Bio - Sue Hamlet

Sue Hamlet is a warm, vibrant trainer/facilitator with qualifications in counselling, training and community development and welfare. She brings creativity to the caring space, and has developed a range of uplifting workshops and resources that help build flourishing, connected, healthy minds and relationships in both the personal and professional realm. 

Sue is passionate about making a difference in the community and has been extensively involved in social justice advocacy and engagement across a range of sectors including mental health, domestic and family violence, migrants and refugees, and suicide prevention.  She has led significant projects that have deeply impacted community capacity, such as the Women's Advocacy and Action Team in Warwick, Qld who were instrumental in increasing safety and supports for women such as a Women's Crisis Centre, training in conjunction with DJAG, and collaborations with the Office of Violence Prevention.

Sue has enjoyed an eclectic practice across a range of environments over several years. She has facilitated therapeutic arts workshops across South, South West and Western Queensland, in collaboration with a range of stakeholders including Queensland Health (TRACC programs), RHealth, Royal Flying Doctor Services and a number of regional councils and not for profit organisations.

For several years, Sue was an inhouse and external trainer for Lifeline Darling Downs & SWQ across programs such as Gambling Help community education, suicide prevention and counsellor upskilling. During that time she led projects to increase community connections amongst isolated groups across the South West. Cultural awareness and trauma informed best practice are at the heart of her work.

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Career history

2020 to now - Sue Hamlet Creative

2015 - 2020 Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Qld Ltd (mental health support worker, counsellor, facilitator, community educator)

2003 - 2015 Fledge Design Studio (owner/designer, graphic design and interior design, community development, community engagement)

Key qualifications:

2024 - AHSW Associate Degree of Human Services (UniSQ)

2023 - Evidence Based Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT/tapping) - Certification including Trauma Informed EFT (Nurture Health Solutions)

2019 - DBT - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Megan Shiell)

2018 - Dip Counselling (AIPC); Registration with ACA

2017 - ASIST suicide prevention trainer (TOT, Living Works Australia)

2016 - Cert IV in Training & Assessment (Challenge Coaching)

2016 - PCOMS trainer (TOT, Dr Barry Duncan)

2014 - Dip Community Welfare & Development (UniSQ)

Additional training/qualifications:

  • Smart Recovery Group Trainer
  • Bringing Up Great Kids - trainer
  • Suicide Risk Screening Tool (STARS)
  • Psychological First Aid 
  • Family Systems 
  • DV Alert
  • SafeTalk
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • The Accidental Counsellor
  • Provide First Aid - HLTAID003