Restoring Resilience is centred and grounded in an Ecological Approach,  where an individuals’ health and wellbeing is considered inextricably interconnected to family, educational, medical, cultural, political, organisational and community settings. An individuals’ wellbeing occurs within social and collective landscapes. As humans we thrive when we are in connection, when we are in spaces and places where we have a voice, where we feel valued and respected and have a sense of belonging.

Restoring Resilience is built on a Framework that comprises Relational Gestalt Theory, Polyvagal Theory and Somatic Experiencing (SE). The combination of these modalities proves potent in restoring resilience, agency, health and vitality in individuals, children, families, schools, organisations, health services and community.

Relational Gestalt Theory is an approach that focuses on cultivating and co-creating connection in relationships. Underpinning the Programs and Trainings is that equal emphasis is placed on self, other and the relationship and ultimately, the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.

Polyvagal Theory emphasises how the autonomic nervous system (ANS ) plays a vital role in regulating our health, and behaviour. In times of stress, the ANS will move into protective and defensive responses constraining our capacity to stay in connection with ourself, the people around us and capacity to be present in the immediate moment within our environments . When stuck in stress states of fight, flight and freeze, conditions such as anxiety, depression and general dysregulation can occur. Polyvagal theory provides an essential map to restoring safety and trust via the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS).

Somatic Experiencing (SE) provides a powerful trauma prevention and trauma resolution approach. It provides access to the ANS when stuck in protective and defensive responses of fight, flight and freeze. SE interventions support the release of stuck stress states, reseting the nervous system and restoring an individual’s capacity for connection, agency, health and wellbeing.

Restoring Resilience invites schools, organisations, health and community services to partner and collaborate and support better mental health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, children and families.

The partnerships provide a reach that is far and wide, creating opportunity for collective healing, as opposed to working in fragmented, siloed and individualised ways.