Victoria Kean MSocHlthCouns
(she/her)
I’m a therapist, clinical supervisor, consultant and trainer based in Albury Wodonga.
I started this journey, a long and winding path, over 25 years’ ago and have gained a real depth of experience and learning along the way.
I work with teens and adults of all ages across a range of issues, including family, domestic and sexual violence, complex trauma, PTSD, grief and loss, and parenting.
I specialise in working with trauma and trauma-related dissociation, and working with parents who have teens or young adults using violence or other challenging behaviours in the home.
My passion is supporting people to recover, reconnect, and thrive. After 25 years, I still love what I do.
Integrative. Tailored. Specialised.
My approach
My work is trauma informed and integrative, drawing from multiple approaches and theories to tailor therapy to your needs.
My approach is grounded in understanding how your past experiences influence your present thoughts, emotions, relationships, and patterns. Rather than focusing only on coping strategies or changing behaviours, we'll work together to understand the deeper reasons behind what you're experiencing and support lasting change.
I incorporate other approaches, such as EMDR, narrative therapy, and parts work, depending on what will work best to help you to reach your goals. Keeping your nervous system and what’s happening in your body central, helps to set the right pace for you.
Modalities aside, my approach is authentic and present. I’ll be there, not as an emotionally distant, purely objective therapist, but as someone who is engaged, intentional, and holds space for all of life’s complexities.
Qualifications and training
Although I have taken every opportunity to learn new skills and approaches, so much of my learning has been gained from those I have walked alongside and tried to support through life’s challenges over the past 25 years.
That said, I’m sure you would like to know a little about my training.
My qualification
- Master of Social Health and Counselling, Child and Family
Some of my training and certifications
- Clinical Supervisor (PACFA Accredited Training)
- EMDR Advanced Practitioner (Accredited Training)
- Internal Family Systems Therapy Training
- Trauma-Focused CBT Training
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Advanced Training
- Motivational Interviewing Advanced Training
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy Advanced Training
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Training
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Training
- Narrative Therapy Training
- Treating PTSD Training and Treating Complex Trauma Training
- Working Therapeutically with People who have Complex Trauma Training
- Registered Circle of Security Parenting Program Facilitator
- Registered Triple P Parenting Program Facilitator
- Understanding and Responding to Vicarious Trauma Educator Training
- Sex and Ethics Educator Training
My professional registrations & memberships
- Clinical Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
- NSW Victim’s Services Counsellor
- State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) Practitioner
- Member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation