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a barrier to learning
through expressive therapies
a barrier to learning
through expressive therapies
a barrier to learning
through expressive therapies
HEAL in Schools
HEAL is a targeted, early intervention response for students from refugee backgrounds, supporting them to navigate their trauma recovery, improve emotional wellbeing, and bridge the gap of their disrupted schooling.
HEAL for Communities
HEAL works with Queensland’s refugee and diverse cultural communities to deliver expressive and somatic therapies to community members in response to their identified trauma-recovery needs.
Donate to HEAL
HEAL is 100% reliant on donations from the public to deliver our services. We have a community of generous supporters passionate about supporting young people from refugee backgrounds to heal and thrive.
HEAL was established in 2004 as a school-based, specialty mental health program supporting the wellbeing and trauma recovery of young people from refugee backgrounds at Milpera State High School in Brisbane.
Today, HEAL provides expressive therapies to students across four Brisbane secondary schools and to Queensland’s diverse cultural communities.
Our programs are funded by community donations and philanthropy. HEAL is a registered charity.
HEAL is part of QPASTT, Queensland’s specialist torture and trauma recovery service.
The Impact of Refugee Trauma on Learning and Wellbeing
Many children from refugee backgrounds have experienced severely disrupted schooling or no schooling at all. Their support needs go well beyond English language acquisition.
Expressive Therapies for Trauma-Recovery
Expressive therapies can help trauma survivors, particularly people from diverse language and cultural backgrounds, to process and articulate their experiences through meaning and concepts that is not possible through traditional ‘talk therapy.’
About HEAL
HEAL is an award-winning mental health service, using expressive therapies to support the wellbeing and trauma recovery of young people and communities from refugee backgrounds.
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Sarah Pember2023-06-22 12:37:122024-02-28 13:46:22“All the beautiful colours” – Madina’s StoryAcknowledgement of Country
HEAL acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land where we live and work and we pay our respect to their cultures, their ancestors and their elders – past, present and emerging. We recognise the continuing trauma caused by losses of children, language, lore and land and the impact that this continues to have on psychological, physical and spiritual wellbeing. We recognise that since time immemorial, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have nurtured communities of belonging and thriving and we work in solidarity towards a future of healing and justice.
