Wattle Tree Wellness

02/09/2026

A big week ahead next week, with **two workshops focused on supporting children and young people impacted by domestic and family violence.** 🌿

This is an area of practice I continue to feel deeply passionate about...keeping children and young people visible, listening deeply to their experiences and making sure their needs and voices remain firmly part of our work.

💚 **Walking Alongside @ Caboolture**
📅 7+8 September
I’m really looking forward to facilitating this one for Workup Queensland alongside the lovely **Kristy Barker**.

💜 **CROSSROADS Train the Trainer @ Inala Community House**
📅 10+11 September
Supporting practitioners to work alongside parents and carers whose children have experienced DFV.

Two different workshops, with a shared commitment to keeping children and young people at the centre. 💚

**Registration details in the comments 👇**

27/08/2026

Back home after two wonderful days in beautiful Townsville facilitating CROSSROADS. 😊

This one brought together three of the parts of my work that I really love most: regional and rural practice, keeping children and young people at the centre, and talking openly about violence and abuse and the impact it has across relationships, families and communities.

And what a great group to have those conversations with! Family support workers, early childhood educators, foster and kinship care workers, school staff, counsellors, case managers and court support workers…people coming from different parts of the service system, but all with our attention focussed on children and young people impacted by domestic and family violence.

The more I do this work, the more passionate I become about early intervention in the DFV space. Children and young people need adults around them who understand what they have experienced, recognise how violence can shape their behaviour, relationships and sense of safety, and know how to respond in ways that support healing, connection and safety.

The people in this room are doing that work every day 🙌 It is such important work 🧡

Thank you to this generous group for everything you brought to the room over the two days…your experience, questions, reflections, humour and willingness to share 👏

A particular shout-out to Karen from The Smith Family Communities for Children program, and to the team at DVNQ Domestic Violence North Queensland for working alongside Inala Community House to coordinate and make this training happen. There is always so much work behind the scenes in bringing practitioners together, particularly in regional communities, and I’m very grateful for it.

And thank you to Inala Community House for continuing to trust me with the delivery of CROSSROADS and the opportunity to keep these important conversations happening 💜

Townsville, lovely as always ✊

24/08/2026

I’m really looking forward to facilitating the upcoming CROSSROADS Train the Trainer program in Townsville this week and at Inala Community House in September. 💜

CROSSROADS is for practitioners working alongside parents and carers whose children have experienced domestic and family violence.

If this work is part of your role, I’d love to see you there 🌻🌻🌻

Early bird registrations close 31 August…all the details are in the post below 👇

Don't miss your chance to save on the upcoming CROSSROADS Train the Trainer program, with early bird registrations closing on 31st August. 💜

Taking place on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th September at the Inala Community House Business Centre, this two half-day training equips practitioners with the knowledge, practical tools and confidence to deliver the evidence-based CROSSROADS six-module program within their own service or community.

Designed for those working with parents and carers whose children have experienced domestic and family violence, the program is grounded in trauma-informed practice and supports stronger outcomes for families through healing, connection and safer futures.

Secure your early bird registration before 31st August via https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crossroads-domestic-violence-training-for-practitioners-and-professionals-tickets-1629386953239

24/08/2026

I’m excited to be facilitating this workshop in Caboolture, alongside the wonderful Kristy Barker. 🌿

Supporting children and young people impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence is an area I continue to feel deeply passionate about and committed to.

Too often, children’s experiences can become invisible when our attention is understandably drawn to the adults around them, or their distress is understood only through their behaviour.

Children and young people are not simply witnesses to violence. They experience fear, coercion, disruption and uncertainty in their own right, in their bodies and their spirits…and their experiences, needs and voices deserve to be heard.

Walking Alongside: Supporting Children and Young People Impacted by Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence will bring us together for two days of learning, reflection and practical exploration of how we can better walk alongside children and young people in ways that support safety, connection, healing and hope.

📅 Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th of September 2026
🕘 8:30am - 4:30pm
📍TBC in Caboolture
🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/walking-alongside-supporting-children-and-young-people-impacted-by-domestic-family-and-sexual-violence-caboolture-september-2026

Grateful to Workup Queensland for continuing to create spaces for this important learning.

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Walking Alongside: Supporting Children and Young People Impacted by Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence - Caboolture September 2026 hosted by WorkUP Queensland. Location TBA. Monday 7th September 2026. Find event information.

11/08/2026

How great is my new shirt?!

A couple of weeks ago in Cairns, I had the pleasure of meeting Beau Motlop, a local artist whose work connects with the domestic and family violence space.

I loved this artwork … and now I get to wear it!

Thanks Beau for letting me share your beautiful work here. 🖤

10/08/2026

I’ve been thinking about change.

There’s a lot of change happening across the community sector at the moment. Programs ending, funding changing, teams restructuring, and people sitting with uncertainty about what comes next.

Change can be really hard, even when we understand why it’s happening.

And it has me thinking about parallel process.

We ask practitioners to create safety, predictability and stability for the people they support … often people whose lives have been shaped by trauma and uncertainty.

Yet sometimes those same practitioners are trying to do this while navigating uncertainty within their own workplaces.

How we support people through organisational change matters.

Clear communication. Honesty. Compassion. Space to ask questions, feel disappointed, and acknowledge what’s being lost.

The people holding others through uncertainty need to feel held through uncertainty too. 🌿

09/08/2026

The Strengthening Specialist Practice Program is underway 🙌

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of facilitating the first three foundation workshops in the Workup Queensland 2026 Strengthening Specialist Practice Program.

Practitioners are joining us from across metropolitan, regional, rural and remote Queensland, which I just love as it brings different experiences and perspectives as we learn together. So far, we’ve been exploring foundations of specialist practice, domestic and family violence, and intersectional practice.

There’s plenty more ahead over the coming months, with Anoushka Dowling, Janine Cattanach and Dean Cooper also bringing their knowledge and experience to the program.

And a big shout out to the wonderful team at WorkUp who are coordinating the SSPP program behind the scenes. There is so much work that goes into bringing this program together, and I’m so grateful for their support 💛

It’s been such an engaged and thoughtful group to work alongside so far! I’m really looking forward to what comes next 🌻

02/08/2026

At Wattle Tree Wellness, supervision isn’t about being assessed or having someone tell you what to do.

💡It’s a confidential space to pause.
💡To think out loud.
💡To make sense of complex work.
💡To celebrate what’s going well, unpack the things that feel heavy, and reconnect with why you do this work in the first place.

So many people working in social work, youth work and the community sector spend their days supporting others. I believe those practitioners and leaders deserve quality support too.

Whether you’re looking for individual supervision, group supervision, or support for your team, I’m always happy to have a conversation about what might be the best fit.

Feel free to get in touch if you’d like to chat about your supervision goals and how Wattle Tree Wellness might help.
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www.wattletreewellness.com.au
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28/07/2026

24/07/2026

This week I had the privilege of working alongside practitioners across domestic and family violence, education, community services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs.

This week has included:

• Two days facilitating domestic and family violence training.
• Professional supervision with practitioners doing complex work.
• A workshop for educators on responding to controlling and aggressive behaviours in children.
• Facilitating a Strengthening Specialist Practice workshop.
• A culturally reflective practice workshop.
• Finishing the week with a team wellbeing workshop at Cairns Women’s Centre.

While the topics and organisations have been different, the thread running through every conversation has been the same: supporting the people who support others.

I’m continually reminded that good practice isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about creating spaces and relationships where people can reflect, learn, ask questions and strengthen the work they do every day.

Feeling grateful to have spent the week alongside so many committed practitioners 💚

Now heading home for some rest, play and re-set! 🙏