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

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.

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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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