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Overview
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Accomplishments
Certification
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KATHARINE SHEPHERD

Adelaide

Summary

Counsellor, social worker, mediator, committed to enhancing the well-being of individuals, groups and communities.

Significant experience in counselling young people

Demonstrated ability to manage crisis

Experienced in working with adults, children, couples and families

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Counsellor

AccessSA
02.2023 - Current
  • Counselling and therapeutic interventions in support of individuals, couples, children (10+), and family
  • Provision of conflict-resolution services, including mediation
  • Crisis intervention, regularly working with trauma, domestic violence, suicide, sexual assault, mental health crisis, and dislocation experienced by newly arrived migrants
  • Culturally sensitive working with culturally diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients

Educator

EQUALS College
06.2023 - Current
  • Development of curriculum and delivery of lectures to tertiary students in Masters of Social Work (qualifying) and Bachelors of Human Services programmes, including law, ethics, psychology and mental health
  • Consultant on development of new curriculum for the Masters of Social Work
  • Working with students from diverse, international backgrounds

Consultant

AccessSA
06.2023 - 02.2025
  • Mediation
  • Team-interventions to build shared vision and encourage effective team working
  • Coaching of managers and leadership
  • Supporting workers through redundancy and career change

Therapeutic Support Practitioner

Centacare
12.2021 - 01.2023
  • Recruitment, assessment and therapeutic support to foster children, carers and their families
  • Trauma-informed, attachment-based therapeutic support
  • Advising on sensitive issues of guardianship as part of multi-agency teams
  • Ability to work in a culturally sensitive manner, across a wide range of cultural and linguistic background

Student Placement

Centacare
07.2021 - 12.2021
  • Foster Care Programme, Student Placement
  • Recruitment, assessment and therapeutic support to foster children and families.

Student Placement

Office of the Guardian of Children and Young People
01.2021 - 06.2021
  • Provision of policy advice to the Guardian for Children and Young People (SA)
  • Support to training on working with cultural sensitivity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • Participation the visitors programme to Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre and residential care homes.

Psychotherapist and Working Towards a Masters in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice

Private Practice
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Working towards a Masters of Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice
  • Private practice in Belgium

Seconded National Expert

Seconded National Expert
01.2012 - 01.2018
  • European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
  • Legal Adviser on issues of conflict prevention, human rights, responsible sourcing, drafting and negotiation of restrictive measures
  • Regularly drafted and negotiated EU Regulations before working groups of the European Council
  • Legal and policy advice on EU responsible sourcing measures and conflict minerals, including the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme which aims to prevent the international trade in conflict diamonds.

Legal Adviser

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
01.2008 - 01.2012
  • Advising on administrative law, human rights and international humanitarian law
  • Head of Treaty Section, lead lawyer on international law of the sea, advised on piracy off the coast of Somalia, negotiated agreements enabling the British Navy to hand suspect pirates to regional States for prosecution
  • Head of delegation before the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
  • Worked effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Legal Adviser

HM Revenue and Customs
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Legal advisor on mutual legal assistance, customs enforcement and international law of the sea
  • Negotiation of a mutual legal assistance treaty between the UK and Malaysia

Legal Adviser

Ministry of Defence
01.2002 - 01.2007
  • Provided legal advice on international humanitarian law, administrative law, data protection issues, confidentiality of national security information and human rights

Assistant Legal Adviser

Treasury Solicitors Office
01.2000 - 06.2002
  • Instructing solicitor for a group of military witnesses appearing before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
  • Instructed counsel on judicial review proceedings to seek protective measures for military witnesses including screening and anonymity

Advisory Lawyer

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement
01.1999 - 12.1999
  • Participated in community meetings to advise Aboriginal groups on potential native title claims
  • Advised Aboriginal communities on preservation of cultural heritage
  • Liaison with Aborginal communities on applications for development affecting cultural sites

Prosecutor and Solicitor

Director Of Public Prosecutions, South Australia
01.1995 - 01.1998
  • Acted as sole prosecuting counsel on jury trials
  • Junior counsel on two high profile murder trials
  • Prepared matters for prosecution and sentencing

Legal Advisor

South Australian Health Commission
01.1994 - 01.1995
  • Instructing solicitor for the Health Commission on the Robinson Inquest into the death of a child as a result of food poisoning.

Education

Accredited Mediator NMAS -

Australian Institute of Family Law Mediators And Arbitrators

Member of AASW -

Australian Association of Social Work

Member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia -

PACFA

Internal Family Systems Therapy, Levels 1 And 2

IFS Institute
Paris, France
06-2025

Masters of Social Work - undefined

Flinders University
01.2022

Hakomi Practitioner - Mindfulness-Based Somatic Psychotherapy

Hakomi Institute
Mallorca
01.2021

Master of Arts -

Middlesex University
London, UK
01.2020

LLB, BA (Jurisprudence) - undefined

University of Adelaide
01.1993

Skills

  • Counselling
  • Social Work
  • Mediation
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Relationship building
  • Team Work
  • Problem-solving

Accomplishments

  • Significant Legal Experience and Expertise Over 25 years of legal experience working for governments and international organisations.
  • Significant conflict-resolution experience Experience as an advocate and lawyer appearing before a range of tribunals and inquiries
  • Therapeutic counselling skills Experience in counselling to enhance mental health, wellbeing and facilitate the resolution of conflict

Certification

  • Mediation (NMAS)
  • AASW Member
  • PACFA Member Registered Practicing
  • Internal Family Systems Psychotherapy level 1

Timeline

Educator

EQUALS College
06.2023 - Current

Consultant

AccessSA
06.2023 - 02.2025

Counsellor

AccessSA
02.2023 - Current

Therapeutic Support Practitioner

Centacare
12.2021 - 01.2023

Student Placement

Centacare
07.2021 - 12.2021

Student Placement

Office of the Guardian of Children and Young People
01.2021 - 06.2021

Psychotherapist and Working Towards a Masters in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice

Private Practice
01.2018 - 01.2020

Seconded National Expert

Seconded National Expert
01.2012 - 01.2018

Legal Adviser

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
01.2008 - 01.2012

Legal Adviser

HM Revenue and Customs
01.2007 - 01.2008

Legal Adviser

Ministry of Defence
01.2002 - 01.2007

Assistant Legal Adviser

Treasury Solicitors Office
01.2000 - 06.2002

Advisory Lawyer

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement
01.1999 - 12.1999

Prosecutor and Solicitor

Director Of Public Prosecutions, South Australia
01.1995 - 01.1998

Legal Advisor

South Australian Health Commission
01.1994 - 01.1995

Masters of Social Work - undefined

Flinders University

LLB, BA (Jurisprudence) - undefined

University of Adelaide

Accredited Mediator NMAS -

Australian Institute of Family Law Mediators And Arbitrators

Member of AASW -

Australian Association of Social Work

Member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia -

PACFA

Internal Family Systems Therapy, Levels 1 And 2

IFS Institute

Hakomi Practitioner - Mindfulness-Based Somatic Psychotherapy

Hakomi Institute

Master of Arts -

Middlesex University

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