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B Beh. Sc, Psych Service Coordinator

Clinical Director & Accredited Trainer

External

Community Consultant

www.selfawarenessmethod.com.au

• 9 Yrs full-time Australian Army

• Registered Mental Health Clinical SW (BSW, AMHSW)

• Nationally Accredited Trainer

• 7 Yrs Adult/Child and Adolescent mental health

• 6 Yrs Clinical Director Milan Therapeutic Services

• Author ‘Safe/Unsafe, Understanding Modern relationships’

• Presenter ‘Compass Seminars’

• Challenging behaviour Consultant for WA Health

and other agencies

We need to optimise service delivery so that staff, clients and their families can get on with their lives.

• Challenging behaviour, relationship difficulties • Unhelpful Family or workplace Dynamics • Anxiety, Depression or other mental health issues impacting on care • Trauma and vicarious trauma for human service workers • Conflict and Stress • Pressure to achieve more with less

Complex interventions can be time-consuming and expensive. Tendency to relapse A Systemic approach may be the most effective but can be costly

The Self-Awareness Method or SAM™ is a knowledge and communication framework for inclusive, strengths-based relationship building. It’s easy to understand and focusses on providing information and tools for change.

The Self Awareness Method delivers simplicity from a range of evidence-based human service processes.

Easily used by Caregivers, Clinical Staff, Managers, Administrators & children from all cultural backgrounds

Implement as needed, alongside systems already in place

Safe, Simple

Cost effective

Intercultural applications

Understand it, Manage it Psychoeducation and Skills training for young & old focusing on Safety, Value and Inclusiveness.

Emotional regulation Adult Self-regulation promotes good relationships which are essential for wellbeing

Attachment Security supports wellbeing

for children, who benefit from whole-family support

1. Understanding it

2. Creating It

3. Maintaining It

Evaluate the process and apply boosters where

required

Show how certain factors affect our ‘wiring’ from birth

using Interpersonal Neurobiology research

Introduce the tools to change ‘unhelpful wiring’

Change focus away from the distress &

redirect attention onto how we make sense of our world

‘Our wiring’

2010-2015

2016

Clients appreciate the scientific, practical approach

Demand for the Self Awareness Method is growing;

Growth projected between 18-38% in 2016.

Self Awareness enhancing

Unsatisfied Average High Very High

(2010-2015 Random survey: 100 clients after 3 sessions)

45% 18% 38%

People say 'Oh, now we understand why we do what we do...' They pass this information on. They start to make choices about their actions and interactions. This leads to wellbeing as family and social interactions are a major factor in mental health and wellbeing.

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Senior HR consultant, Legal Aid WA

Director, Compass Seminars

Country Medical Service

CEO, Avon Youth & Community Services Inc.

‘…meaningful training… David’s extensive clinical knowledge set him apart…’

‘We have found David’s training & support invaluable in facilitating real change within our client cohort’.

After many years as a successful mental health clinician, David has Developed SAM, an approach that is both simple and impactful in its ability to raise people’s understanding of interpersonal dynamics and to undertake meaningful change.

‘…Useful to staff in the management of their roles within the hospital service. The skills are simple, practical & valuable…’

WA Primary School Teacher

David has an innate ability to break-down the theory of Mindfulness, delivering it at a level where professionals are challenged to participate and engage, and as a result LEARN strategies for professional and personal success’

0488 186 603

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info@selfawarenessmethod.com.au

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