About Reframing Spaces
Our Story
We are two social workers who are passionate about the safety of women, children and the community against family and domestic violence. In our respective careers, we have supported women, children and men facing the impacts of domestic violence.
We noticed a gap in the system wherein women felt compelled to alter their behavior to ensure the safety of themselves and their families. As we observed this concerning trend, it became evident that our collective experience from working with men who use violence could shed light on the root causes perpetuating this cycle of fear and alteration of behaviour among women.
We come from a gender transformative based approach where we value on the ground experience, evidence base practice and holistic approaches.
Raquel and Katie are registered with the Australian Association of Social Work.
Raquel
Raquel completed her Bachelor of Social Work through the University of New England in 2015. Raquel has an in-depth knowledge amounting over 9 years experience in the industry. Raquel is incredibly passionate about sharing her knowledge with others in the field to help make lasting change for practitioner and client.
Areas of speciality and experience
- Domestic and Family Violence
- Working with men that use violence; domestic family and general violent offending
- Working with men in a forensic setting
- Youth Work
- Homelessness
- Families
- Drug and Alcohol
- Case management and family mediation
- Social work supervision
Therapeutic skills
- Dialectal Behaviour Therapy
- Narrative Practice
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Strengths-based practice
- Trauma Informed practice
- Group-work facilitation and programs
- Emotional regulation
Katie
Katie completed her Bachelor of Social Work through the University of Newcastle in 2013 and post-graduate certificate of Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2016. Katie has over 10 years of experience in the field and is passionate about up skilling like-minded practitioners in the industry to help educate, lead and learn from practitioner and client.
Areas of speciality and experience
- Domestic and family violence; working with survivors and families
- Safety planning and risk assessment
- Working with men in a forensic setting
- Working with men that use violence; family and general violent offending
- Sexual assault
- Homelessness
- Drug and Alcohol
- Policy and project work
- Case management
- Social Work Supervision
Therapeutic skills
- Dialectal Behaviour Therapy
- Strengths-based Training
- Trauma Informed practice
- Group-work facilitation and programs
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Emotional regulation
- Solution Focused therapy