Debbie Haynes
Aboriginal Clinical Psychologist, LINKS Trauma Healing Service - Illawarra & Western
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Debbie is a proud Gamilaraay yinarr, with maternal ancestry from the Bull, Colebull, and Balding families, and paternal connections to the Haynes, Lawrie, and Coleman families across Wirangu, Mirning, and Yuwaalaraay Country. Her work in psychology, psychotherapy, and trauma is grounded within her early beginnings of advocacy and maternal knowledges of community and family strengths. Debbie holds a Master's in Clinical Psychology and is pursuing her PhD at Melbourne University, evaluating the "Walking in Blak Traks; Embedding the SEWB into Clinical Practices" cultural training, which she co-developed and delivered across NSW Psychological and Specialist Services. Her first publication, "The Effectiveness of Trauma-Based Therapies for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Children in Out-of-Home Care," was published in the Lowitja Journal in May 2025. Grounded by her beginnings, she is committed to transformative approaches that support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, centring Social and Emotional Wellbeing frameworks of self-determination, and collective flourishing.
SESSIONS
Day 2
11:00
Outcomes from Trauma-Based Therapy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in Out-of-Home Care
Placing a cultural lens on clinical therapy to heal trauma in Aboriginal children placed in out of home care
Building on the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, women and families
The effectiveness of evidence-based trauma interventions for Aboriginal children and adolescents in out of home care
Debbie Haynes, Aboriginal Clinical Psychologist, LINKS Trauma Healing Service - Illawarra & Western, Department of Communities and Justice, NSW
Elizabeth Hagarty, Director of NSW Psychological and Specialist Services, NSW Department of Communities and Justice