Facilitator Gallery

Wayne McCashen

Wayne McCashen is a leader in the articulation and development of the strengths approach to working in the human services and has written material on strengths-based practice that is used nationally and internationally; The Strengths Approach: a strengths-based resource for sharing power and creating change, Communities of hope: a strengths-based resource for building community and co-author of the card-based resource Name the frame: reminders for building respectful socially just decisions. read more

Dr Craig Hassed: Monash University

Dr Craig Hassed is a General Practitioner and senior lecturer at the Monash University Department of General Practice. His teaching, research and clinical interests involve mindfulness-based stress management, mind-body medicine, meditation, holistic healthcare, health promotion, complementary therapies and medical ethics. read more

Jane D'Arcy

Jane has been playing with narrative therapy ideas for over ten years now. Her interest in this approach has directed her to undertake a Post Graduate Diploma of Narrative Therapy and community work through the Dulwich Centre in Adelaide. She has had the privilege of working with hundreds of children, young people and their families in her various work roles both as a therapist and group facilitator and is always looking for creative ways that can... read more

Liz Price: Trainer/Consultant

Alongside her Trainer-Consultant role Liz Price is currently the Practice Facilitator at Kyabra Community Association. During her 14 years there she has had opportunities to develop strengths and narrative approaches to her work with individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations. She has worked with community members around issues such as intimate partner violence, child protection, parenting, trauma, and siblings of people... read more

Linda Ray: Neuroleadership Solutions

Linda Ray is the Managing Director of NeuroLeadership Solutions which currently provides innovative brain friendly solutions to clients in the areas of:
• coaching and mentoring to mangers
• training in the application of neuroscience to leadership and management read more

Neil Barringham: A Place to Belong

Neil Barringham and Sullen Welch have been working in community inclusion at A Place to Belong in West End, Brisbane. Neil first started learning about community inclusion in the disability realm when he and his wife became more involved in their community and shared their home with a few people who were working through the recovery process. From this, Neil saw the power of ordinary, simple friendship connections. read more

Bev Aisbett

In 1991 Bev Aisbett launched a full-time freelance career in cartooning and illustration. Around this time, Bev experienced an ordeal commonly known as anxiety disorder. Out of this experience she developed the character "IT" which led to the successful publication of Living With IT, Living IT Up and Letting IT Go. Bev has also published Get Real, dealing with body image and eating disorders and in 2000 the successful Taming the Black Dog: A guide to depression. read more

Judy Gregory: Information Design Centre

Judy Gregory is an information designer and communication specialist with 20 years' experience in working for clients in the government, university, and community sectors. Judy is best known for her expertise as a writer, designer, and researcher of community education resources, including resources designed to communicate in plain English about complex issues. She is also a skilled facilitator and qualitative researcher with experience in interviewing... read more

Ben Furman

Ben Furman, M.D. co-founder of Helsinki Brief Therapy Institute Ltd. and Twin Star Ltd, is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and an internationally renowned expert in the field of solution-focused psychotherapy, coaching and organisational development. He is known as an innovator who has contributed widely to the development of solution-focused, strength-based and generally more positive approaches to psychotherapy and coaching. read more

Maggie Carey

Maggie Carey has been involved in the practice of narrative therapy since the early 90's and in the teaching of it for the past 10 years. Maggie's therapeutic practice has seen her working alongside young people at risk, with women and children who live with the effects of violence and abuse, and with people having experienced trauma, particularly as refugees. read more

Wendy Lawson

Wendy Lawson has an Autism Spectrum Disorder. However, Wendy has graduated, over time, from being a child considered to be intellectually disabled and 'almost incapable of doing as she is told' (as one school report stated) to a mum of four children with five university degrees. She now operates her own business. read more

Susan Pearce: reinvention®

Susan Pearce is a founding partner at reinvention® which was was founded in early 2001. Based in Brisbane, Australia they work with clients throughout Australia and internationally. They established reinvention® for the purpose of assisting organisations make the paradigm shift necessary to face the complexity of the modern business world with new tools and approaches including mindfulness. read more

Kimberley O'Brien: Quirky Kid

Kimberley O'Brien from Quirky Kid enjoys presenting interactive workshops for children, adolescents, families and professionals. Kimberley's workshops have been creatively developed over 15 years in the Child and Family field and she strives for innovation to ensure presentations are inspiring, practical and effective for small groups in the clinic setting or demonstrative for large audiences in an auditorium. read more

Jane Hutton

Jane Hutton is a social worker and narrative therapist with over 20 years of experience. She enjoys meeting with both children and adults to collaborate on resolving a wide range of difficulties. She offers narrative supervision and training to many different individuals... read more