Join the Canberra LGBTIQA+ mental health network if you’d like to meet with practitioners in your local area to discuss mental health issues relevant to your community. The network meets quarterly. Meetings provide access to guest speakers, peer support, and case study discussions. This network has a specific focus on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex mental health. Join the network to be added to the mailing list and be invited to future meetings.
This Network provides a safe, reflective, and collaborative space for mental health professionals to engage in peer support, case discussion, reflective practice, and professional development, with a focus on understanding and responding to experiences of loss and grief across diverse contexts. The network explores compassionate, culturally responsive, and recovery-oriented approaches to supporting individuals, families, and communities navigating bereavement, complex grief, and life transitions.
Join the network to be added to the mailing list and receive invitations to future meetings.
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Network Coordinator: Dr Hellen Kemp
Hellen is a registered psychologist with a wealth of experience supporting people through loss, grief, and trauma. She has researched grief extensively and has spent the past 7 years working closely with the bereaved across settings such as aged care, violence/crime-related loss, and suicide. Helen has supported diverse communities, including Indigenous and LGBTIQA+ individuals, and is an experienced grief group facilitator, educator, and supervisor of other practitioners.