Dr Cathy Kezelman is director of ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse), a national organisation dedicated to meeting the often complex needs of the more than 2 million Australian adults abused as children.
She worked for 20 years in medical practice, mainly as a GP and over the last decade has held leadership roles in ASCA. In that time she has facilitated the introduction of evidence-based programs, education and training for health care professionals while advocating for trauma-informed approach to care and practice.
In 2010 Cathy published a memoir early in 2010, Innocence Revisited – a tale in parts, which chronicles her battle with depression and suicidality, at the core of which was unresolved childhood trauma.