In this episode I speak with Kathryn, who has extensive experience in psychosocial disability and mental health through NDIS. She also has a degree in Film Studies and incorporates this in her private practice where she provides a niche therapy modality called Cinematherapy. Kathryn provides counselling through NDIS, mentoring, and mental health support for adult clients, their carers and families.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: 

• Refugee Alternatives Conference 2017 - https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/refugee-alternatives/2017-conference/

• Centre For Refugee Research (UNSW) - https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/keywords/centre-refugee-research

• Birgit Wolz and Cinema Therapy - https://www.cinematherapy.com/

• ACT Mindfully (workshops with Russ Harris) - https://www.actmindfully.com.au/

• Mental Health Academy - https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/

• The Dulwich Centre - https://dulwichcentre.com.au/

• The Beck Institute (CBD training) - https://beckinstitute.org/

• NDIS psychosocial recovery coaching - https://www.ndis.gov.au/understanding/how-ndis-works/mental-health-and-ndis#psychosocial-recovery-coach

• The Gottman Institute - https://www.gottman.com/

• Esther Perel - https://www.estherperel.com/

• Jay Shetty - https://jayshetty.me/

• My Care Space - https://mycarespace.com.au/

• Karista - https://www.karista.com.au/

• Clickability - https://clickability.com.au/

• Ideas disability information - https://www.ideas.org.au/

• The Relationship School (Jayson Gaddis) - https://relationshipschool.com/

• Kathryn’s website (KG Creative Therapy) - https://www.kgcreativetherapy.com.au/

• Kathryn’s Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089115775176

• Kathryn’s Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/kgcreativetherapy/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NBdcdFsgpuKc2Xa85bMHistQ-Mn9Asybni6jZsq1j_U/edit?usp=sharing
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In this episode I speak with Troy, a Social Justice Advocate in Uniting’s advocacy team. He enjoys movies, asking people if he can pet their dog, American politics, saying unprompted that’s he going to join a sports team this year, social and economic justice, and adding to the pile of books on his bedside table that he never reads.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Roger Ebert - https://www.rogerebert.com/

• Breaking Grounds cafe opening article - https://breakthru.org.au/blog/breakthru-royal-rehab-open-fully-inclusive-cafe-breaking-grounds/

• Paulo Freire’s consciousness raising - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-reformation-consciousness-raising-theory-paulo-el-radi-ph-d-/

• The Fair Treatment campaign - https://www.fairtreatment.org/

• 107 Projects - https://107.org.au/

• Nana Miss Koori - https://www.facebook.com/grahamsimms1969/

• The Making of SQuAD - https://www.peerconnect.org.au/files/6815/6136/8307/The_Making_of_SQUAD.pdf

• Sydney Queer and Disability Group (SQuAD) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1700325056695955/

• The Transgender Issue (Shon Faye) - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-transgender-issue-9780141991801

This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16-7oyBSLaoB8Szz0hyg8kEEB7EZmaSngB6f50MGcUtc/edit?usp=sharing
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In this episode I speak with Chantelle, owner of REACH Wellbeing, a private practice offering supervision to helping professionals. Chantelle has experience working across the lifespan primarily in the areas of trauma and mental health and has a keen interest in education, as well as how social work more broadly can exist in the world of media.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Chantelle’s Instagram account ("The Assertive Social Worker") - https://www.instagram.com/theassertivesocialworker/?hl=en

• REACH wellbeing - https://www.reachwellbeing.com.au/

• Mindful Recovery Services - https://www.mindfulrecovery.com.au/

• Art and Play Therapy training - https://www.artandplaytherapytraining.com.au/art_and_play_therapy

This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jrk3ReZD0OQvcM_F1Lpl3mpNWhVk0KmUlSDlXBgAjw/edit?usp=sharing
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In this episode I speak with Carolyn, who has worked in the trauma, child protection, domestic violence and mental health sectors in Australia and the UK. In addition to her Bachelor and Masters's degrees in Social Work, Carolyn has a Masters in Adult Education and is undertaking a Masters in Applied Neuroscience. She has published more than 20 peer reviewed articles in the areas of supervision, clinical practice and management and received a Creswick Fellowship in 2012 to study attachment theory and group supervision models at the Tavistock and Portman Clinic in London. Carolyn provides individual and group supervision to professionals in a range of fields and, is an article reviewer for a number of UK journals and provides training around topics such as Vicarious Trauma and Resilience, Leadership and Management, as well as Emotional Intelligence for a range of government and non-government organisations.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: 

• The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust - https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/

• Daniel Goleman - https://www.danielgoleman.info/

• Paul Ekman - https://www.paulekman.com

• Concepts used by Paulo Freire - https://www.freire.org/concepts-used-by-paulo-freire

• Resisting burnout with justice-doing (Vikki Reynolds) - https://vikkireynoldsdotca.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/reynolds2011resistingburnoutwithjustice-doingdulwich.pdf

This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MlmSmlw8QmN3_7IaB2GuMvwWcH7pyC2B8QzCWX5y5-w/edit?usp=sharing
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In this episode I speak with Peta, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who has had extensive training and experience working in the areas of sexual assault, family violence, mental health and trauma.  Peta currently runs a private practice providing evidence-based trauma therapy as well as delivering training on managing sexual disclosures and regulating the nervous system.  

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: 

• Child FIRST Victoria - https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/child-first-and-family-services

• Dr Gabor Maté - https://drgabormate.com/

• PASDS program - https://providers.dffh.vic.gov.au/parenting-assessment-and-skill-development-service

• South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault - https://www.secasa.org.au/

• Sexual Offences and Child-abuse Investigation Team - https://www.police.vic.gov.au/sexual-offences

• Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault - https://www.easternhealth.org.au/services/item/174-eastern-centre-against-sexual-assault-ecasa

• Dr Bruce Perry - https://www.bdperry.com/

• Dr Stephen Porges - https://www.stephenporges.com/

• Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/

• Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain - https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books/seven-and-a-half-lessons-about-the-brain/

• Peta’s business, Breath Counselling - https://www.breathcounselling.com.au/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10mPhDm-uRElfYPh2j9AfYlUq0NvWk5dUf6hbil9Z_5g/edit?usp=sharing
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In this episode I speak with Stephanie, who has worked in Canada supporting people with addiction and comorbidities, and now works on accreditation, social impact and organisational transformation. Stephanie is the quality and compliance manager at The Burdekin Association, where she manages a team of six specialists who work to amplify best practice for children and young people with trauma. 

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: 

• The Burdekin Association - https://burdekin.org.au/

• Leap of Reason - https://leapofreason.org/

• Dr Gabor Maté - https://drgabormate.com/

• Oliver Sacks Foundation - https://www.oliversacks.com/

• Prof Yuval Harari - https://www.ynharari.com/

• Bessel Van Der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score

• Johann Hari - https://johannhari.com/

• Rutger Bregman - https://www.rutgerbregman.com/

• Very Bad Therapy podcast - https://www.verybadtherapy.com/

  
  

This episode's transcript can be viewed here: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QlSMT6aqy6uIwJT76xr9HsyIEi5jddfomcHnahTu8rE/edit?usp=sharing
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In this episode I speak with Patty who began her social work career as a domestic violence counsellor before moving into child protection for children in foster care and out of home care. Patty is an external supervisor for social work students at the Australian Catholic University and has had her private counselling practice for 15 years. Patty is also a wedding celebrant, retreat host, workshop facilitator, coach, counsellor, reiki master, energy healer and senior yoga teacher. More recently she began hosting a podcast called Carer Conversations to help provide support and inspiration for carers who care for their loved ones in the ageing, mental health, addiction and disability sector.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Learning for Life program - https://www.learningforlife.org/
• NEIS: New Enterprise Incentive Scheme - https://www.dewr.gov.au/new-business-assistance-neis
• Patty’s website - https://pattykikos.com/
• Carer Conversations podcast - https://www.benevolent.org.au/blog/the-benevolent-society-launches-new-podcast-to-support-the-2-7-million-carers-in-australia

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBk4PPjlcIZYmTx7WsBDAiyj3xGk5_31KahCoexSmqM/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode I speak with Alex, the owner of Mindful Recovery Services, a private practice providing psychological treatment and support for adolescents and adults. Alex is passionate about dispelling myths about mental illness and is highly skilled in dialectical behavioural therapy. She is an experienced public speaker and provides consultation to other professionals on managing difficult behaviours in teens.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Alex’s business (Mindful Recovery Services) - https://www.mindfulrecovery.com.au/
• Mindful Recovery Services on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mindfulrecoveryservices/
• Gerda Muller, clinical psychologist and business coach - https://gerdamuller.com.au/
• Gerda Muller’s Facebook group (Private Practice Success) - https://www.facebook.com/PrivatePracticeSuccess/
• The Business of Social Work Australia Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1919283988289631/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iQpjJWrfckSIqb4P2H97YQykQirSXOaCbRSI5vTxAbQ/edit?usp=sharing

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

In this episode I speak with Erin, a senior social worker with over 20 years of experience working in mental health and rehabilitation services in Sydney, Brisbane and London. After spending the first 15 years of her career working in the field of child and adolescent mental health and paediatric rehab, Erin began working in adult neurological rehabilitation. She has recently commenced an exciting new role at Care Rehab, a service which provides specialist social work and psychosexual therapy services.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• LifeWorks at Royal Rehab - https://royalrehablifeworks.com.au/
• Strength2Strength program at Royal Rehab - https://royalrehab.com.au/event/strength2strength-program-for-brain-injury-3/
• Mental Health Academy’s Disaster Mental Health Counselling course - https://www.mentalhealthacademy.com.au/credential/dmhc/enrol
• The Gottman Institute’s The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - https://www.gottman.com/product/the-seven-principles-for-making-marriage-work/
• ACI Spinal Cord Injury Emotional Wellbeing Toolkit elearning Course - https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/spinal-cord-injury/learning-resources/emotional-wellbeing-elearning
• Synapse, Australia’s Brain Injury Organisation - https://synapse.org.au/
• HEEADSSS psychosocial interview format - https://www.medicalhomeportal.org/link/6632#:~:text=HEADSSS%20is%20a%20screening%20tool,most%20personal%20and%20sensitive%20subjects
• Care Rehab - https://carerehab.com.au/
• Erin’s journal article, published in partnership with colleagues at Royal Rehab (Uncovering the nature of cross-disciplinary inpatient rehabilitation care co-ordination) - https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.509587463376829

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wAi90lI5D0YZ8_ppIcVHL3tJshg4_kn9MaDYIgLZsdQ/edit?usp=sharing

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In this episode I speak with Michelle, whose interest and practice focus on attachment, groupwork, narrative therapy, Response Based Practice, systems, and intergenerational trauma. Her areas of specialty include LGBTQIA+, CALD, trauma and relationship counselling. She currently works in both private practice and in NGOs to provide therapy, consultations and training, and clinical supervision for social work/counselling students.

Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

• Sydney Inclusive Counselling (Michelle’s practice) - https://sydneyinclusivecounselling.com.au/
• Centre for Response-Based Practice - https://www.responsebasedpractice.com/
• Dulwich Centre - https://dulwichcentre.com.au/
• Esther Perel’s podcast Where Should We Begin? - https://www.estherperel.com/podcast
• Dear Therapists by Lori Gottlieb’s and Guy Winch’s podcast Dear Therapists - https://lorigottlieb.com/podcast/#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20the%20Dear%20Therapists,and%20extraordinary%20challenges%20of%20life.
• Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern - https://www.jessicafern.com/books
• Maps of Narrative Practice by Michael White - https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393705164
• Retelling the Stories of Our Lives by David Denborough - https://wwnorton.com/books/Retelling-the-Stories-of-Our-Lives/
• The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz - https://www.bdperry.com/books
• Karpman’s Drama Triangle - https://karpmandramatriangle.com/

This episode's transcript can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S7joGp_pVhKx4iAEM_vTNCPfRfqNzyQMYqp03mVrgzs/edit?usp=sharing

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