About katherine

Katherine began her social work career working regionally in a generalist counselling setting. Katherine worked with people across the lifespan dealing with a range of life struggles. This work provided the foundation for Katherine's career long pursuit to understand the role that the family emotional process, the broader environment and experiences of structural and systemic oppression all play in a person's presenting struggles. 

Over the 15 years Katherine has worked as a counsellor and therapist, Katherine has worked in the specialty areas of perinatal and infant mental health, family inclusive therapeutic work in the child protection sector and working with families impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence.  Katherine has also worked with people committed to breaking generational family patterns through a focus on couple work or work within their family. Katherine currently works with people struggling with parenting, post separation challenges, grief and loss, and people impacted by abuse of all forms (including child sexual abuse and domestic and family violence).  

In working with Katherine, you can expect a focus on thinking towards what your best self can be in the face of adversity or other life experiences impacting on you. Katherine draws on violence informed practice principles and Bowen Family Systems Theory as the theoretical underpinnings in the work that guides this thinking process. 

Throughout your contact with Katherine , you can expect an ethical and high quality therapeutic service. Katherine proudly operates within the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics  (1201 (aasw.asn.au)), the Australian Association of Family Therapy Code of Ethics (ETHICS (aaft.asn.au) )  and the Victims Charter of Rights  (Charter of Victims Rights (nsw.gov.au)) framework.