TEAM INFORMATION

Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) 

Dip Counselling (ACAP) 

Dip Mindfulness Integrated CBT

Jenny is a Mental Health Social Worker with vast experience as a Counsellor in private practice and Community Support Services.

Jenny’s work is inclusive of extensive knowledge in recovery and life coaching tying in creative arts practices that can support individuals to reach capacity building goals.

JENNIFER'S NDIS INFORMATION

NDIS Item name and notes:  Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

• Creative arts therapies.
• Assessment supports.
• Training supports.
• Maintenance supports can be delivered to carers if required.

Age Range: Adult 18+

Travel to Participant: YES

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 1 hour to a participant’s home, and 1 hour from a participant’s home. Jenny aims to work with 4 participants in any one region to reduce travel costs where possible.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting| NDIA requested: YES.

Parental and Carers support and training: YES

Supervision: Jenny is supervised by Melissa Andrews, principal practitioner, Rested Minds.

Graduate Diploma Counselling (UNE)  

Graduate Diploma Human Resources (UK)

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (ISDR)

Child Consultant (CIMC) Child Inclusive Mediation & Counselling (CBD)

Abby has extensive transferable and current skill skills to place her in a supportive position to provide supports to children and adolescents. Abby’s approach is caring and supportive working within frameworks and a variety of modalities to provide best practice to youth during developmental stages.

NDIS Item name and notes:  Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

• Creative arts therapies.
• Assessment supports.
• Training supports.
• Maintenance supports can be delivered to carers if required.

Age Range: 0-7 years, 7-16 years

Travel to Participant: YES

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 1 hour to a participant’s home, and 1 hour from a participant’s home. Abby aims to work with 4 participants in any one region to reduce travel costs where possible.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting| NDIA requested: YES.

Parental and Carers support and training: YES

Supervision: Abby is supervised externally and peer supported by Melissa Andrews, principal practitioner, Rested Minds.

Psychotherapist

PACFA Reg. Clinical 24672

BAppSocSc Psychology | Counselling

ANZACATA (affiliate associate)

Melissa is the Principal Practitioner at Rested Minds. She is a Cairns based Clinical Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Somatic Art Therapist specialising in trauma therapy, critical incident and crisis (suicide) intervention and therapy.

Whilst at university Melissa was introduced to indigenous cultures and to this day is still learning by the contact she has with each individual from these cultures. In a therapeutic sense indigenous cultures heal body first, mind next and spirit healing follows, and this is the manner in which Melissa works. Sensory motor art therapy heals the body first where the trauma is stored, the mind makes sense of disturbance and rests, and the spirituality can be embraced.

Melissa completed a bachelor’s degree in Applied Social Sciences majoring in Psychology and Counselling. Melissa has worked in critical incident recovery services supporting individuals, families, schools and whole of communities in rural and remote regions across Northern Queensland when impacted by suicide. As a registered trainer Melissa also delivered suicide prevention training across many sectors of health care and farming industries.

Melissa has been in private practice since 2016, where she delivers psychotherapy supporting individuals to explore and understand themselves and their life experiences, supporting moods, feelings, thought and behaviours.

Psychotherapy is a growth model of therapeutic approaches.

Therapy approaches: 

• Art therapy
• Psychotherapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Narrative Therapy (NT)

Service Delivery:

• Employee Assistance program (EAP) TELUS health
• NDIS, psychosocial disability.
• Training mental health sector employees in trauma informed principles and practice and metal health awareness.

MELISSA'S NDIS INFORMATION

NDIS Item name and notes:  Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

• Assessment supports.
• Intervention planning
• Training supports.
• Maintenance supports can be delivered to carers if required.

Age Range: Adolescents 12 + and Adults

Travel to Participant: YES

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 1 hour to a participant’s home, and 1 hour from a participant’s home. Melissa aims to work with 4 participants in any one region to reduce travel costs where possible.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting | NDIA requested: YES.

Parental and Carers support and training: YES

Supervision: Melissa is clinically supervised externally.

BPsych (Hons) 

Master Applied Positive Psychology

Italian born and bi-lingual, ET considers himself fortunate to be a Cairns local of several decades. ET has worked with the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Cape York and Longreach and now puts his extensive experience to use within our practice as a Life Coach & Counsellor.

He has a broad understanding of how the mind works without necessarily focusing on mental illness to address challenges of the mind.

ET'S NDIS INFORMATION

NDIS Item name and notes:  Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

Age Range: Adult 18+

Travel to Participant: YES

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 1 hour to a participant’s home, and 1 hour from a participant’s home. Ettore aims to work with 4 participants in any one region to reduce travel costs where possible.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting| NDIA requested: YES.

Supervision: Ettore is supervised by Melissa Andrews, principal practitioner, Rested Minds.

Bachelor in Occupational Therapy

Hollie Ward has a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with an objective to move her career to be an accredited mental health professional, with an overall scope of practice under trauma informed practice and principles. Hollie has over 6 years’ experience in her field, with enthusiasm to continue to develop professionally by adding positive mental health modalities to her practice.

Hollie has worked with children, young adults, and the elderly in rural, remote, very remote, and regional communities. She has primarily been in private practice but also for a not-for-profit and residential aged care. Hollie was inspired to study occupational therapy as she has a sister with complex additional needs. Hollie is particularly interested in the growth model of occupational therapy around health and wellness coaching, mindfulness, maternal health, arts therapy, aqua therapy, nature therapy, sensory approaches, group-based therapy, and yoga.

Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

• Creative arts therapies.
• Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA’s) with ongoing service delivery after the assessments have been completed in conjunction with our mental health practitioners.
• Mental Health Assessment & Screening supports.
• Training support workers where required and or necessary.
• support can be delivered to carers if required.

Age Range: 12 and above years

Travel to Participant: YES (2 hour return trip)

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 60 mins to a participant’s home, and 60 mins from a participant’s home.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting| NDIS requested: YES.

Parental and Carers support and training: YES

Supervision: Hollie is supervised with professional development by Melissa Andrews, principal practitioner, Rested Minds, and peer supported within this environment.

Bachelor in Counselling (BACouns)

Certified Sand Play Therapist

EFT therapist

Kerry Savory has a Bachelor in Counselling (BACouns), certified Sand Play therapist and EFT therapist with applied crisis intervention skill with an overall scope of practice in mental health and trauma informed principles.

Kerry has a nursing background, and in addition has worked within wellbeing programs and  counseling role with adolescents in a variety of school settings.

Kerry has extensive transferable and current skills to place her in a supportive position to provide supports to adolescents and adults. Kerry's approach is caring and supportive working within frameworks and a variety of modalities to provide best practice to all she works with.

NDIS Item name and notes:  Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

• Creative arts therapies.
• Assessment supports.
• Training supports.
• Maintenance supports can be delivered to carers if required.

Age Range: 16 and above years

Travel to Participant: YES

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 1 hour to a participant’s home, and 1 hour from a participant’s home. Kerry aims to work with 4 participants in any one region to reduce travel costs where possible.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting| NDIA requested: YES.

Parental and Carers support and training: YES

Supervision: Kerry is supervised externally, and peer supported by Melissa Andrews, principal practitioner, Rested Minds.

Bachelor in Social Work Counselling (BASW)

Masters Degree in Narrative Therapy

Sand & Creative Arts Therapist

Aescha has a Bachelor in Social Work Counselling (BASW), accredited mental health social worker, with a masters in Narrative Therapy, sand and creative arts therapist with applied crisis intervention skill with an overall scope of practice under trauma informed practice and principles.

Aescha has experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander communities, in addition, Aescha has a strong understanding of support coordination within the NDIS, with additional case plan inclusive of counselling experience in private practices.

Aescha has over 10 years’ experience transferable and current  skills to place her in a supportive position to provide supports to adolescents and adults. Aescha’s approach is caring and supportive working within frameworks and a variety of modalities to provide best practice to all she works with.

NDIS Item name and notes:  Capacity Building Supports and Other Therapy.

Capacity Building: To facilitate functional improvement.

Other Therapy:  Therapy/Support is aimed at adjustment, adaptation, and building capacity for community participation. The aim is to achieve small incremental gains or to prevent functional decline.

• Creative arts therapies.
• Assessment supports.
• Training supports.
• Maintenance supports can be delivered to carers if required.

Age Range: 12 and above years

Travel to Participant: YES

Travel Location: Travel is capped to 1 hour to a participant’s home, and 1 hour from a participant’s home. Aescha aims to work with 4 participants in any one region to reduce travel costs where possible.

Support Type: Face to face, telephone, zoom.

If you are unable to make it to the practice last minute, we are happy to switch to a phone call or zoom session.

Reporting| NDIA requested: YES.

Parental and Carers support and training: YES

Supervision: Aescha is supervised externally, and peer supported by Melissa Andrews, principal practitioner, Rested Minds.