Counselling and Psychotherapy

22/09/2025

Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training — Melbourne 2025–2026 🌟

Train with Maggie Kline, MS, LMFT, SEP — International SE™ Faculty, co-author with Dr Peter Levine, and a globally respected expert in child & family trauma.

This October in Melbourne, Maggie will lead our Beginner I/II Module (Oct 11–16, 2025) at Veriu Hotel – Queen Victoria Market, and return for Beginner II/III (May 22–27, 2026) before other senior SE™ trainers continue the 3-year program.

Why join this cohort
Trauma resolution in the body: Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is a trauma resolution approach that works directly with somatic and body physiology—especially the autonomic nervous system—to restore regulation, resilience, and safety.

Practical skills you can use now: Learn to track physiology, pace activation and settling, and guide completion of protective responses while preserving agency, dignity, and choice.

Science-grounded, relationship-centred: Integrate polyvagal and relational neurobiology with gentle, attuned practice—effective for anxiety, overwhelm, shutdown, and stress-related symptoms.

Structured learning + reflective practice: Demos, guided practices, and case consults—plus Restoring Resilience pathways for supervision, community, and ongoing support.

Pathway to impact: Progress toward SEP™ certification while joining a multidisciplinary network implementing trauma-informed frameworks across maternal & child health, community services, and organisations.

Who will benefit
Mental health & counselling: Psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, social workers, psychiatrists, peer workers.
Health & allied health: GPs, nurses (incl. Maternal & Child Health), OTs, physios, speech pathologists, midwives, community health workers.

Child & family services and youth work: Youth workers, residential care staff, child protection and family support practitioners.

Body-based practitioners: Craniosacral therapists, massage & myotherapy, yoga/qi gong and somatic movement practitioners.

Leaders & supervisors: Team leaders, clinical supervisors, and organisational leads building trauma-informed, relationship-centred cultures.

Key Details
📅 Dates: Oct 11–16, 2025 (Beginner I/II) & May 22–27, 2026 (Beginner II/III)
📍 Location: Veriu Hotel – Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
⏳ Applications close: Oct 5, 2025 — Only 5 seats remain

Ready to apply or want the info pack?
Email Lucy Gigliuto, SE Training Coordinator, at secoordinator@restoringresilience.com.au
to receive the application and secure your place.
https://lnkd.in/gF5qWQx
We’d love to welcome you to this Melbourne cohort.

At Restoring Resilience, our mission is to support individual wellbeing through an Ecological Approach that honours the deep interconnection between personal health and the wider systems we live within — family, education, healthcare, culture, politics, organisations, and community. We believe tru...

08/08/2025

✨ Melbourne almost sold out — limited places left in Sunshine Coast & Sydney!

Apply now - https://restoringresilience.com.au/?page_id=3230

🌟 There has never been a better time to become an SEP™
With stress, trauma, and burnout on the rise, now is the essential time to begin your Somatic Experiencing® journey 🌱

🌊 What is SE™?
Somatic Experiencing® is a powerful, body-based approach to resolve symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma. When we’re stuck in patterns of fight, flight, or freeze, SE helps us release, recover, and build lasting resilience ✨

📚 Start Your SEP™ Training
Beginning I/II is the first step toward becoming a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. This training is open to therapists, health professionals, educators, coaches, bodyworkers — and anyone committed to personal growth.

📍 Upcoming Trainings:
• Melbourne – October 2025 (almost full)
• Sunshine Coast – March 2026 (limited places)
• Sydney – November 2026 (limited places)

🎓 Led by internationally recognised SE Faculty Maggie Kline & Berns Galloway
🌱 Early bird pricing available
📝 Spots are limited

07/08/2025

✨ Melbourne almost sold out — limited places left in Sunshine Coast & Sydney

As trauma, stress, and burnout continue to affect individuals, families, and communities, the need for skilled, embodied practitioners has never been greater.
Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) is a powerful, body-based modality for healing trauma, restoring regulation, and reconnecting with resilience.

Whether you’re a therapist, health professional, educator, coach, bodyworker, or on a personal growth journey — this training will transform how you work, how you relate, and how you live.
“This work didn’t just change how I practice — it changed how I understand myself, others, and the world.”

✅ Begin your journey with Beginning I/II — the essential first step toward becoming a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP™).

📍 Training Locations:
• Melbourne – October 2025
• Sunshine Coast – March 2026
• Sydney – November 2026

🎓 Led by internationally recognised SE Faculty Maggie Kline & Berns Galloway
🌱 Early bird pricing available
📝 Spots are limited — apply now:
https://restoringresilience.com.au/?page_id=2892

29/11/2024

Here is the story and its interpretation:

The story goes like this:

There was a monkey who lived in a forest tree, by a river. One day, the monkey saw a fish swimming in the river and thought the fish was struggling. Feeling compassionate, the monkey resolved to save the fish. It swiftly climbed down the tree, reached out, and grabbed the fish from the water. It then climbed back up and laid the fish on a tree branch. There, the fish flapped violently and soon died. The monkey was puzzled, it had only wanted to help.

This story highlights a fundamental idea about different perspectives, environments, and misunderstanding.

The monkey, being a land-dwelling creature, interpreted the fish's swimming as struggling or suffering because it judged the situation based on its own environment and experience. It saw the fish being underwater, not breathing air as it does, and assumed that the fish was in peril. In its well-intentioned efforts to help, it took the fish out of its natural environment and put it into its own environment, thus leading to the fish's demise.

The moral of the story is a caution against assuming that what is right or natural for one being necessarily applies to others. It warns us of the dangers of imposing our own perspectives and ways of living onto others without truly understanding their needs, their nature, or their environment. This parable also encourages us to develop a deep sense of understanding and empathy for the diverse perspectives and needs of different beings, recognizing that each has its own unique way of being in the world.

10/09/2024

24/08/2024

Boundaries are not just about saying no to things we don't want but allowing ourselves to ask and allow in the things that we need and want especially in times of distress and overwhelm ✨