Consulting at the intersection of practice, systems, and care.
I work with social sector and for-purpose organisations who sense that real change requires more than policy — it requires cultural, relational, and embodied shifts too.
My consulting is intentionally multidimensional. I work with teams, across systems, and inside service models — always with a trauma-informed lens. Whether that means training your team, designing a new service, or preparing your organisation for deeper change, I meet you where you are.
I'm deeply interested in how we redesign our working lives and the systems we build to be more nourishing, purposeful, and generative. In my experience, trauma-informed practice is the scaffolding that makes that possible.
How I can help
Trauma-informed service design
What it includes
Practice framework design · Delivery guidelines · Practitioner tools · Change management · Training curriculum · Train-the-trainer · Logic models · Theory of change · Trauma-informed data collection
Featured example
Sustaining Economic Empowerment and Dignity for Women: conceptual framework, Brotherhood of St Laurence.
Workplace wellbeing
What it includes
Single workshops · Multi-session series · Ongoing embedded support · Virtual and in-person delivery · Curriculum development · Leadership and whole-of-organisation programs with a focus on cultivating resilience, psychological safety, and connection in complex work settings.
Featured example
Workshop series for Good Shepherd Australia & New Zealand practitioner and management team — integrating nervous system science, somatic practice, and reflective tools for sustained wellbeing in complex, high-needs settings.
Team training and development
What it includes
Trauma-informed practice · Trauma-informed facilitation · Somatic & mindfulness integration · Practical tools for practitioners working with stress, trauma, and systemic barriers.
Featured example
Trauma-Informed Facilitation Skills for Educators, Department of Education & Regional Arts Victoria.
Bespoke consultancy
What it includes
Systems mapping · Strategic planning · Program evaluation · Logic models and theories of change · Practice framework development · Co-design processes · Workforce and cultural change · Grant and tender writing · Impact reporting.
Featured examples
Trauma-informed curriculum design and development for Family Life’s PeopleWorx Program · Development of a program logic and practice framework for the Brotherhood of St Laurence’s Stepping Stones program · Design and development of tutor training for HIPPY Australia’s national program.
“If we had the power, how would we redesign our working lives from start to finish?”
Hilary Cottam, 2023