Resume

Jen Nield is a family therapist working both in the community sector and in private practice. She is an experienced group facilitator and has written multiple group programs that are now being used widely throughout Victoria. She has worked extensively in the family violence sector providing individual, couple and family therapy to both people who have used violence and those who have been violated.

Jen is now working in the Alcohol and Other Drug sector and providing IFS training to AOD workers. She has a history of working with adolescents both in psychiatric inpatient settings and in the broader community sector. Prior to becoming a therapist she worked in community theatre and won numerous awards for her work with young people who had experienced multiple adverse childhood experiences.

Jen has also completed the three levels of professional training offered by the Centre for Self-Leadership (USA) and has also worked as a Program Assistant on multiple international trainings. She has a Masters in Counselling and Family Therapy, a Grad. Dip. Experiential and Creative Art Therapy, and a Grad Cert Soc Sci Family Violence.