The Hints For Healing Podcast

Season 1; Episode 6 - On Country: Belonging and Culturally-Relevant Therapy

Shaun Nemorin interviews social worker and psychotherapist Sue-Anne Hunter, a proud Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman. They discuss connection to ancestors and the intersections of trauma healing amongst First Nations Peoples and people with refugee experience who have migrated to Australia. Through Shaun's personal experiences of being welcomed on Aboriginal land, Sue-Anne and Shaun explore the power of welcome and connection with First Nations Australians and the critical importance of supporting First Nation’s people's healing.

Find out more: 

• Australian Indigenous Health Info Net 
• Welcome to Country App 
• Sue-Anne Hunter Aboriginal Cultural Consultancy 
• Neurodecolonisation and Indigenous Mindfulness 

Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Eric Avery and R.E.M. (performed by Troy Reilly). Photo supplied by Sue-Anne Hunter.

Season 1; Episode 5: Sydney Soccer Stories: Social Connectivity and Narrative Approaches to Trauma Recovery

Shaun Nemorin swaps roles and hops in the guest seat! In this episode Nicole Loehr interviews Shaun about the importance of social connectivity in overcoming adversity and his personal and professional experiences of people finding a sense of belonging and purpose through sport, writing and narrative therapeutic approaches to healing.

Shaun made reference to the following texts during the interview:

• Tribe by Sebastian Junger http://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger 
• Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam  http://bowlingalone.com/  
• Laurie Pearlman https://dartcenter.org/bio/laurie-anne-pearlman-phd  
• Sydney Soccer Stories - https://www.facebook.com/sydneysoccerstories/  
• Books by Frantz Fanon - The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin White Masks  

Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music by Eric Avery and R.E.M. (performed by Troy Reilly). Photo by Helene Caux.

 

Season 1; Episode 4: Cultural Chameleons and Creative Therapies

In this episode Shaun Nemorin talks to STARTTS School Liaison Officer, Nicole Loehr. They discuss how the most unsuspecting paths can lead to working with survivors of refugee experiences and explore how a knowledge of cross-cultural identities and creative expression in a therapeutic environment, can support healing and recovery. Produced by Nicole Loehr. Music written by R.E.M and performed by Troy Reilly. Artwork "Now you see me" by Nicole Loehr

Season 1; Episode 3: Sandplay - Expressing and Understanding Through Sand and Miniatures

In this episode Shaun Nemorin talks to STARTTS Child & Adolescent Counsellors Chiara Ridolfi and Sanja Stefanovic about how they apply Sandplay to working with children with refugee experiences. Sanja and Chiara reflect on how key aspects of Sandplay Therapy, such as freedom of expression, safety and a person-centred approach, support clients’ psyche to work toward healing.

Produced by Karen Collier. Music written by R.E.M and performed by Troy Reilly. Photo and staging by Nicole Loehr.

 

 

Season 1; Episode 2: Jungle Tracks - HealingThrough Stories

Shaun speaks with STARTTS Psychologists Pearl Fernandes and Yvette Aiello about the how story books from the Jungle Tracks Kit have been used to support children's recovery from refugee trauma.

 

Season 1; Episode 1: Working therapeutically with learners with refugee experience in a COVID reality

Shaun speaks with Julie-Anne Younis who is the Senior Child and Adolescent Counsellor/Trainer at STARTTS.

A registered psychologist who has provided therapeutic services to learners with refugee experience for almost 20 years, we talk about how we might better support young people in the time of Covid 19.