Our People
The path to recovery can be best navigated with an experienced, empathetic, professional. We are a small team of dedicated people who are here to help lift you up, to restore your balance. We have depth of knowledge, a range of therapies and techniques we can share to help you build a tool box to draw from. Your safety and well-being is always our top priority. Find out a little about each of us here:
Paige
Counsellor
Clients can expect to feel a sense of acceptance by myself, and an understanding that actions based on their experience of trauma do not define an individual.
My choice to pursue counselling stemmed from my passion of working with families to create healthy and nurturing home environments. I employ a grass-roots and holistic approach to working with clients. With adults this means allowing the client to lead the therapeutic process and identify their own meaningful goals. For child clients this may look like allowing space for the parent or carer’s voices to be heard, receive support and psycho-education. Some of the specific therapy interventions utilised by myself include Play Based Therapy which allows a client to process their traumatic experience by expression of their life narrative in their own time and their own communication style. Another intervention utilised is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. CBT involves separation of thoughts and feelings; the client learns to regain control of their thoughts and reactions to navigate life’s hurdles and trauma with a focus on their own goals and recovery.
I will support you to identify healthy paths and strategies to regain control of your life and become the best possible version of yourself.
Gretchen
Counsellor + Psychosocial Recovery Coach
“A person is a product of his thoughts, What he thinks he becomes” Ghandi
Dreams or goals are what motivates a person to do hard work. However, thinking of these dreams are the easy part, it’s the journey towards that goal that is challenging. I have always believed that we are in control of our destiny and the journey that we go through before we achieve anything. This is the reason why I would like each individual to work on themselves; see what potential they already have. Foster in a person the confidence they need to be accountable and responsible for their actions, and take charge on what path they want to travel in order to achieve their dreams.
Christine
Business Services – Finance
To be part of a team supporting people to understand and continue their journey is an amazing experience. Trauma has been something that I have had to deal with personally and at one point in time I believed that I could not accomplish what I wanted to achieve because of it. Everyday someone walks through the doors feeling what I felt for years and everyday a person walks out those doors one step closer to being able to achieve what they want for themselves. I would have never thought following the path I wanted in finance would lead me to being a part of a team helping so many people create their new journey.
Maureen
Business Services
Maureen may be part of the welcome to Trauma Assist, either over the phone or at the door. Work life balance is a top priority for Maureen and this is reflected in her upbeat attitude she brings in to our workplace each and everyday. Maureen keeps us all ticking along and in balance.
