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Borderline Personality Disorder here.
https://www.australiacounselling.com.au/experience-borderline-personality-disorder-bpd/
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Specific Informal Peer/Professional Support
Are you a mental health worker who would like BPD specific informal peer/professional support
around your clients with BPD?
Are you an organisation who would like support for your workers who have clients with BPD?
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I am most passionate about all things BPD. I am in the unique position of having professional qualifications, peer mental health worker roles and a recovered lived experience personal perspective on BPD. I have eight years’ experience working in community mental health with clients from all different backgrounds. In 2017 I started up my own counselling psychotherapy private practice with a special focus on people with Borderline Personality Disorder.
I can do face to face informal peer/professional support, email, phone or skype supervision at my office in Aveley as well as group support at your organisation.
FEES
$100 per hour for individuals
$200 per hour for groups.
Travel time if necessary $20
WHAT YOU WILL GET
A comprehensive array of knowledge and experience
Professional advice
Personal advice
Practical advice
Up to date research on BPD
How to use DBT skills with clients
List of relevant services and resources
List of books, podcasts, websites and DVDs
Peer stories and case studies
Email and phone support
QUALIFICATIONS
Edith Cowan University Psychology/Counselling Double Major degree and Deans List 2008
Cert IV Mental Health
TRAINING
Dialectical Behaviour Training from Portland DBT Institute 2015
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RESEARCH TEAM MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
Murdoch University Research Team co-author of Academic journal articles. Findings published in International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
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Recovery and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Description of the Innovative Open Borders Program
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Perspectives of the Open Borders Program for People with Borderline Personality Disorder
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OTHER JOURNAL ARTICLES
Psychotherapy in Australia 2008
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The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
AWARDS
Inaugural Barbara Hocking SANE Australia Fellowship 2014
Act, Belong, Commit 2012
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winner of 45 second TV advert promoting positive mental health
KEY NOTE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
National Australian Borderline Personality Disorder Foundation Conference 2017
Project Air Strategy Personality Disorders Conference 2015
OTHER SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
National ABPDF Conference Adelaide 2015
THEMHS Conferences 2013, 2014, 2015
Joondalup Community Mental Health 2013
Clarkson Community Mental Health 2013
The Marian Centre 2013
Sentiens Day Centre 2013
South Metropolitan Health Department 2013
BPD SPECIFIC CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Bruce Perry Trauma Conference 2015
BPD SUPPORT GROUPS FACILITATED
BPD Consumer Support Group UCW 2015
BPD COMMITTEES
Project Air Strategy Peer Support Group Program Advisory Committee 2017
ABPDF Consumer representative 2014-2016
BPD WORKSHOPS CREATED, WRITTEN AND PRESENTED
Uniting Care West BPD Workshop 2013
Uniting Care West Disclosing with Wise Mind 2013
Uniting Care West Managing Difficult Participants 2013
Uniting Care West Behavioural Chain Analysis 2016
Partners in Recovery BPD Workshop 2015
Peedac Employment Personality Disorders Workshop
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UNIVERSITY GUEST LECTURER
Murdoch University
Curtin University
Edith Cowan University
Griffiths University Queensland
TRAUMA WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Trauma Informed Recovery Workshop 2013
Trauma Informed Care Workshop 2015
LITERARY ACHIEVEMENTS
ABC Books/Harper Collins published books
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The Bad Mother’s Revenge (2006)
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Death by Teenager (2009)
Regular weekly radio spot on ABC720 from 2004 to 2008
Sunday Times Freelance Journalist
My Child Magazine 2008 – 2011
Community Newspapers guest spots on mental health issues