In this episode I speak with Seena, an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker based in Brisbane who has worked in the human services sector for over 15 years. Seena is a first-generation Gujarati woman born and raised in England but now living in Australia, and she brings an appreciation of how culture, identity, relationships, and lived experience shape people’s stories. Her practice spans mental health, trauma, domestic and family violence, relationships, parenting, and men’s behaviour change. Grounded in dignity, cultural humility, and trauma-informed practice, Seena is passionate about walking alongside people with both compassion and accountability and creating environments where people feel heard, respected, and empowered as the experts of their own lives.
Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode:
‘Invitations to Responsibility’ by Alan Jenkins - https://archive.org/details/invitationstores00jenk
Our Watch - https://www.ourwatch.org.au/
No To Violence - https://ntv.org.au/about-us/
ANROWS (Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety) - https://www.anrows.org.au/
Institute of Non-Violence - https://ionv.com.au/
Safe & Together Institute - https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/
Blue Knot Foundation - https://blueknot.org.au/
Emerging Minds - https://emergingminds.com.au/
Suggested reading:
Judith Herman: Trauma and Recovery (1992)
Bessel Van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score (2014)
Janina Fisher: Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors (2017)
Peter Levine: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (1997)
Alan Jenkins (1990): Invitations to Responsibility: The Therapeutic Engagement of Men who are Violent and Abusive (https://archive.org/details/invitationstores00jenk)
Evan Stark (2023): Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life.
Michael Flood (2018): Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention.
Michael Flood (2025): Understanding Men's Lives: Pain, Privilege, Difference
This episode's transcript can be viewed here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lvPGFrLhwztTY7eze3mjo_fRIqn84VUtkLIySfp01PY/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks to Kevin Macleod of incompetech.com for our theme music.