Kate Oosthuizen
Private Practitioner/Student, Master of Rehabilitation Counselling, Griffith University
Kate Oosthuizen completed her Bachelor of Counselling at UNE 20+ years ago and is now completing her Master of Rehabilitation Counselling at Griffith University. Kate's counselling experience includes drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and for the last 17 years has specialised in trauma informed practices and care with people affected by childhood/adult abuse and recent trauma. Kate is passionate about creating safety and authenticity for the vulnerable in our Gold Coast community, providing relevant and current psychoeducation on the effects of trauma and healthy strategies to enable clients to experience hope and healing towards their personal and professional engagement and wellbeing. Kate's work and personal experiences have taught her to be staunch in the ethical values of fairness and justice to all, and to do no harm. In Kate's spare time she trains her dog as a therapy pooch, and to track and search/find 'lost' humans, and both participate in State trials.
Outcomes of Trauma Informed Practice and Care (TIPC) in the vocational setting of rehabilitation counselling
Kate Oosthuizen recently submitted a research proposal to Griffith University exploring the gap in knowledge of the outcomes of Trauma Informed Practice and Care (TIPC) in the vocational setting of rehabilitation counselling. The aim of the study explored existing TIPC frameworks, a critique of current academic literature (mostly qualitative) and proposed a future quantitative research of the efficacy of minimising retraumatisation of clients by implementing TIPC frameworks and principles to address this gap in knowledge. Current statistics confirm the prevalence of trauma in the disability, returned veterans and workplace sectors. Literature identifies that TIPC reduces long term secondary costs for businesses by securing suitable job placement and sustainability of employees impacted by trauma. A quantitative study would provide this new knowledge.