Presenters

Matthew Holmes, Barrister, Clashfern Chambers
Matthew acts on behalf of both injured claimants and insurers in all areas of personal injuries litigation including workplace injury, motor vehicle accidents, public liability claims, medical and professional negligence and intentional torts. He has developed specialty with complex litigation involving dust diseases in the mining (and associated industries), refinery and engineered stone processing sectors; serious personal injury claims involving NIISQ in motor vehicle and workers' compensation fields; and any regulatory reviews and appeals relating to such claims. Matthew also takes a keen interest in contributing to the profession by presenting at the Bar Practice Course, ALA State and National conferences and the QLS Symposium and Personal Injuries Intensives.

Dr Tarni Jennings, Clinical Psychologist, Dr Jennings Psychology
Dr Tarni Jennings is an experienced Clinical Psychologist offering trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment. With 18 years of experience, Tarni completed her Doctoral Degree of Clinical Psychology at The University of Melbourne in 2006. She has worked extensively with adult survivors of trauma presenting with a range of mental health difficulties, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and addiction. She has focused her clinical work on helping people recover from trauma and loss. She has a passion for understanding the far-reaching and complex impacts of childhood trauma and adversity and helping people heal from these experiences. In her work with parents and couples, Tarni seeks to support adults to interrupt the intergenerational impact of childhood trauma. Her extensive experience includes working with special populations impacted by trauma, including providing individual and group-based treatment to military veterans, police, ambulance, fire, and other emergency service personnel. Tarni has also worked with disaster impacted communities and individuals, working in the disaster recovery team at Austin Health in the aftermath of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Also providing evidence-based treatment to those impacted by the fires and specialist supervision, secondary consultation and training to community groups, volunteer organisations and mental health service providers working in the fire-affected areas. Recognising that trauma and adversity are underlying drivers of most youth and adult mental health conditions, Tarni sees the need for more widespread trauma-informed care, education, and training. She provides supervision, consultation and training to professionals wanting to deepen their understanding of trauma and its impacts and to workplaces wanting to become more trauma-informed and minimise the risk and impact of vicarious trauma on their staff.