Thursday, 9 October 2025
Professional Skills
Understanding Trauma Informed Practice and Working with Neurodivergent Clients
- Understanding behavioural responses through a trauma lens
- Moving away from blame and toward supportive legal engagement
- Practical strategies for supporting clients with ADHD, ASD, and other mental health conditions
Presented by Dr Mandy Ellis, Psychologist, Strive and Thrive Psychology
DEEP DIVE INTO DEALING WITH TRAUMA AND ALIENTATION
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Alicia Elliott, Practice Director, Broun Abrahams Burreket; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Preeminent Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Presenters
Alicia Elliott, Practice Director, Broun Abrahams BurreketAlicia is an accredited specialist in family law with over 15 years of exclusive practice in the field. She is recognised in the 2025 Doyle’s Guide (New South Wales) as a pre-eminent parenting and children’s matters lawyer and a recommended leading family and divorce lawyer. Known for her clear, pragmatic advice and compassionate approach, Alicia helps clients navigate emotionally charged matters including parenting disputes involving family violence, addiction, mental health challenges, and international relocation. She also advises on high-value and complex financial matters, including trusts, overseas property, and business interests. Alicia is deeply committed to resolving disputes cost-effectively and in the best interests of her clients and their children.
Dr Mandy Ellis, Psychologist, Strive and Thrive Psychology
Dr Mandy Ellis is a registered psychologist with over 20 years’ experience working with separating families as a single expert report writer, conducting child inclusive assessments, all aspects of family and individual therapy for separating families and individual support, as well as working with neurodiverse children and families. As a child/adolescent consultant, she has a deep understanding of the developmental needs of children and young people particular to their age and circumstances and specifically in relation to family separation, blending families, trauma informed practice, extreme alignment/parental alienation, and family violence. She provides ethical, evidenced based practice with a pragmatic approach.
