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Flowing Forward Therapeutic Social Work, 18 Isabella Street, Wingham (2026)

30/03/2026

I thought I would take the time this week to explain my name....while it may not look like alot it took me weeks of negotiating with my head and heart to come up with something that not only encapsulated the way I look at therapy but also be able to link back to what I spent years studying for 😊
After years of going through my own trauma, grief and loss and having people tell me to "move on" or "get over it" (not all), I found a meaning to it all and the way I coped with my losses. I will never move on, I will never get over it, grief and trauma do not work that way. I have a saying "you move forward" through the ebbs, the rough patches and the amazing ones. I have moved forward throughout my trauma, taking each moment as it has come to me. It has created the person I am today and the person I am proud of!
That is how my name started, initially I wanted to call it "Moving Forward", but that name was taken 😞 So I tried healing forward, a theory used in social work, again taken....then one day while on holidays, sitting in a creek with my
2 1/2yr old on my lap, feeling the water flowing around us it came to me! "Flowing Forward", it took on so many things I loved about therapy and how we flow through life like a creek, or river, somedays grief or life can come on fast, other days you flow along gently enjoying the way the life moves forward 💜
To me it also shows my spiritual path and how I came to enjoy being in a creek having the water rush around me, washing away the troubles of my day or week or month. How even the act of standing or floating in the ocean can have the exact same effect. Grounding ourselves in our lives through nature and the possibility that the air around us can also heal.
Flowing Forward Therapeutic Social Work came together through my past experiences, my studies to put it all together and give it meaning and purpose. To make sure that those I help, can see how they can move forward through their lives and that while those we lose and the things we go through should not be forgotten, they can come to point in their lives where they can look at that past, see how far they have come and how it no longer negatively affects them, smile and step into a creek, river or ocean and feel the troubles float away.

21/03/2026

Every person will go through some type of grief throughout their lifetime. Some go through it younger then others, grief can be found in the loss of a parent or grandparent ,nanna, pop, oma, opa, uncle aunt or pet. It can be the loss of a friendship one that you thought would last a lifetime. It could be the loss of a living parent or grandparent whether that is to alcohol, drugs, divorce or seperation, or a young person is removed due to unsafe living conditions. Whatever the loss, each one os valid, each one the young person will go through that grief and loss. To them it significant and they will need to work through the emotions. While not all losses last a long time, some just stick with you and that is where grief counselling can be utilised.
Grief counselling provides professional, compassionate support to help individuals process loss, manage complex emotions, and develop coping strategies through individual sessions or support groups, and finding a new routine in life.

During therapy, you may:
• Learn about complicated grief and how it's treated
• Explore such topics as grief reactions, complicated grief symptoms, adjusting to your loss and redefining your life goals
• Hold imagined conversations with your loved one and retell the circumstances of the death to help you become less distressed by images and thoughts of your loved one
• Explore and process thoughts and emotions
• Improve coping skills
• Reduce feelings of blame and guilt

Supporting Young People Through Grief
• Be Honest: Provide open, honest, and consistent information about the death to maintain trust, rather than allowing them to rely on incorrect information from peers.
• Encourage Expression: Support different methods of expression, such as art, music, journaling, or physical activity, which can help process emotions.
• Maintain Routine: Help them maintain a sense of safety by keeping normal routines while allowing flexibility for when they feel overwhelmed.
• Peer Support: Encourage connections with peers who may be experiencing similar situations, reducing isolation.
When to Seek Professional Help
Professional support is recommended if the young person exhibits:
• Intense, prolonged withdrawal or isolation.
• Persistent anxiety or severe sleep disturbances.
• A significant, long-term drop in functioning.
• Grief related to su***de, which often requires specialized support.

There is no right or wrong way to grieve. While seeking help it is essential that your young person understands that there is no end to grief, it just changes, it ebbs and flows, the intensity lessens as the years pass by. Somedays it feels like they lost their person yesterday, other days they can laugh and feel like life is fine. Each of these motions is natural, normal and should be supported.
Kübler-Ross developed the grief cycle, or "five stages of grief," comprises Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance, introduced in 1969 to initially help those who were terminal, so they could process what was happening before they pass. These stages are non-linear, not necessarily sequential, and apply to various personal losses, serving as a framework for coping rather than a strict, universal timeline.

Key Components of the 5 Stages (DABDA)
• Denial: A defense mechanism that buffers immediate shock, often characterized by disbelief or numbness.
• Anger: As reality sets in, emotional turmoil, frustration, and resentment may be directed at self or others.
• Bargaining: An attempt to regain control or reverse the loss through "if only" statements or promises.
• Depression: A deep, quiet, and intense sadness reflecting the weight of the loss.
• Acceptance: Not a "happy" stage, but rather a, calm, rational, and, eventual, acknowledgement of the new reality.

Key Considerations
• Not Linear: Individuals may skip stages, repeat them, or experience them in a different order.
• Application: While originally for death and dying, it is now widely applied to many forms of loss, including divorce, job loss, and grief.
• Evolution: The model has been adapted into the "Kübler-Ross Change Curve" for organizational change management.

17/03/2026

Happy world social worker day!!
I have to say after 7yrs working hard to get my degree, and 5 1/2 years working with youth I know I have found my place in the world 💜 I have met some of the most amazing people who I have studied and worked with along the way. While Social Work is not as widely recognised as Psychologists, Psychiatrists or Councillor's in thd private sector, I have to say I am proud of my work, my ethics and the chosen place amongst those who help others through mental health through kindess, empathy, caring and a whole lot of laughter!

13/03/2026

Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a framework that shifts the focus from "What’s wrong with you?" to "What happened to you?". It involves recognizing the widespread impact of trauma, understanding potential paths for healing, and actively resisting re-traumatization. It is a strengths-based, comprehensive framework that observes the impact of Trauma for a person. This is done by ensuring both physical and emotional safety is established and consistently maintained.
Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
• Safety: Establishing safe physical, psychological, and emotional environments
• Trustworthiness & Transparency: Building trust through clear, consistent, and open communication.
• Peer Support: Utilizing shared experiences to promote healing.
• Collaboration: Partnering with individuals, reducing power imbalances.
• Empowerment & Choice: Fostering resilience and giving individuals control.
• Cultural, Historical, & Gender Issues: Recognizing and addressing identity-based trauma.

The "4 Rs" Framework (SAMHSA)
• Realize the widespread impact of trauma and potential paths for recovery.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, staff, and systems.
• Respond by integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices.
• Resist re-traumatization by ensuring services do not cause further harm.

Some of the therapeutic interventions that I may utilised duing sessions can include talking therapy, cognitive therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness meditations, Deep breathing exercises, Participation in social activities to help support your young person journey.

07/03/2026

Mindfulness is the practice of purposely focusing attention on the present moment with openness, curiosity, and non-judgement. It involves observing thoughts and sensations without reacting to them, reducing stress, improving focus, and fostering emotional regulation. Common techniques include mindful breathing, meditation, and body scans.

Key Aspects of Mindfulness
• Present Moment Awareness: Shifting focus away from dwelling on the past or worrying about the future to the "here and now".
• Non-Judgmental Observation: Observing thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without labeling them as "good" or "bad".
• Acceptance: Allowing experiences to exist without trying to fix, push away, or control them.

How to Practice Mindfulness
• Formal Practice: Setting aside time for meditation, deep breathing exercises, or body scans (e.g., focusing on the sensation of breath entering and leaving the body).
• Informal Practice: Bringing full awareness to daily activities, such as washing dishes, eating, walking, or showering, by noticing sensory details.

Benefits of Mindfulness
• Mental Health: Reduces stress, anxiety, and symptoms of depression while improving emotional regulation.
• Physical Health: May lower heart rate, reduce blood pressure, improve sleep quality, and boost immune function.
• Cognitive Function: Enhances focus, memory, and decision-making skills.

Techniques for Beginners
• Body Scan: Mentally scanning your body from head to toe, noticing sensations without judgment.
• Mindful Breathing: Focusing solely on the breath, gently returning to it when the mind wanders.
• 5-4-3-2-1 Technique: Identifying 5 things you see, 4 you can touch, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, and 1 you taste.
Regular, consistent practice—even for a few minutes daily—helps build a stronger connection with the mind and increases the ability to stay present.
Mindfulness and mindfulness meditation focus on becoming aware of all incoming thoughts and feelings and accepting them, but not attaching or reacting to them. By using mindfulness relaxations breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind and help reduce stress, this can enable the body to come back to the present moment helping your young person to come back to a state where they feel calm and comfortable.
I have used meditation and mindfulness in my daily life for years. I have had my children use it, and have used it throughout my practice since I started my first work placement leading to the past 5 1/2 years working with youth in our area.
If you believe that mindfulness practices could help your young person, please send me a message so we can see how it will fit them 😊

28/02/2026

This week we discuss Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), it is a widely used and evidence-based psychotherapy that focuses in identifying and changing negative thought patterns and behaviours. It has been demonstrated to be effective for a range if problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug problems, eating disorders and severe mental illnesses.
The 5 core principles if CBT are:
1. Cognitive Model: CBT is based in the cognitive model, which proposes that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected. That negative thought patters can lead to negative emotions and behaviours.
2. Structured and goal-oriented: CBT is generally structured and time-limited. Focuses on SMART goals - specific measurable achievable relevant and time-bound.
3. Active participation: Clients are actively involved in their therapy, often they will have to practice the skills given in sessions at home.
4. Focus in the present: While past experiences would be discussed initially, CBT focuses more on the current problem and how they can solve them.
5. Skills-based: CBT teaches clients skills to identify, challenge, and change unhelpful cognitive distortions and behaviours.

Some CBT techniques that may be present during your sessions with me:
Cognitive techniques
1. Cognitive reframing.
2. Journaling and thought records.
3. Cognitive restructuring.

Behavioral techniques
1. Exposure therapy.
2. Problem solving.

Other techniques
1. Mindfulness and relaxation techniques.
2. Graded Exposure.
3. Behavioral experiments.

I am happy to have a chat about how we could utilise CBT to help change your young persons thoughts and behaviours.

19/02/2026

This week we are discussing Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive behaviour therapy, or 'talking therapy'.
It is useful for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or other conditions associated with difficulty regulating strong emotions like alcohol or drug problems, depression, eating disorders, such as binge-eating or bulimia, tramatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research indicates that DBT might help patients with symptoms and behaviors associated with spectrum mood disorders, including self-injury as well as suggesting its effectiveness with sexual-abuse survivors and chemical dependency.

Dialectical behaviour therapy involves learning both 'acceptance-oriented' and 'change-oriented' skills — seemingly 'dialectical' (opposite) skills, that together help you accept yourself, while making changes necessary to progress towards your goals.

The main skills you will learn are mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.

• Mindfulness is being self-aware and present in the moment (the 'here and now'). When you are mindful, you are aware of what's going on around you and stop worrying about the past or the future. It helps you notice the present, rather than automatically reacting to it.

• Distress tolerance is learning to accept your emotions in difficult or stressful situations and manage them without using harmful behaviours.

• Emotional regulation is being more aware of your emotions. By understanding your emotions, you have more control over them.

• Interpersonal effectiveness is learning how to ask for what you need. It involves setting boundaries whilst being respectful towards yourself and others.

DBT was designed to help people increase their emotional and cognitive regulation by learning about the triggers that lead to reactive states and by helping to assess which coping skills to apply in the sequence of events, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to help avoid undesired reactions. Its relating to the logical discussion of ideas and opinions concerned with or acting through opposing forces.

Accepting yourself and changing your behaviour might feel contradictory. But DBT teaches that it's possible for you to achieve both of these goals together to accept yourself as you are building skills to regulate your emotions, improve interpersonal relationships.

If you feel like this is something that may hep your young person, please feel free to message me 😊

11/02/2026

Each week I would like to introduce and chat about the different types of therapy I will use through your sessions. This may help you also the decision you are trying to make in seeking help for your young person 😊
Talk therapy
Focuses on discussing your emotions, thoughts and behaviours through conversation. This conversation can be in a office while colohring in, doing a puzzle or playing a game, walking through a park or along the beach or maybe while passing a footy back and forwards.
We then work together to fomulate a plan to help you flow forward, learn coping strategies, learning how to regulate your emotions and behaviours. This also can help your young person create trust in other, so when they need to talk to someone about how they are feeling they can, sometimes still not easily, have a conversation to make sure they are heard.
At Flowing Forward Therapeutic Social Work I love to have a chat with your young person to fomulate somethat that works for them and I can cater to your needs whether that it meeting you were you are or in my office. Plus I love a walk along the beach collecting rocks and shells!

05/02/2026

Needing some extra help with regulation in your child or young persons life? Maybe you are searching for someone who can listen and help put into place both practical and therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of evidence-based interventions including talk therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, trauma-informed care, and grief counselling.
I aim to empower the young people I work with to be active participants in their own growth, healing, and change.

I have appointments available next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Please feel free to message me with any enquiries.

Please note: While I am happy to accept referrals, I am currently unable to offer Medicare rebates. This means I cannot provide the 10 subsidised sessions available under a Mental Health Care Plan, as these require Medicare eligibility.
I am also exploring NDIS registration; however, I am not able to accept NDIS clients at this time.

ABN 15 780 775 357

27/01/2026

I am all set up and ready to go! If you are wanting an appointment, can't get in for months elsewhere, or are just wanting to speak to someone asap please feel free to msg me, email me or call me to book an appointment. I will be in the office from 4 (if no appointments are booked) on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. I can take appointments from 3 though.

18/01/2026

I thought I would introduce myself. I am Katrina Hall, a local woman who grew up in Old Bar and Taree. I am a partner and mumma of 3 kids 18, 13 and 2.
I had worked as a chef for 20 years, till I decided to switch and complete my Bachelor of Social Work.
The past 5 1/2 years I have worked with Mid North Coast Community College with youth in our area in high schools and the past 2 years I have been at Yulinbal a special assistance high school. I am also a trainer training Barista, Food Safety Supervisor, and LSE.
I am here to help so please feel free to message me to organise a session.

18/01/2026

I offer a holistic, person-centred approach to therapy, focusing on the whole individual rather than just symptoms. Support is tailored to each person’s unique goals, strengths, and lived experience.

My work is both practical and therapeutic, drawing on a range of evidence-based interventions including talk therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, trauma-informed care, and grief counselling.

Therapy with me is collaborative and relational, a two-way conversation. I aim to empower the young people I work with to be active participants in their own growth, healing, and change.

Please note: While I am happy to accept referrals, I am currently unable to offer Medicare rebates. This means I cannot provide the 10 subsidised sessions available under a Mental Health Care Plan, as these require Medicare eligibility.
I am also exploring NDIS registration; however, I am not able to accept NDIS clients at this time.

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