Kate is an ACA registered Narrative Therapist with a background in criminal justice. She has worked for 10 years in specialist family violence frontline, counselling, and project roles. Her ethics and work are rooted firmly in intersectional feminist theory.

Most recently, Kate worked within the Victorian prison system supporting corrections staff with their understanding of the impacts of family violence on criminalised women.

Kate is driven to work toward ending violence against women, children, trans and gender diverse folks, and particularly interested in addressing men’s violence against criminalised women.

Before working in family violence, Kate worked with young people in out of home care and adults experiencing homelessness. Kate is passionate about supporting the family violence workforce and working collaboratively to enhance knowledge, skills and confidence across the sector.