In this episode I speak with Rebecca, who has 25 years of social work experience in child protection, legal aid and more recently in private practice. Rebecca has extensive skills in risk assessments and complex case management for young people, and has worked also for the physical abuse and neglect of children counselling service. The majority of her career has been as a criminal consultant for legal aid, and supporting high risk young offenders. More recently Rebecca has moved into part-time private practice, where she continues to specialise in family group conferencing.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Legal Aid NSW (podcasts, annual reports, mental health, Work Development Orders, Closing the Gap Project, Health Justice Partnership Outreach Services and more) - https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/
• Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare - https://www.cfecfw.asn.au/
• Australian Institute of Criminology - https://www.aic.gov.au/
• Safe and Sound Protocol (Unyte Integrated Listening) - https://integratedlistening.com/ssp-safe-sound-protocol/
• Trauma Resource Foundation - https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw-SEz-eh-gIVRQ4rCh0EkQJHEAAYASAAEgL3ivD_BwE
• PESI mental health continuing education seminars - https://www.pesi.com/
• Psychotherapy Networker magazine - https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/
• Internal Family Systems Institute - https://ifs-institute.com/
• Tania Singer - https://taniasinger.de/
• Janina Fisher - https://janinafisher.com/
• Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal Informed Therapies by Stephen Porges and Deb Dana - https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324000501
• The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe by Stephen Porges - https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393707878
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score
• The Wisdom of Trauma by Gabor Mate - https://thewisdomoftrauma.com/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gmut4QtNyyiA0D4go9VjHPYXr6RI23yBsuU3SQF1oxc/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.