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Clarisse Aboriginal Consultant & Facilitator Cultural Safety | Therapeutic Practice | Leadership

Something new is taking shape 🌿I’ve been working on a new workshop — Strong Stories: A Narrative Approach to Wellbeing.T...
04/10/2026

Something new is taking shape 🌿

I’ve been working on a new workshop — Strong Stories: A Narrative Approach to Wellbeing.

The workshop draws on narrative therapy and systemic practice to explore wellbeing beyond the individual.

It invites participants to consider the stories that shape how we understand ourselves, alongside the influence of culture, relationships, community, workplace systems and the broader environments we move within.

Through reflective and creative activities, participants will have opportunities to reconnect with identity, strengths, values, connection and the stories they want to carry forward.

I love creating spaces that move beyond simply talking about wellbeing and instead give people meaningful ways to reflect, make sense of their experiences and recognise the resources they already have around them.

I’m really enjoying bringing this one together 🤎

Hi, I’m Clarisse 👋🏽For those who are new here, I thought I’d share a little more about me and the work I do.I’m an Abori...
04/10/2026

Hi, I’m Clarisse 👋🏽

For those who are new here, I thought I’d share a little more about me and the work I do.

I’m an Aboriginal learning and development specialist with a background in family therapy, project management and leadership.

My work sits at the intersection of culture, learning and therapeutic practice.

Over 15 years of facilitation and leadership, my work has taken me into classrooms, boardrooms, hospitals, Aboriginal services, community organisations and government agencies. The thread running through every space that I create remains the same:

Creating spaces where people can slow down, reflect, have meaningful conversations, see things differently and feel more empowered.

My approach brings together therapeutic and systemic thinking, cultural safety, Aboriginal ways of learning, and reflective practice.

I’m particularly interested in what sits beneath the surface - the stories we carry, the relationships around us, the systems we work within, and the cultural and social contexts that shape how we understand ourselves and others.

I love creating learning experiences that are reflective, relational and grounded in cultural safety to support meaningful change for individuals, families and communities 🌿

Collective care before collective work 🌿Today I delivered a grounding activity at the beginning of a large team planning...
09/09/2026

Collective care before collective work 🌿

Today I delivered a grounding activity at the beginning of a large team planning day. The focus was on slowing down, grounding ourselves and setting our intentions together.

After a mindulness meditation exercise, we used gum leaves and stones to reflect on what we wanted to leave behind (stones) and what we wanted to bring into the space (leaves).

It was simple, but so powerful. A beautiful reminder that, within the hustle of our daily work lives, it’s also importance to create space for connection, shared intention and care for one another. This is how strong outcomes are achieved 🌿

Sunday prep for Monday teaching 📚This week we’re exploring two of my absolute favourite topics - Solution-Focused Therap...
06/09/2026

Sunday prep for Monday teaching đź“š

This week we’re exploring two of my absolute favourite topics - Solution-Focused Therapy and Narrative Therapy. I could truly talk about these all day!

A Sunday afternoon spent reading, reflecting and getting ready for some great conversations tomorrow ✨

The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University

I love the concept of intellectual humility and what happens when we bring that same mindset to culture.Most of my work ...
05/09/2026

I love the concept of intellectual humility and what happens when we bring that same mindset to culture.

Most of my work is about creating spaces where people can have conversations that aren’t always easy to have - about culture, racism, trauma, power, bias and relationships.

We need to be able to listen, reflect and remain open to learning from perspectives different to our own.

For me, this is at the heart of my practice and it’s something I try to bring into every space and conversation I facilitate 🌿

A beautiful day yesterday facilitating at Echuca Regional Hospital, focused on trauma-informed and culturally safe pract...
04/09/2026

A beautiful day yesterday facilitating at Echuca Regional Hospital, focused on trauma-informed and culturally safe practice when supporting Aboriginal families experiencing safety concerns in the antenatal space.

We spoke about cultural humility, deep listening and the importance of slowing down, staying curious and taking time to really understand the story of what’s going on for families.

I love creating safe and thoughtful learning spaces, full of lots of reflection and meaningful conversation 🤎

There’s something about being back home on Country that reminds me to slow down 🌿When we care deeply about our work, it ...
31/08/2026

There’s something about being back home on Country that reminds me to slow down 🌿

When we care deeply about our work, it can be easy to keep going without making enough space for rest.

Rest isn’t seperate from the work. It’s just as important. It gives us the space to reconnect, recharge and come back to our work with more clarity and energy.

Grateful for some time on Yorta Yorta Country this weekend 🤎

Today I delivered an important training workshop at Royal Women’s Hospital focused on strengthening antenatal practice w...
26/08/2026

Today I delivered an important training workshop at Royal Women’s Hospital focused on strengthening antenatal practice with Aboriginal families and reducing unborn notifications to Child Protection.

We explored how culturally safe, collaborative and family-led practice can support engagement with Aboriginal families and create opportunities to address concerns early on in a family’s antenatal journey.

A huge acknowledgement to Professor Cath Chamberlain and the University to Melbourne’s Replanting the Birthing Trees project, whose important work continues to strengthen culturally safe maternity care and outcomes for Aboriginal babies and their families.

Grateful to be a part of work that creates space for reflection, truth telling and system changes 🖤💛❤️

Applications are now open for the Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy: First Nations at The Bouverie Centre / La Trob...
23/08/2026

Applications are now open for the Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy: First Nations at The Bouverie Centre / La Trobe University ❤️💛🖤

I’ve been part of this course for 7 years, and I’ve seen the impact it has on students, their families, their workplaces and the Aboriginal families and communities they support.

It’s not just about learning family therapy skills. I’ve watched students grow in confidence, step into leadership, understand themselves and their own family stories differently, and strengthen the way they work with Aboriginal families.

Over the years, I’ve heard students say:

“This is the best course I’ve ever done. I’ve learnt more about relationships, leadership and myself in this course than I have in any other course.”

If you’re working with Aboriginal families and want to grow your confidence, leadership and therapeutic practice, I highly recommend this course!

Applications are now open. Check out the flyer for more info!

We often hear a lot about “self-care” but I’m reminded just how important “collective care” is too.Today I supported a c...
18/08/2026

We often hear a lot about “self-care” but I’m reminded just how important “collective care” is too.

Today I supported a culturally safe yarning circle for Aboriginal workers, from another organisation, to come together, debrief and support one another after an incident.

The purpose was to create space to yarn, listen deeply, and feel supported without the need to defend or feel shame about their experiences. There was sadness and pain, but there was also strength, wisdom and connection.

We used SNAICC’s Talking Up Our Strengths cards to reconnect with the strengths and resilience that Aboriginal people, families and communities have always carried.

Aboriginal workers can often carry significant emotional and cultural loads while working within complex systems, but they shouldn’t have to carry the hard parts alone.

When we talk about culturally safe workplaces, collective care needs to be part of the conversation. It should be a responsibility for all workers, across all levels of an organisation.

Our greatest strength is often found in each other. We can’t change systems overnight, but we can shape how we show up for each other.

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