About Us
Our Mission and Vision
Our mission is to Inspire, Empower and Engage our clients through therapy, advocacy and individual support. We are a professional, ethical team who are caring, collaborative and courageous. Through Supporting and Connecting with our clients our vision is to have our clients reach their full potential and Thrive.
About Karen
Karen is an accredited social worker and has worked in the human services field for over fifteen years. In addition, she has post graduate education in domestic and family violence and seeks to ensure the safety and security of her clients.
As a passionate advocate for peoples' rights, Karen strongly believes in people having a voice and autonomy to choose their goals and will help advocate for them when they feel they have not been heard. As a caring and compassionate advocate she strives for her clients to be the best they can be. She believes in the strengths of community, belonging, inclusion and freedom and will support her clients to connect and thrive.
Karen is practicing ACT, CBT and Narrative therapies with a strength-based focus. With a strong belief in user choice, she is happy to connect with clients to ensure compatibility before engaging in therapy supports. Karen has a trauma informed approach and understands the barriers to connecting and will work at the clients pace to ensure they feel heard and supported
Karen understands that sometimes people living with a disability and their family members need help to cope with the challenges in their daily lives.
As a social worker Karen offers:
- Support for families working through a new diagnosis,
- Confidential counseling and support for individuals,
- Facilitating peer support and networking,
- Consultation with other service providers,
- Accessing community resources.
Karen can provide the following services, psychosocial recovery coaching, in home supports, short term accommodation services and individual therapy.
Karen loves horses and is beginning to combine her love for Clydesdales with her therapy and in the future will offer equine assisted therapy in Maryborough.
About Tanya
Tanya is a dedicated practice-base professional who is committed to the principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities.
Tanya has dedicated her work to supporting family and children that are at-risk of entering the child protection system. This includes families who have been impacted by domestic and family violence, child abuse, inter-generational trauma, mental health issues, disability, alcohol and drugs, low socio-economic factors, and other trauma. She is passionate about raising awareness of structural and systemic inequities and dedicated to bringing about social change and to reducing social barriers.
Tanya has over 25 years of personally caring for someone with a disability and as such she understands that a person centred approach keeps the person with a disability at the centre of decision making.
This involves listening, thinking together, coaching, sharing ideas, and seeking feedback. This process is ongoing to make sure each person is supported towards their personal goals, even as they evolve and change.
The ultimate aim is to understand what each individual person wants and needs to live their own, personally defined, good life.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Social Science (Child and Community) Tanya understands that to maintain a high standard of professional practice a commitment to ongoing professional development is vital. Therefore, she continues to engage and invest in her learning journey. She has recently completed a Psychosocial Recovery Coach course, completed training in Somatic Therapy and has extensive experience in supporting individuals on their mental health journey.
Tanya offers psychosocial recovery coaching, recreational and leisure support, in home disability support, short term accommodation support and therapy services.