We are a group of experienced practitioners committed to respectful counselling, staff support and training programs.
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Our approaches focus on the particular experiences , commitments, values and learnings of people we support.
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Our practices are informed by narrative therapy and community work. Narrative therapy is widely practiced by counsellors, therapists, psychologists, social workers and other practitioners. It draws on the roles of 'story' as an influence on our lives and relationships.​
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Our group includes practitioners with extensive training in narrative therapy, art therapy, relationship counselling, social work and drug and alcohol work. We are all involved in continuing support and counselling in a range of settings.
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We are based in Melbourne, Australia.
Our Team.
Dr Greg Smith
Practice coordinator
Greg has more than 20 yrs experience in narrative counselling and community projects.
He coordinated community services training programs with Swinburne University, which were rocognised with a State Training Award. These built on casework, management and senior program advisor roles relating to young people engaged in high-risk behaviours.
Greg’s PhD focused on respectful and effective practice in the AOD sector.
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Formal qualifications:
PhD (Social Work, University of Melbourne), Masters Social Work,
Masters Narrative Therapy and Community Work
B Soc Work, B Sci.
Dr Marnie Sather
Practice lead​
Marnie has more than 20 years experience as a therapist and group facilitator in a range of settings.
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Marnie's interests include making room in therapeutic and community work for political and historical understandings of suicide.
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Formal qualifications:
PhD (Soc Work University of Melbourne)
Masters Narrative Therapy and Community Work
Masters of Marriage Relationship Counselling
B Arts
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Tye Hammersley
Counselling and Training
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Tye draws on lived experience with mental health and AOD in senior client support roles in the Drug and Alcohol sector, and as co-trainer with the team.
Tye is a proud Murri (First Nations, North Eastern Australia) man from his father’s side. He also has heritage from different parts of Europe on his mother’s side.
Tye has Certificate and Diploma qualifications in AOD and Mental Health.
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Formal qualifications:
Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs
Diploma of Mental Health​
