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WHO I AM
I am Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng, Founder of Aboriginal Women's Business Retreats, Sacred Ceremonials, the Soul Spirit and Mind Wellness Centre based in the ACT - a wellness centre focused on psychology-counselling, soul healing, providing meditation and relaxation sessions and training and doing ngungkari medicine and Reiki healing sessions.
I'm a Wakka Wakka and Wulli Wulli Traditional Custodian of Central Queensland, a grandmother, mother and at 67 yrs am an Elder in our First Nations traditions.
I am trained as a psychotherapist, social worker, psychologist and I have a PhD from the Australian National University in sacred leadership theory and how First Nations peoples develop 'sacred leaders'.
I have worked in the USA, Canada, Denmark, Mexico, India, France, UK and Italy as a consultant and conference keynote speaker, facilitating healing workshops and Women's Business Retreats.
I have worked in the Federal NSW and QLD governments in senior management, policy advisory roles and program management and have 50 years of work/career experience in my fields.
My psychotherapy practice SOUL SPIRIT MIND CENTRE is a whole person healing recovery space that focuses on family dysfunction recovery, especially generational trauma, violence, addiction and physical, sexual and emotional abuse. I specialise in spiritual and sacred soul recovery utilising Indigenous wisdom, meditation and relaxation techniques alongside psychology, counselling, hypnotherapy and other modalities that support wellness and recovery. See Services
SACRED CEREMONIES is a service I created to engage First Nations ceremonial practices for life events and to co-create these individual events for life events as special and sacred events for you and your family. This is a way to bridge the cultural divide and support healing and reconciliation. See services.
I am a Reiki Master Teacher and provide sessions for those who request these. I can also provide distance healing. Please visit the Services section for more information.
I do Indigenous Leadership Masterclasses for The Leadership Institute in major capital cities each year as part of the Indigenous Leadership Summits.
I have spent 25+ years working in academia as a University lecturer or Director of Aboriginal Education and currently teach in the School of Medicine and Pyshology at ANU Canberra.
My memoir
A LONG WAY FROM NO GO
Written with journalist Julie Szego, this is my story of life growing up in western Queensland being sent to Catholic Boarding school where I was abused despite my parents paying for my education at that place. In the book I shine a light on public policy and the political activism I was involved in during the 1970's to the 1990's and my eventual career in academia and the public sector fighting for our rights through education at tertiary institutions. its a reflection on the Royal Commission into Institutional Abuse, my own life and in particular how it is possible to recover from generational trauma, abuse and dependency. .
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