On Friday, 24 November, the Magnolia Project, in partnership with the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM) launched our Cultural Practice Guide. We were particularly delighted to welcome guests to the launch at the University of Adelaide. We wrote the guide to support mental health professionals’ preparation of cultural safety evidence Read more…
In the heart of the prison environment, a place often thought of as resistant to change, the Magnolia Book Project is blossoming like a beacon of hope and potential. This straightforward yet impactful initiative is leaving a lasting mark on incarcerated individuals by granting them access to the riches of Read more…
A key important component of trauma-informed practice is cultural safety.
One way to promote more compassionate justice is to support ‘connections’. This week I had the privilege of visiting the Waikato area of Aotearoa New Zealand. I experienced how other people make connections with one another.
I’ve just spent a week at the International Childhood Trauma Conference with at least two thousand other people. Many attendees were therapists and clinicians working with children and adults. There were also academics and pracademics like me. I heard from expert pioneers such as Dan Hughes and Jon Baylin, Judith Read more…
Some of the thinking that sits behind the Magnolia Project has been informed by the work of First Nations practitioners and academics.