Clinical supervision, staff support and solid self-care routines are integral for all staff who work in the Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) service sector. This is true both for therapeutic staff and those in related frontline roles, such as needle syringe program (NSP) workers, allied health staff and receptionists.
Helping people can be stressful and leave workers feeling anxious or exhausted. In the AOD service sector, at any one time, a number of the clients will be in crisis, stressed, …
Since 1999, I have been working as a counsellor and therapist and I really enjoy this work - helping people to achieve their desired changes or to gain some relief from emotional pain.
Philosophy/Way of working Clear and honest communication is an important part of how I work and I believe that this makes counselling much more effective. I work hard to build warm and supportive relationships with my counselling clients, aiming to help them to achieve their identified goals. Operating on the …
BA, BSW, AMHSW, Graduate Diploma in Family Therapy, MACA Level 4