Resume

Loretta Pederson
Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work; BA (Welfare Studies); Supervision Course Clinical member of Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
Accredited supervisor with PACFA

Loretta Pederson has, for 25 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 has managed an Intensive Family Preservation Service and is currently 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, Hong Kong, Singapore, Qatar, Türkiye and Greece. Loretta also works for
Dulwich Centre/University of Melbourne, overseeing and supporting tutors and students inthe Masters of Narrative Therapy and Community Work.

For several years she volunteered for QLife responding to distressed callers and assessing new volunteers.

Narrative ideas have been an integral part of Loretta’s counselling, case management and group work over the past 20 years. 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.
In 2024 Loretta’s book, Honouring Resistance and Building Solidarity:Feminism and Narrative Practice was published, which includes examples from practice and
questions practitioners can utilise when working with people facing class, education, race, sexual-identity and/or gender discrimination.
www.narrativetherapyconnections.com