Dr Paula Davis

B Ed (Adult Ed), Grad Dip Couns, M Couns, DEd.

Paula is a clinical counsellor, supervisor and educator specialising in psychological trauma. Paula has worked in trauma counselling, gambling counselling, counselling for Employee Assistance Programs, organisational consultancy, and counsellor training and supervision. Paula’s doctoral thesis was on the transferability of Western trauma constructs to collective societies. Working in higher education over many years as senior…

Dr Julie Nixon

PhD; M Couns; Cert Art Therapy; Cert Relationship Couns; Dip Teach

Julie is an experienced counsellor and trainer who has worked in broad clinical settings where she has worked with children and adolescents, couples and individuals. She is psychodynamically trained and incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as well as the use of art, sandtray and play therapy in her work. She specialises in complex trauma across…

Greg Roberts

PhD, BSW Hon's, MAASW Acc', Grad' Cert' Bereavement Counselling Interventions, Cert IV TAE Counsellor & Educator

Greg is a social worker with 22 years’ experience working in the health and community services sector. In 2001 Greg began to specialise in the field of grief, loss and trauma – working as a Counsellor/Educator with HOPE Bereavement Care/SIDS & Kids from 2003 to 2009 and as a Regional Specialist Bereavement Counsellor for Australian…

Bill Van Schie

BA (Divinity), MA (Counselling)

Bill has been in pastoral ministry in local congregations of the Christian Reformed Church in Australia for more than 36 years and is now an associate pastor at Discovery Church (a Churches of Christ church) in Mt Evelyn. He is currently the Director of Mount Evelyn Counselling in Victoria and runs his own practice called…

Ian Richardson

Ian has a breadth of rich experience spanning over 40 years of leadership, training, pastoral ministry and counselling, being a Clinical Member of CCAA (Vic) since 1988. He has authored several books, the first being Preparing for Marriage published in 1980, and has a long history in couples counselling. Now retired, his passion has always…