Trauma-Informed Care
Many people experience traumatic events across their lifespan that deeply shape their lives. Approaching therapy through a trauma-informed lens allows us to gently address how these experiences impact your thoughts, emotions, physiology, and social connections. Lisa provides a safe, strengths-based framework designed to help you rebuild a sense of absolute safety, control, and personal empowerment.
A Modern Framework for Healing
Understanding the complexities of trauma is essential for effective treatment planning. Modern therapeutic frameworks are evolving from purely bio-medical or psychoanalytical models to deeply integrate psycho-social and recovery-oriented approaches.
Click through the core dimensions of our trauma-informed framework below to explore how we support your journey:
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Holistic Understanding
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Core Framework
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Safety & Empowerment
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Specialized Support
Honoring Your Whole System
Trauma fundamentally reshapes an individual's thoughts, emotions, physical physiology, and psychosocial well-being. Our approach honors these intersections, moving beyond surface symptoms to address the deep-rooted impacts of traumatic events across your entire lifespan.
Evolving Approaches to Care
True recovery requires an updated clinical framework. Our care plans are actively informed by modern clinical breakthroughs surrounding attachment styles, early childhood development, memory processing, self-understanding, and working directly with the body to release stored stress.
Rebuilding Control
"Trauma-Informed Practice is a strengths-based framework grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma, that emphasises physical, psychological, and emotional safety for everyone, and that creates opportunities for survivors to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment." — Hopper et al.
Trusted Professional Pathways Support & Follow-Up
Lisa holds advanced qualifications in the Clinical Treatment for Complex Trauma. Because of this specialized training, she is recognized as a preferred clinical provider for organizations dedicated to veteran and community well-being, including Open Arms and the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Pillars of Trauma-Informed Practice
Strengths-Based
Shifting the focus from "what is wrong with you" to understanding your innate resilience and building upon your personal strengths.
Physical Safety
Creating a deeply secure, predictable, and welcoming clinical environment whether you see us in Adelaide or via Telehealth.
Emotional Safety
Pacing your therapy sessions gently, ensuring your boundaries are fully respected without forcing you to rush through painful memories.
Recovery-Oriented
Emphasizing complete collaboration, self-direction, and regular milestones to return the ownership of your life journey entirely to you.
Meet Lisa
- Clinical Social Worker
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
- 10+ years experience
- Trauma-informed
- Couples and individual work
