Conference Papers Delivered

- When In Deep Water... Trauma Work and Implications for Change. Keynote Address presented to PeakCare 'Confronting Silence' Conference, March 2010.

- Self Harm: Practice Responses. Paper for ‘Building Skills Together’ Conference, SAAP and CAP Training and Practice Forum. October 2002.

Self Harm Conf (PDF 34KB)

- Plenary Session. More Than Just A Bandaid – A Seminar for Workers on Young Women and Self Harm. June 2000.

- Eating Issues and Sexual Abuse. Paper presented to the Sexual Assault Support and Prevention Conference, Brisbane, May 1998.

- Plenary Session: Major Stakeholders - What are the issues? Chairperson of Plenary Session at the Challenge the Body Culture Conference: Attitudes, Acceptance, and Diversity into the 21st Century, Brisbane, September 1997.

- Opening Address. Presented to the Meet the Challenge - Taking Youth Affairs into the 21st century, Queensland State Youth Affairs Conference, Brisbane, September 1996.

- A Feminist Perspective on Eating Issues. Paper presented at the Body Image, Sex Role Stereotyping and Disordered Eating Behaviours Conference, Queensland Health, October 1995.

- A Feminist Response to Eating Issues. Paper presented at the Body Image, Sex Role Stereotyping and Disordered Eating Behaviours Conference, Queensland Health, October 1995.

- Beyond Fragmentation: A Model for Teaching Feminist Welfare Practice. Paper presented at the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, August 1995.

- Starving to Survive: A Feminist Perspective on Young Women and Eating Issues. Paper presented at the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, Beijing, August 1995.

- Feminism and Eating Issues in Young Women. Paper presented to the Working With Young Women in Juvenile Justice and Related Areas Conference, Department of Criminology, University of Melbourne, July 1995.

- Against Fragmentation: Feminism, Knowledge and Social Work Practice. Paper presented at the Science and Social Work: The 24th National Conference of the Australian Association of Social Workers, University of Tasmania, July 1995.
Against Fragmentation (PDF 39KB)

- Participative Research Methods. Keynote Address presented to the Innovations in Community Health: Australian Community Health Association 5th National Conference, Brisbane Hilton, May 1995.
Participative Research (PDF 25KB)

- Young Women and Eating Issues. Paper presented at the Queensland State TAFE Counsellors Conference, Brisbane, November 1994.
- The Marginalisation of Young Women. Paper presented to the Youth Employment Service State Conference, Brisbane, August 1993.
Marginalisation of Young Women (PDF 44KB)

- The Relationship Between Child Abuse and Delinquency. Paper presented at the Youth Supported Accommodation Conference. 1990

- Empowerment in Work With Young People. Paper presented at the Youth Supported Accommodation Conference. 1990