Social Work Lecturer and Field Education Coordinator
Social Work Degree, Certificate in Biblical Counselling
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
christina.williams@excelsia.edu.au
Christina Williams has been a Social Work Practitioner for over 18 years. She has both domestic and international experience in the areas of child protection, hospital social work, aged care, mental health, disability and clinical social work. Christina managed a community mental health program for a large not for profit organisation in Australia for 12 years and established their NDIS mental health support coordination program. Over the years Christina fostered relationship development within the community and strongly believes in collaboration and networking. In her role as program manager, she supervised and trained social workers and social work students in the work place and developed a keen interest in equipping and training evolving social workers.
Christina started her academic career with Excelsia College in October 2022 as Social Work Lecturer and Field Education Coordinator. Having strong and varied practice experience, she is excited to support students with developing their social work skills by preparing for and completing their field placements.
Christina is passionate about social justice, providing opportunities for growth both in individuals and communities and creating environments where individuals can live a fulfilled and meaningful life. She is hoping to pass this passion on to social work students and supporting them in becoming social work practitioners who will make a positive impact in the lives of those who they will support in future.
Christina holds a Social Work Degree from The Catholic University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany, where she graduated in 2000.
Christina completed a certificate in Biblical Counselling through the Christian Counselling and Education Foundation’s School of Biblical Counselling.
Christina’s research interests include development of innovative social work field education, models of disability support in Australia and community mental health.
Christina is involved in developing innovate social work student placement models that align with the evolving structures of the welfare industry in Australia.
Christina is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Lecturer Early Childhood Education
PhD Education, Master of Public Administration & Management (MAPAM), Bachelor of Arts – Education (BA-Education)
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
alfred.mupenzi@excelsia.edu.au
Dr Alfred Mupenzi is an experienced lecturer with over seven years experience lecturing Sociology within the Master of Teaching (Primary) program at Western Sydney University. Alfred also has one year of experience teaching different early childhood education units at Excelsia College. Alfred’s teaching in early childhood education spans from multiculturalism and multilingualism, child, family and partnerships, growth and development, through to special needs education.
Dr Mupenzi has also carried out research projects in other contexts outside Australia within education. For the past five years, Dr Mupenzi has worked with students who come from a refugee background. In Australia, some of these students were resettled, others arrived seeking asylum and have faced a very uncertain journey. Dr Mupenzi has been a refugee and asylum seekers project officer at Western Sydney University working in the engagement team doing outreach to high schools, community settlement organisations and university students to advance access and completion of tertiary education. Alfred is on the Board of Directors at The Bread and Butter (TB&B) Project, a social enterprise which supports newly arrived refugees to build a career in baking and easily transition into the employment sector in Australia.
Dr Mupenzi completed his PhD from Western Sydney University. He completed his Master’s (MAPAM) and Bachelor’s (BA Education) degrees from Makerere University in Uganda. He also holds an advanced diploma in social and philosophical studies from Katigondo National Major Seminary in Uganda.
Dr Mupenzi has experience in qualitative and mixed research methods and specialises in equity, diversity, migration, and social justice education. He has published several peer reviewed articles on educational resilience. Alfred is also a research assistant engaged in different research projects at Western Sydney University.
Conflicting demands of settlement and tertiary education in Australia for refugee background students? A critical metaphor analysis
Mupenzi A., (2022). Navigating the Australian Education System Refugees and New Arrivals: An Insider’s View. In Smith, S., & Zhou, G., Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students (pp. 265–287). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2.ch014
Mupenzi A., (2018). Educational resilience and experiences of African students with a refugee background in Australian tertiary education. The Australasian Review of African Studies, 39(2), 122–150. https://doi.org/10.3316/informit.972112134052612
Mupenzi, A., Mude, W., & Baker, S. (2020). Reflections on COVID-19 and impacts on equitable participation: the case of culturally and linguistically diverse migrant and/or refugee (CALDM/R) students in Australian higher education. Higher Education Research and Development, 39(7), 1337–1341. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1824991
Williams, T., Abbott, P., & Mupenzi, A. (2015). “Education at our school is not free”: the hidden costs of fee-free schooling in Rwanda. Compare, 45(6), 931–952. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2014.938611
Mupenzi, A., Naidoo, L., & Gannon, S. (2019). “From Kyangwali to Sydney” Life History Narrative and Postcolonial Theory in Refugee Educational Studies. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 21(2), 44–66. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.21.2.44
Mupenzi, A., (2018). Narratives of displacement, resilience, and education: experiences of African students with a refugee background in Australian tertiary education. Western Sydney University.
Mupenzi, A., (2016) Refugee background students in tertiary education: An insider’s view AARE Conference Papers – AARE
Head of School of Social Work
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
susan.evans@excelsia.edu.au
Susan Evans has over 25 years practice and academic experience in social work. She has worked in health and community organisations as a social worker, counsellor, educator, and researcher. Her publications are informed by practice-based learning to engage critically with neoliberal trends in preventive health, programs evaluation, and the organisation of social care. She has long standing interest in professional values development and the usefulness of practical reason to withstand value conflicts within social work settings. Her curriculum leadership aims to develop students’ practical virtues focused on justice, compassion, capabilities and wellbeing.
Susan has taught social work since 2005 and was previously Lecturer at Western Sydney University and Senior Lecturer at Australian Catholic University. In 2023 she joined Excelsia College as Head of School, Social Work.
Dr Susan’s degrees are in social work, sociology, and applied ethics. She completed her BSW from the University of Sydney in 1997. She was conferred her PhD from the Western Sydney University in 2008.
Susan has skills and expertise in qualitative and mixed methods research design, realist approaches to health and welfare programs evaluation, and collaborative inquiry. Over a period of 20 years, she has contributed to many research projects which gained industry and government grant funding in role lead or co-investigator. Her recent publications address stigma and care planning for children and families living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Evans, S., Lucas, B.R., Papadopoulos, C. What do child and family health clinicians understand, do, and want to learn about FASD? Lessons from a mixed methods study. Journal Intellectual & Developmental Disability (forthcoming)
Evans S. (2023) Women with alcohol dependence and FASD prevention. Drug and Alcohol Review. 42(1):33-35.
Evans, S., Papadopoulos, C., Lucas, BR., Monds, LA & Montebello M. (2022) Improving Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) identification and response in NSLHD Child, Youth & Family Services: Research Report. St Leonards: Northern Sydney LHD.
Evans, S., Stout, B., Plath, D. & Dadich A. (2020) Clarifying the role of belief-motive explanations in multi-stakeholder realist evaluation. Evaluation & Program Planning, 80:1-6.
Stout, B., Dadich, A., Evans, S, Plath, D. & Lawson, K. (2020) Researching social work practice ethically and developing ethical researchers. Ethics and Social Welfare 14(2): 172-186.
Plath, D. Dadich, A. Evans, S. Lawson, K. Stout, B. (2020) Personalized budgets: What is the future for child protection? British Journal of Social Work 51(7): 2458–2477.
Evans, S. (2017) What should social welfare seek to achieve? Applying the capability approach. Ethics and Social Welfare, 11(1): 19 – 32.
Evans, S. and Bellamy, J. (2017) A study of outcomes determination strategy on non-profit health and welfare programs evaluation. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 17(3): 23 – 31.
Evans, S. (2017) The social worker as transdisciplinary professional: a reflective account. Australian Social Work, 70(4): 500 – 507.
Evans, S. and Devlin, G. (2016) Client-led spiritual interventions: faith-integrated professionalism in the context of a Christian faith-based organisation. Australian Social Work, 69(3): 360 – 372.
Evans, S. (2014) Workforce redesign in three Anglicare aged care settings: Final evaluation report. Submitted to Health Workforce Australia on behalf of Anglicare Sydney.
Horsfall, D. Leonard, R. Evans, S & Armitage, L. (2010) Care Networks Project: Growing and Maintaining Social Networks for Older People, Final Report. Centre for Social Justice Social Change Penrith: UWS.
Evans, S. (2010) Public Health and Moral Blindness: Promoting Desirable Relationships in Violence Prevention Education. Ethics and Social Welfare, 4(1): 44 – 56.
Evans, S., Krogh, C. and Carmody, M. (2010) Time to get cracking: The challenge of developing best practice in Australian sexual assault prevention education. AIFS Issues Paper, 11: 1 – 23.
Carmody, M., Evans, S., Krogh, C., Flood, M., Heenan, M., & Ovenden, G. (2009) Framing best practice: National Standards for the primary prevention of sexual assault through education. National Sexual Assault Prevention Education Project: Final Report. Penrith: UWS.
Evans, S. (2005) Beyond gender: Class, poverty, and domestic violence. Australian Social Work, 58: 36-43.
Associate Lecturer Education
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
michael.parzakonis@excelsia.edu.au
Michael is a passionate advocate for the power of education as a tool for change and progression as a society, not only in relation to knowledge and technology, but our collective ideas and cultural values. One of his favourite quotes being, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Socrates, Ancient Greek Philosopher (5th Century BC).
As an Associate Lecturer, Michael aims to play a significant role in helping upcoming educators develop their skills and passions to become accomplished educators who can kindle the flames of our future generations.
Michael completed a Bachelor of Arts (Ancient History and Management) at the University of Sydney in 2016. He studied a variety of topic areas, including Archaeology, History, Anthropology, Classics, Linguistics, Business Management and Accounting. Additionally, at the University of Sydney, he completed a Master of Teaching (Secondary), specialising in Ancient History, Business Studies and Commerce.
Helped launch an Action Research Project relating to the development of literacy skills for students in Southwest Sydney. This was an initiative he was part of as a committee member of the HPG team within an NSW Department of Education school setting.
• Collective Memory and the Teaching of History
• Literacy Education
• Cognitive Load Theory
• Differentiation for High Potential and Gifted Students
Member of the History Teachers Association of NSW since 2017.
Member of the NSW Teachers Federation since 2018.
NESA Accredited Proficient Teacher.
Social Science Lecturer
Master Social Work Counselling
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
adam.willing@excelsia.edu.au
Adam Willing is a trauma therapist and social work practitioner, with a Masters in Counselling Social Work. For over 10 years Adam has worked within the contexts of child protection, domestic and family abuse, family therapy, parenting and caregiver support, out of home care, child and adolescent mental health, and complex and developmental trauma.
Outside of Excelsia College, Adam is currently dividing his time working in the non-government sector as a child, adolescent and family counsellor and his own private practice.
Adam has attained his Masters’ degree in Counselling Social Work in 2020 with an undergraduate degree in Social Work.
Adam has undergone specialised training in child protection, sandtray therapy, and trauma-informed therapy.
Adam is predominantly interested in trauma informed practice, attachment-based therapy, and creative and expressive therapies.
Adam is a current member of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Associate Lecturer and Course Coordinator
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to 5)
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
nadia.dimartino@excelsia.edu.au
Nadia believes in the power of early childhood education as ‘the great equaliser’ at a time when inequality is spiralling out of control. She believes that some of the hardest challenges in today’s society — including addiction, homelessness, and poor mental health — have their roots in the earliest years of a person’s life. These challenges can be prevented if all children have access to free quality care and education, so they can become happy and responsible future citizens.
Nadia’s teaching experience spans from early childhood education to primary education units. She has supervised, coached and mentored practicum students for Australian Catholic University, Southern Cross University and TAFE. Nadia has worked for Western Sydney University in course development, helping finalise new undergraduate units in early childhood education and multiculturalism. She also has experience working as a learning advisor for Swinburne University.
Nadia is working on her PhD at the University of Newcastle. Her project explores international students’ identities through arts-based research methods and ‘French Theory.’
As a Course Coordinator, Nadia aims to support preservice teachers find their voice and become creative, passionate and inspiring teachers.
Nadia is a PhD Candidate at University of Newcastle. After completing her Master of Teaching (0-5) at Macquarie University, she decided to study counselling to best support children, teachers, parents and students. In 2020, she completed a Master of Mental Health Practice at University of New England, becoming passionate about group counselling and art therapy.
I am working on my doctoral project on international preservice teachers’ pedagogical subjectivities and culturally informed pedagogies. I am exploring how care pedagogies may differ in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) teachers and how this richness may help diversify teaching approaches while dismantling the false ‘care vs education’ dichotomy.
June 2022. Conference presentation at RECE Reconceptualising early childhood education, Toronto. The online classroom as a culturally responsive place.
• International students’ pedagogical identities
• Placements as transformative spaces
• DeleuzoGuattarian philosophy
• Culturally informed care pedagogies
• International comparative ethnographic studies of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
• Creative arts therapy approaches used to enhance inclusion and student wellbeing
I am a trained member of the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR) and a member of Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia (EPHEA).
Liu, R., & Di Martino, N. (2022). Non-verbal interaction in the early years: Case study of Mandarin learning in Australia. Journal of Silence Studies in Education, 1(2), 1-11.
Social Science Lecturer
PhD, BA, Graduate
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
kofi.awuviry-newton@excelsia.edu.au
Dr Kofi Awuviry-Newton is a social worker and social gerontologist with expertise in applying mixed methods into studying the healthy ageing. Kofi has spent 7 years in practising social work in the areas of correctional services, ageing, disability, family wellbeing and gerontological education. Kofi has extensive experience teaching in public health, social work and gerontology from the University of Wollongong, Western Sydney University, University of Newcastle, and Acknowledge Education in Australia. Kofi sees issues in a multidirectional lens and apply critical thinking in research and educating students.
Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, Federation University, 2022, Australia.
PhD Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Newcastle, 2021, Australia.
Bachelor of Social Work, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2015, Ghana.
Kofi is a recipient of the University of Newcastle Postgraduate Research Scholarship and University of Newcastle Research Scholarship. He is also a receiver of travel grants from the Center for Education and Population and Ageing Research (CEPAR) and the Emerging Researchers in Ageing in Australia. Kofi received a research grant in an amount of $25,000 with some researcher of the University of Wollongong to conduct research on the integration of refugees’ migrants in the communities.
Social work education; Long-term care; Health systems research; Disability Ageing
Australian Association of Gerontology
January 2017-till date: A member
Canadian Association of Gerontology
October 2019-till date: A member
1. Awuviry-Newton, K., Tavener, M., Wales, K., & Byles, J. (2022). Using ethics of care as the theoretical lens to understand lived experiences of caregivers of older adults experiencing functional difficulties. Plos one, 17(5), e0267658.
2. Asiamah, N., Lowry, R., Khan, H. T., & Awuviry-Newton, K. (2022). Associations between social support provided and walkability among older adults: health self-consciousness as a moderator. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 104691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2022.104691.
3. Awuviry-Newton, K., Amoah, D., Tavener, M., Afram, A. A., Dintrans, P. V., Byles, J., & Kowal, P. (2022). Food Insecurity and Functional Disability Among Older Adults in Ghana: The Role of Sex and Physical Activity. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.01.065
4. Gyasi, R. M., Abass, K., Frempong, F., Obodai, J., Asamoah, E., Obeng, B., & Awuviry-Newton, K. (2022). Food insecurity and geriatric functional limitations: Observational analysis from the AgeHeaPsyWel–HeaSeeB Survey. Experimental Gerontology, 111707.
5. Awuviry-Newton, K., Ofori-Dua, K., Deku, C. S., Abekah-Carter, K., Awortwe, V., & Oti, G. O. (2022). Prevalence and determinants of care needs among older people in Ghana. PloS one, 17(2), e0263965.
6. Janssen, H., Awuviry-Newton, K., Simpson, D., Denham, A., Bird, M. L., Haracz, K., … & Bernhardt, J. (2021, October). Exercising, Socialising and Thinking: Environmental Enrichment Model (ESTEEM) After Stroke: Preferences of people living with stroke for a model of environmental enrichment to continue peer-supported stroke recovery in the community. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE (Vol. 16, No. 1_ SUPPL, pp. 14-14). 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
7. Asante, E. A., Awuviry-Newton, K., & Abekah-Carter, K. (2021). Social Networks in Limbo. The Experiences of Older Adults During COVID-19 in Ghana. Front. Public Health, 9, 772933.
8. Awuviry-Newton, K., Nkansah, J. O., Newton, A., & Abekah-Carter, K. (2021). Older people’s long-term care experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: a qualitative descriptive study. International Journal of Care and Caring.
9. Aregbeshola, B. S., Onifade, O. M., & Awuviry-Newton, K. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of anaemia among children aged 6 to 59 months in Nigeria. World Nutrition, 12(3), 58-74.
10. Asiamah, N., Vieira, E. R., Kouveliotis, K., Gasana, J., Awuviry-Newton, K., & Eduafo, R. (2021). Associations between older African academics’ physical activity, walkability and mental health: a social distancing perspective. Health promotion international.
11. Asare-Doku, W., Donnir, G. M., Ae-Ngibise, K., Peprah, J., Awuviry-Newton, K., & Acquah, F. (2021). Psychiatric Disorders among the Military in West Africa: A Systematic Narrative Review. Behavioral Sciences, 11(10), 138.
12. Newton, Abraham; Awuviry-Newton, K; Nkansah, Jacob Oppong & Abekah-Carter, Kwamina (2021). Understanding older adults’ functioning and health-seeking behaviour during COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Health and Social care in the community. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13452
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13. Awuviry-Newton, K; Wales, Kylie; Tavener, Meredith; Kowal, Paul & Byles, Julie (2021). Functional difficulties and toileting among older adults in Ghana: evidence from the World Health Organisation Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Ghana Wave 1. Ageing and Society, 1-23. doi:10.1017/S0144686X21000453
14. Awuviry-Newton, K., Tavener, M., Wales, K., Denham, A. M., & Byles, J. (2021). A meta-synthesis of care and support for older adults in Africa. Journal of Family Studies, 1-22.
15. Awuviry-Newton, K., Ofori-Dua, K., & Newton, A. (2021). Understanding Transportation difficulty among older adults in Ghana from the perspective of the World Health Organizations (WHO) Healthy Ageing framework: Lessons for Improving Social Work Practice with Older Adults. British Journal of Social Work. 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa247.
16. Nkansah, B; Awuviry-Newton, K; Gyasi, Moses; Newton, Abraham & Boateng, Akosua Serwaa-Adomako (2021). Who doesn’t have challenges? I have a lot of challenges”: Exploring the challenges and coping strategies of neglected older adults in Ghana, 1-12, Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology.
17. Awuviry-Newton, K., Ofori-Dua, K., & Newton, A. (2020). Correlates of older adult inpatients’ personal care provision to people with functional difficulties in Ghana. PloS one, 15(10), e0238693.
18. Awuviry-Newton, K., Tavener, M., Wales, K., & Byles, J. (2020). The roles and capacities of social workers in the lives of older adults seeking healthcare and their caregivers in Ghana. Health and Social Care in the Community https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13121
19. Awuviry-Newton, K; Kylie, Wales, Tavener, Meredith & Byles, Julie (2020). Do factors across the World Health Organisation International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework explain perceived caregiver availability for community-dwelling older adults in Ghana? Plos One
20. Awuviry-Newton, K., Tavener, M., Wales, K., & Byles, J. (2020). Interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences older adults regarding their functional activities in Ghana. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132720931110
21. Awuviry-Newton, K., Nkansah, J.O, & Ofori-Dua, K. (2020). Attributions of elder neglect: A phenomenological study of older people in Ghana. Health and Social Care in the Community, DOI:10.1111/hsc.13028.
22. Ampofo, A. G., Adumatta, A. D., Owusu, E., & Awuviry-Newton, K. (2020). A cross-sectional study of barriers to cervical cancer screening uptake in Ghana: An application of the health belief model. PloS one, 15(4), e0231459.
23. Barnie, A. J., Nyarko, A. S., Dapaah, J. M., Appiah, S. C. Y., & Awuviry-Newton, K. (2017). Understanding Youth Violence in Kumasi: Does Community Socialization Matter? A Cross-Sectional Study. Urban Studies Research, 2017.
Social Science Lecturer
Master Counselling and Psychotherapy
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
jessica.ghali@excelsia.edu.au
Jessica Ghali is a therapist who is passionate about working with youths and refugees in crisis. She has worked in a range of settings with children who have experienced traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, their carers and communities.
Jessica has attained her Masters’ degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2018 with an undergraduate degree in Medical Science, majoring in Human Bio-science. Hence her interest in neuropsychology and psychosomatic modalities.
Jessica has undergone specialised training in suicidal ideation, mental health emergency intervention, trauma-informed therapy and addictions.
Jessica is currently pursuing a number of research interests including culturally sensitive practice and psychosomatic therapeutic integration.
Jessica has a PACFA certified degree in counselling and psychotherapy. She currently teaches at Western Sydney University.
Jessica has written and facilitated a number of psychoeducational programs and intervention strategies addressing issues ranging from addiction, homelessness, mental health and wellbeing.
Field Education Liaison Officer
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
nicky.golan@excelsia.edu.au
Nicky has over 25 years’ experience in clinical practice, research, academia, and public and private health management. She has extensive experience consulting to human service agencies, not for profit organisations and small businesses.
Nicky has had a diverse career including specialising in clinical work in the acute care, primary care, community, and private sectors. She has worked in executive management and senior quality improvement roles across a range of settings. She has diverse experience teaching across multiple Universities and Higher Education facilities and Colleges in both undergraduate and postgraduate in Social Work and other human services courses and degrees.
She is a specialist in Social Work workplace learning and is particularly skilled in imparting Social Work theory and concepts in a way that students can connect with meaningfully and personally.
Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Social Work, A Master of Social Work with Merit and a Master of Public Health.
Nicky has received the ACHS Quality Award for developing a Public Hospital and Community Services Staff Peer Support Model.
She has received a Better Practice Award by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency for The Advanced Care Planning Project for a group of residential aged care facilities.
Nicky has been invited to be a panel member on a number of the NSW / Vic Field Education Series, CUFEG NSW.
She has been invited to be on several course advisory groups at various Universities.
She has presented research and conceptual papers at various professional conferences throughout her career.
Nicky has several research and interest areas; she is particularly interested in supporting International Students to transition successfully to the Western Social Work post graduate context and required expectations. Through the field education program, she supports International Social Work students to work closely with agencies and complete a thorough and complex research project culminating in a detailed business case / service proposal. In this capacity, students learn and develop the full scope of qualitative research and project management and in doing so, also contribute meaningfully to agencies.
The research projects are focused within Nicky’s areas of interest and commitments; supporting and empowering women, naming, voicing and addressing social injustices and using methodologies, theories and approaches that are empowering, deconstructing of the dominant discourse and supportive of the marginalised and disenfranchised.
Nicky is a member of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association, the Higher Education Management Group, LeadX, a Leadership and Development Program and the Emotional Intelligence & Diversity Institute.
She is a member of the Small Business & Independent Consultant Network and of the Innovation Management Group.
She is also a member of the Cross-Cultural Coaching & Counselling Group and the Learning, Education, and Training Professionals Group.
She is a member of the Grief and Loss Professional Network, The Narrative Practice and Discussion Group, The Trauma Informed Educators Network and the Trauma Informed Professionals Collaboration Network.
Social Work Lecturer
Telephone Number
02 9000 9604
mona.luxton@excelsia.edu.au
Mona Luxton commenced teaching at Excelsia College school of counselling in 2019. Mona has been working as a professional counsellor and psychotherapist since 2002 and has attained a vast range of experience in various types of therapies and modalities for counselling issues. Mona has had a particular interest in working with victims of Domestic and Family Violence. She founded the Bay City Care Community Support and Counselling Centre in 2010 where she continues to work as the service manager.
Mona has a Master of Social Work (professional qualifying) at Southern Cross University. In 2022 Mona joined the Social Work team at Excelsia as a Social Work lecturer.
Mona completed a Master of Social Work (professional qualifying) at Southern Cross University a Master of Counselling at Wesley Institute in 2012, a Diploma of Community Services also in 2012 and an Advanced Diploma Counselling and Family Therapy Australian Institute of Family Counselling.
Mona has received the Bayside Citizen of the Year – 2018 award for her contribution to Domestic Violence Prevention; The Local Women of the Year – 2014 for her contribution to Domestic Violence Prevention and the Local Volunteer of the Year – 2013 for contribution to Domestic Violence Prevention.
Mona’s research interests include the complexities of working with Domestic Violence and the current issue of gender inequality as a long-standing root cause of domestic violence.
Mona is a graduate member of the AASW, a Clinical member and registered supervisor of the CCAA and a level 4 member of the College of supervisors with the ACA.
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