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Accredited Social Worker

Bethanie Hannagan,
BSW (Hons),  MCSW, ASDCS

As an Accredited Social Worker,  Bethanie has a love for working with couples around connection, attachment and attunement with their children and teens. Bethanie supports couples to 'tune in' to their own needs and the needs of their children to find a parenting strategy that works best for their family. 

Bethanie is a trained DBT and Schema Therapy practitioner, and utilises the therapies to understand the inner workings of the couple as a unit and individually to provide tailored therapeutic care. 

Although she has a passion for working with couples and families, Bethanie has in-depth experience with working with young people and individuals in the Out of Home Care space. Bethanie spent the early years of her career working with children in the foster care system and providing therapeutic support to their foster carers and birth families. Due to this, Bethanie is skilled at support young people and their families with:

• Behavioural disorders
• Sexual identity 
• Personality disorders 
• Grief/bereavement 
• Trauma
• Sexual abuse
• Systemic abuse

Bethanie is also a certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, and is able to provide therapeutic and behavioural support for children and young people with an Autism Diagnosis.

Bethanie has a Bachelor of Honours Degree from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. She is currently completing her Masters in Social Work Counselling, and is an Accredited Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers. Bethanie has experience with trauma related disorders, attachment, Mental Health, Youth Work & the Out of Home Care System.

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