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Elise has worked with children and young people in vulnerable communities for over 15
years across New South Wales and Victoria. Elise is one of the leading TLSW
practitioners in Australia and has piloted and been the lead in multiple TLSW programs
since 2013. Elise has contributed to various publications, delivers diploma and
professional development training, and has also given workshops and talks at multiple
international and national conferences, university lectures and forums. Elise provides
supervision to professional TLSW practitioners and students across Australia and New
Zealand. In 2019, in conjunction with TLSW International, Elise established, and is the
current chair of Therapeutic Life Story Work Australia, which aims to ensure the fidelity of
TLSW and provide high quality support to qualified practitioners and students. Elise
believes that all children should be given a safe space to make meaning of their lived
experience.