Kieran Vaughan (MA Counselling, Grad Dip Counselling, BA, & completing Cert in Initiatic Art Therapy) is a counsellor and consultant in private practice in Canberra’s inner north. She has over 30 years’ experience in the community sector, in counselling, community work, youthwork, cancer support, crisis support and suicide prevention. Her roles have included groupwork, training, supervision and management and included ensuring quality and consistency of crisis support and supervision across the national Lifeline centres and Ozhelp. Kieran also taught community sector workers at the Canberra Institute of TAFE for several years. Kieran has a strong interest in the field of trauma, and the modalities which help to release trauma from the body, especially those which encourage the mind-body connection, such as art therapy and somatic therapies. She is passionate about providing connections and skills for counsellors in Canberra, in the interests of enhancing the lives of both clients and practitioners.