The Dawn Therapeutic Services

29/04/2026

Childhood sexual abuse affects approximately 25-30% of individuals by their 18th birthday. This issue is huge, and the ripple effect on lives and communities is often unaddressed and unspoken.

The Dawn is a proud sponsor of The Annual The Blue Butterfly Institute High Tea being held on Sunday, 31st May at Gledswood Hills Homestead and Winery from 11am-3pm.

The Blue Butterfly Institute is a not for profit and volunteer organisation doing all they can to advocate for, provide resources and free supports/counselling to those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and trauma.

If you are available that day - please grab yourself a ticket to support the event and hear some wonderful speakers address such an important topic.

The Annual Blue Butterfly Institute High Tea presents an opportunity for the Macarthur and Wollondilly communities to learn about what the Institute does for victims and survivors of sexual trauma, whilst supporting the development of new initiatives.

10/02/2026

Embracing all of my parts, including the part that loves to jump on internet trends and be part of the fun.

I would say a relatively accurate representation, minus the manicured and perfect nails. A little rough around the edges is how I roll 😎

14/01/2026

Currently accepting new supervisees in 2026.

I may be a good fit for you if:
• you are a social worker looking for support to manage the overwhelm and meet CPD requirements to become an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
• you are a front line case worker / counsellor working with women and children who have experienced violence and abuse
• you would like to engage case consultation and deepen your knowledge and skills in working with complex and high risk clients.
• you are experiencing challenges in your workplace, burnout or signs of vicarious trauma.
• you are neurodivergent and seeking someone who “gets it”

Enquiries welcome!

14/01/2026

Social work? Business? Private Practice? Some reflections and things I have learned along the way which may plant seeds for other social workers out there!

08/01/2026

New year… great time to talk about Mental Health Treatment Plans to help you access therapy/counselling!

23/12/2025

Wishing you all a peaceful, safe and nourishing festive and new year season.
The Dawn will be closed Christmas Eve and will reopen for service Monday, 5th January 2026!

02/12/2025

As 2025 deepens to a close, I have held space inwards - honouring the threshold of turning 40 and the 3rd birthday of The Dawn that quietly passed in October. The last 6 months have been full of transformation!

I completed two immersive blocks of Relational Integrative EMDR (RI-EMDR) with and the wise and compassionate Michele & Amy. This training invited me into further depths of my own personal work, and the therapeutic space I hold for those journeying with me on their own healing journeys.

Embracing all parts of us, attachment roots, body-held memories, the shadow stories, ancestral and collective wisdom, intergenerational echoes, dreams and energies in all forms. This work invites me to soften, unravel and re-weave. Powerful stuff! Holotropic breathwork is also not for the faint of heart!

Looking forward to continuing this work with those longing for a place to land with a story stirring inside that is asking to be met. Im here. May we step softly into what wants to unfold in 2026. 🌿

24/06/2025

We all have parts of us that exist in our internal world. They can show up and be experienced as thoughts, feelings, sensations, images and subpersonalities. Bringing awareness to these parts, and the roles they have been playing in our safety, survival, and development to improve the experience of our internal world can be a helpful part of trauma healing.

04/06/2025

🧠✨ Brain scans are powerful… but not in the way the internet thinks.

Contrary to popular belief, there is no brain scan that can diagnose mental disorders, personality traits, attachment, narcissism or trauma. Despite what you’ve seen in clickbait headlines or insta videos claiming to ‘see narcissism’ or ‘detect ADHD in the brain,’ no diagnostic brain imaging exists for any psychological or emotional ‘condition.’

Yes, neuroscientific studies have explored correlations between brain structure or activity and various behaviours or diagnoses, but these are exploratory, small-scale, and not replicable or diagnostic. As neuroscientists like Dr. Martha Farah and Dr. Sally Satel have long warned, we are a long way from being able to make any individual-level clinical predictions from brain scans.

🔍 What brain scans can do is detect physical abnormalities: tumours, bleeds, strokes, injuries, and disease. What they can’t do is read your mind, find out your attachment styles, measure your empathy, or tell if someone is a ‘psychopath’ or a ‘narcissist’.

Why does this matter? Because misinformation about brain imaging is being used to justify dangerous assumptions in law, education, and mental health, especially against women, children, and marginalised people. It’s a seductive mix of pseudoscience and control. People don’t question it, not even politicians. They assume because it sounds scientific and smart, it must be right.

Let’s stick to evidence. Let’s not pathologise people based on myths.

04/06/2025

01/06/2025

Last night I attended the Macarthur Annual Breast Cancer Gala - which raised over an incredible $70K in support of tackling Breast & Rare Cancers. Unfortunately, most of us will be touched by cancer in our lifetime, and learn the complex lessons that a health issue has a ripple effect… on families, networks, communities… it has a ripple effect on mental & emotional health, financial wellbeing, identity and so much more. The diagnosis of cancer is the rug swept under your feet… where one day it’s business as usual, and the next the normalcy of life is turned on its head for an indefinite period of time, and all that was once known then begins an uncertain rollercoaster.
It was phenomenal to be part of a room of people coming together for such an important cause, in a world of many important causes.