Education & Qualifications
- Drumbeat Therapist
- Student Support Officer – Beyond the Broncos Girls Academy
- President – Aim High Counselling Pty Ltd
- Business Owner – Susie Klein Self-Expressive and Creative Arts Counselling
- Bond University – Family Dispute Resolution Qualifications
- The University of Queensland – Mental health, Rural and Indigenous health, Rural Clinical School (Toowoomba): Currently in training to be an Australian Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer (ASIST) and Indigenous Network Suicide Intervention Skills Trainer (INSIST)
- Cedar Centre: Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- James Cook University: Bachelor of Educational Studies
- Community Training Australia: Diploma of Counselling
- Far North Queensland TAFE: Diploma of Education (ATSI)
- University of Southern Queensland: Certificate of Education (ATSI)
- Brisbane North Institue of TAFE: Diploma of Community Services Work
- South West Institute of TAFE: Certificate IV Small Business Studies
Other Achievements:
- PESI – Certificate of Successful Completion:
- Mastering the Craft of Treating Trauma: Four Core Skills
- Attachment Centred Play Therapy: Repair Relational Trauma and Build Secure Attachment to Accelerate Family Treatment
- David Kessler on Healing Grief & Loss
- Art Therapy: Creative Interventions for Kids with Trauma, ADHD, Mood Disorders & More
- Overcoming Trauma Related Shame and Self Loathing with Janina Fisher, Ph.D.
- Therapeutic Art Interventions for Children and Teens: Creative Ways to Calm Anxiety, Reduce Social Withdrawal, & Diffuse Anger and Rage
- Trauma Defined: Bessel van der Kolk on The Body Keeps The Score
- Treating Trauma Clients at the Edge: How Brain Science Can Inform Intervention
- The Essentials of Effective Trauma Treatment: How to Go Beyond Technique
- The Ethics of Touch in Child Psychotherapy & Play Therapy
- The Gottman Method Approach to Treating Trauma
- Grief and Addiction
- Healing from the Bottom Up: How to Help Clients Access Resource States with Peter Levine
- Cultural and Historical Traumas: Invisible Barriers to Healing and Change
- Trauma Treatment for Kids Healing the Body Through Play: Advanced Interactive Workshop
- PESI – Certificate of Professional Recognition:
- Essentials of Trauma Treatment: Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) Training Course
- Advanced Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents: A Certification Training on Healing the Body Through Play
- Facilitator – Roma State College Senior Campus Flexi-School
- Small Business Owner: Susie Klein, Engaging Communities Creatively: Counselling, Skills Training, Education, Creative and Experiential Artist
- CatholicCare Social Services: Family Dispute Resolution Program – Family Advisor
- Centacare Toowoomba: Triple P (Groups) Facilitator
- NAIDOC Celebrations Roma: Artist of the Year Award 2015
- Mentor
- Reiki Master
- Centacare Toowoomba: SeasonsTM Adults & Children and Young People’s Companion. Seasons TM Trainer
- Education Queensland: Big Picture… Hidden Histories Cultural Awareness Facilitator
- Centacare Toowoomba: The Mental Health Assessment of Aboriginal Clients including accreditation in The Westerman Aboriginal Symptom Checklist for Youth
- Creative Expression Arts Tutor– All Ages
- Centacare Toowoomba: FOCCUS Facilitator
- Member: Aboriginal Family Legal Service Southern Queensland Indigenous Corporation
- Member: World Bodypainting Association
- Mitchell State School, Community Education Counsellor
- Centacare Toowoomba: The Gottman Institute: Level 1 Clinical Training – Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Bridging the Couple Chasm
Training/Workshops :
- Art Workshops for Residents – Pinaroo Roma Inc.
- Susanne Daoud, Director of Juicy Body Art: Advanced BodyArt Workshop 2017
- Maranoa Regional Council: Animating Spaces, Roma
- Gallery 107 Dalby: Indigenous Art
- Facepainting train the trainers
- Balloon Twisting train the trainers
- Self Expressive Creative Arts Class – mentoring
- Junk Art Sculpture
- Acrylic Painting – mentoring
- Painting with Ochres
- General Arts & Crafts eg: beading, scrapbooking, duct tape creations, nail art, handbuilding pottery, sewing, collage, etc, etc.
Murals: (Acrylic)
- Arcadia Valley, Roma, Yuleba, Dulacca, Condamine, St George, Surat, Thallon, Wyandra, Muckadilla, Mitchell, and Peek-a-Doo, Injune, Toowoomba, Brisbane.
Art for Relaxation Program: (Pastels, Charcoal)
- QLD: Roma, Charleville, Mitchell, Charleville, Cunnamulla, St George, Surat, Crows Nest, Toowoomba, Dalby, Stanthorpe, Townsville
- NSW: Newcastle
- OVERSEAS: Oʻahu (Hawaiʻi), Winnipeg (Canada) and Hamilton (New Zealand)
Commissioned Artwork: (Acrylic, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Pastel, Liquid Glass, Junk)
- QLD: Roma, Dirranbandi, Toowoomba, Stanthorpe , Chinchilla, Warwick, Goondiwindi, Brisbane, Gatton, Ipswich, Cairns
- NSW: Sydney
- ACT: Canberra
- OVERSEAS: California, Iran, Cambridge, Hong Kong, Italy,
Face & Body Painting:
- Roma, Toowoomba, Wallumbilla, Yuleba
- Australian Body Art Festival – Encouragement Award: 2015 Face Painting category
- Australian Body Art Festival – Participant in full bodypainting: 2017 Sponge & Brush and Special FX categories
Exhibitions:
- Roma, Cunnamulla and Surat