Scholarships
Scholarships aim to broaden opportunities and make learning and growing a successful experience. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning and asexual (LGBTQIA+) practitioners, along with Australian First Nations practitioners, and Adopted or Fostered practitioners often face unique challenges in their personal lives, workplaces and academia; funding shouldn’t be one of them.
Scholarships aim to broaden opportunities and make learning and growing a successful experience. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning and asexual (LGBTQIA+) practitioners, along with Australian First Nations practitioners, and Adopted or Fostered practitioners often face unique challenges in their personal lives, workplaces and academia; funding shouldn’t be one of them.
It’s more important than ever for the LGBTQIA+ community, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and the Adoptee and Fosteree community to be included in the world of welfare, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy. By creating access to scholarships for LGBTQIA+ folk, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, along with Adopted or Fostered adults we can better shape cultural progress.
For this reason, I have made three partial scholarship’s available each year: The Queer Leaders Scholarship, the Sovereign Leaders Scholarship and the Adoptee Leaders Scholarship. Read below for details and to apply.
The Queer Leaders Scholarship recognises the efforts of a Counselling Professional who contributes to an inclusive culture and assists in promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect people of diverse genders and sexualities.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
17th February, 2023
TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP VALUE
$1,000 for one year only (to be applied to the full fee of the course, not a discounted rate)
NUMBER OFFERED
One scholarship per year
AM I ELIGIBLE?
You must be one of the following:
- An Australian citizen
- Australian permanent resident
- Australian humanitarian visa holder
You must meet the following criteria:
- Enrolled in either the Somatic Sand Therapy™ or SAFE-T™ Training Program
- Be available and able to attend ALL training events
- Identify and known in the community as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer* or asexual (LGBTQIA+).
*In this context queer is used as an umbrella term to describe people of diverse genders and sexualities.
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Based on prior therapy training, experience and interview.
- Must be a member of ACA, PACFA, APA or ASW.
- Must display a demonstrated commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect people of diverse genders and sexualities.
The Sovereign Leaders Scholarship recognises the efforts of a Counselling Professional who contributes to an inclusive culture and assists in promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
17th February, 2023
TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP VALUE
$1,000 for one year only (to be applied to the full fee of the course, not to a discounted rate)
NUMBER OFFERED
One scholarship per year
AM I ELIGIBLE?
You must be one of the following:
- An Australian citizen
You must meet the following criteria:
- Enrolled in either the Somatic Sand Therapy™ or SAFE-T™ Training Program
- Be available and able to attend ALL training events
- Identify and known in the community as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Based on prior therapy training, experience and interview.
- Must be a member of ACA, PACFA, APA or ASW.
- Must display a demonstrated commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect First Nations people.
The Adoptee/Fosteree Leaders Scholarship recognises the efforts of a Counselling Professional who contributes to an inclusive culture and assists in promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect Adopted or Fostered People.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
17th February, 2023
TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP VALUE
$1,000 for one year only (to be applied to the full fee of the course, not to a discounted rate)
NUMBER OFFERED
One scholarship per year
AM I ELIGIBLE?
You must be one of the following:
- An Australian citizen
You must meet the following criteria:
- Enrolled in either the Somatic Sand Therapy™ or SAFE-T™ Training Program
- Be available and able to attend ALL training events
- Identify and known in the community as Adopted or Fostered
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Based on prior therapy training, experience and interview.
- Must be a member of ACA, PACFA, APA or ASW.
- Must display a demonstrated commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of issues that may affect Adopted or Fostered people.
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This training will not provide education on working with marginalised individuals, relationships or groups (Monique is not an expert in these areas and does not claim to be), but will look at applying her transformational Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy models to the unique people and kinship systems that the training participants bring with them in their minds, hearts and spirits.
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It is Monique’s aim to create a space to learn in an inclusive way that will honour the experiences of those who are so easily disenfranchised in traditional therapy settings and training.