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Loretta Pederson has, for 19 years, worked with families and individuals who are responding to complex issues such as mental health struggles, family violence, sexual assault, and drug and alcohol issues.

She worked for an Intensive Family Support Service as team leader and is now in independent practice offering counselling, supervision and training. Loretta is on the teaching team for Dulwich Centre, Adelaide and has facilitated workshops in Australia, China, Singapore, Qatar and Turkey. Loretta currently offers Skype counselling to residents of Norfolk Island through Anglicare. She also volunteers for Twenty 10/Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service.

Narrative ideas have been an integral part of Loretta’s counselling and group work over the past 14 years. She is particularly passionate about meeting with people who are experiencing mental distress or responding to trauma. Loretta’s article 'Sharing sadness and finding small pieces of justice: Acts of resistance and acts of reclaiming in working with women who’ve been subjected to abuse' was published in the Narrative Therapy and Community Work Journal in 2015.