With local and international experience as a researcher, writer, supervisor, social worker, counsellor, clinical practice and governance leader, founder and CEO, I bring a diverse skill knowledge set to my consulting services.
I hold expertise in trauma and violence-informed care, intersectional practice, critical social work, counselling and mental health, therapeutic casework, complex trauma and the neurobiology of trauma.
I draw on this expertise to offer the following consulting services:
I have experience writing a range of reports for organisations for internal and external purposes and for their funding bodies.
I have written policy submissions, position statements and presented to parliamentary inquiry committees. As the founder of HerSpace, I gained extensive knowledge and skills in writing grant and tender applications with a strong track record for obtaining funding. My writing is evidence-based, informed by lived experience and focused on showcasing impact and purpose.
I can deliver innovative research projects to investigate new fields of practice and evidence needs in the community.
As a researcher, I can produce literature reviews, scoping studies, needs analyses, research and evaluation reports and conduct qualitative research and data analysis. I can deliver innovative research projects to investigate new fields of practice and evidence needs in the community. Alongside my PhD research, I have designed and conducted numerous research and evaluation reports across multiple organisations.
I have designed eight service models across four organisations.
These included writing literature reviews and needs analyses, practice guidelines, program manuals and policies and processes. My PhD research draws on feminist participatory qualitative research, gathering empirical evidence across 5 countries to inform practice guidelines for trauma- and violence-informed, intersectional feminist, complex trauma mental health services.
Drawing on this expertise, I work with organisations to develop contextualised evidence-based practice frameworks, manuals and guidelines. My approach is to build the capacity of organisations to embed knowledge and resources into their services and staff.
I offer clinical leadership by designing clinical governance frameworks, programming and models.
As an accredited Mental Health Social Worker with the AASW (Australian Association of Social Workers), I offer external supervision and clinical supervision to health, community and mental health professionals.
I foster safe and collaborative spaces for professionals to share, grow and develop their skills and knowledge. I provide supervision, reflective practice, communities of practice and group supervision to social workers, counsellors, therapists, youth and community workers, and people in the caring professions, offering support and confidential space.
My supervision and reflective practice facilitates critical reflection on practice, and professional development and builds on self-awareness, self-care, resilience and professional self-esteem. Critical reflection invites us to understand ourselves and those we support in more authentic and helpful ways, and offers the chance to consider the impacts intersecting oppression, diverse identities, various forms of bias and projection in our work and in our clients lives. Here are some of the things we might do together in supervision:
I offer mentoring to practitioners, leaders, supervisors and managers; and to entrepreneurs and founders. This mentoring aims to provide a space to set clear career goals, gain clarity in areas for growth, bolster confidence and address challenges with imposter syndrome, confidence, communication and taking the bold steps you need to reach your goals.
