Helen has lived experience working with individuals experiencing complex mental health and challenging behaviours and understands first hand how compounding stressors and life events can impact issues around anxiety and depression. A support worker before even knowing this was a thing, Helen was providing informal supports for a friend diagnosed with schizophrenia as far back as 1995 and after a family member experienced a traumatic brain injury resulting in issues with severe depression for decades after. Non-judgmental positive regard and thinking outside the box to find novel and cost effective solutions is a strength driving Disability and Transition Support (DATS).

Having completed Emotional Freedom Technique 1 & 2 (Trauma Informed) through EFT International, DATS is integrating this training with formal education (see below) to provide professional supports that draw on psychological and rehabilitation theory and practice. The aim is to  provide an exceptional service that has the potential to provide direct relief from distress as it is experienced in the moment, and most importantly, reinvests contracted funds into foundational supports that come at no extra cost to participants. It is anticipated this will help fill the gap in what is available in the community (without a lengthy wait) and what is presently covered with NDIS and recovery plans.