Culture: Anglo-Australian
Local Government Area: Cumberland/Blacktown
Location: Mobile from Western Sydney to the Inner West

Experience:
- Complex trauma
- LGBTQI+
- Neurodiversity
- Working with diverse faiths and spirituality
- Relationship counselling: struggles with intimacy and infidelity
- Pornography addition, sexual compulsion, and male sexual health and performance.

Primary Specialisations:
- Anxiety, depression, grief and loss.
- LGBTQI+ concerns: gender identity and sexuality
- Relationships: trust, sex, love and infidelity, diverse relationship styles, sexual health and wellbeing, and all things in between.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Person-centred counselling
- Trauma-informed care
- Strengths and recovery based-therapy
- Family systems theory
- Psychoeducation

'Kris is an experienced and multi-faceted practitioner, who specialises in supporting individuals and their support network to reduce harmful sexualised behaviours’.

Role: Senior Forensic Clinician
Accreditations: Criminology, NDIS, BEDIT Di-Sexuality,
Culture: Bosnian Australian.
Local Government Area: Blacktown.
Locations: Mobile Western Sydney, Clinics in Penrith and Parramatta.

Experience:
- Child Protection: JCPR / Adolescent Team/ CP
- Sexual Exploitation Project
- Youth Justice Sex Offender / Violent Offender Program Officer
- Qualified and experienced Teacher, Trainer and Program Evaluator
- NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Good Lives Model

Primary Specialisations:
- Harmful Sexualised Behaviours
- Adolescent Work and challenging behaviours
- Safety Planning and Risk Assessments (forensic & behavioural)
- Supervision and professional supports
- Drug and Alcohol
- Trauma/ Grief and Loss

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Good Lives Model
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy.
- Systemic Therapy
- Psychoeducation

Training facilitation:
- Harmful Sexualised Behaviours: Creating and Maintaining Safety

'Sonas is a creative, warm and welcoming clinician, who loves supporting children and young people.'

Role: Art Thearpist and Behaviour Support Practitioner
Accreditation: ANZACATA and Australian Counselling Association
Culture: Hong Konger and Scottish
Local Government Area: Inner West.
Locations: Mobile Inner and Greater Western Sydney.

Experience:
- Supporting children and young people.
- Therapeutic.

Primary Specialisations:
- Children and young adults.
- Complex Trauma.
- Mental Health.
- Interpersonal relationships.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Creative and expressive therapies.
- Humanistic.
- Person centred support.
- Strengths based.
- Systems theory.

Training facilitation:
- Behaviour Support.

‘A holistic therapist with a passion for supporting those living with disability, complex heath needs, grief and loss and working with diversity. There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach, let’s work together to empower you to live a fulfilling life.’

Role: Therapist and Behaviour Support Practitioner
Accreditations: ACA and NDIS
Culture: Multicultural heritage
Locations: Mobile Northwest and West

Experience:
• Complex trauma (including work with refugees)
• Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) including Dementia
• Crisis therapy roles
• Grief and Loss

Primary specialisations:
• Mental health and disability comorbidity
• Anxiety, depression, grief, and loss
• Life transitions
• Dementia care and carer support
• Healthy relationships and communication

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
• Humanistic
• Person Centred care
• Strengths and Recovery-Based Therapy
• Trauma-informed care
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Psychoeducation

'I believe every individual is unique and deserves care that is tailored to their needs. My work focuses on trauma recovery, person-centred support, and complex mental health needs.'

Role: Therapist and Behaviour Support Practitioner
Accreditations: ACA, NDIS
Culture: Brazilian, South American
Locations: Mobile Inner Western Sydney

Experience:
- Disability
- Complex mental health
- Psychosis
- Alcohol and drug abuse

Primary specialisations:
- Complex mental health and disability comorbidity
- Suicide prevention
- Self harm
- Complex trauma, including systemic trauma

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Trauma informed
- CBT
- Therapeutic Crisis intervention
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Person Centred care

‘Selena is a diverse practitioner, who specialises in working with complex disabilities where there is intertwining psychosocial concerns.’

Role: Behaviour Support Practitioner
Accreditations: NDIS.
Culture: Lebanese Australian.
Local Government Area: Canterbury-Bankstown.
Locations: Mobile Western Sydney, Clinics in Penrith and Parramatta.

Experience:
- Supporting complex psychosocial clients through NDIS.
- Behaviour Support.

Primary Specialisations:
- Supporting neurodivergent participants.
- Leaving Care.
- Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
- Schizophrenia.
- Forensic.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Good Lives Model.
- Psychoeducation.
- Systemic Therapy.
- Person Centred Care.
- Trauma sensitive support.

Training facilitation:
- Behaviour Support Training.

‘An inquisitive and humorous practitioner, who is comfortable sitting with clients in uncomfortable spaces.’

Role: Director, Senior Trauma Clinician and Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner
Accreditations: Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, Victims Services, National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Culture: Greek Australian.
Local Government Area: Penrith.
Locations: Mobile Western Sydney, Clinics in Penrith and Parramatta.

Experience:
- Child Protection and Out of Home Care.
- Disability.
- Therapeutic Interventions.
- Sexual Assault and Systemic Abuse.

Primary Specialisations:
- Post Traumatic Stress disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Disability.
- Depression and Anxiety.
- Personality Disorders.
- Anger management.

Primary Focused Psychological Strategies:
- Behavioural Therapies.
- Three Phased Approach.
- Person Centred Therapy.
- Psychoeducation.
- Narrative Therapy.

Training facilitation:
- Behaviour support training.

Alternative Approaches:
- Trauma informed yoga.
- Meditation.
- Grounding using sensory tools.