Dorian D.

Therapist | Clinical Leader

Greater Perth Area

About

A multi award nominated PACFA Registered Counsellor / mental health professional with over 20 years’ experience in the health and welfare sector.

Experience

  • Crisis Counsellor - Specialist Targeted Services (STS) at Lifeline Direct
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    The Specialist Targeted Services team delivers some of Australia’s most vital free helpline services, including MensLine Australia, Suicide Call Back Service and SuicideLine Victoria. Lifelines network of Specialist Targeted Services are a 24/7 national charitable provider of suicide prevention, mental health and counselling services. They specialise in remote service provision and using technology to reach people in need.

  • EHS / IMS Medic at St John WA
    Aug 2019 - Present · 7 yrs

    This position involves the provision of pre-hospital medical services to a range of industrial, corporate and community clients, including at a wide range of low to high risk events, industrial & construction operations, and major incidents & natural disasters. Day to day duties include the provision of pre-hospital medical care &/or health screening under SJWA clinical practice guidelines, including the utilization of specialist Ambulance equipment, medications and skills. St John WA (SJWA) is a social enterprise committed to enhancing the health and wellbeing of the WA community we serve. We provide a breadth of preventative skills and education, community health services and frontline emergency responders so we can be there to care for the people of WA, when they need it most.

  • Clinical Lead / Coordinator - Margaret River Services at headspace
    Nov 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

    headspace is Australia’s federally funded national youth mental health foundation. headspace helps thousands of young people, and their family and friends, access vital mental health care through our headspace services in over 154 communities across Australia. The “Coordinator Margaret River Services” role combines clinical and service leadership with location and line management, as well as the provision of direct clinical care to young people and their families.

  • Clinical Lead / Team Lead - Youth Suicide Sanctuary (YSS) at Ruah Community Services
    Nov 2023 - Nov 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    The clinical team lead role comprised service, team and clinical leadership/ management and the therapeutic care of young people accessing the service. The YSS / Luminos Project is a MHC funded safe space for young people aged 16-24 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide. This service provides short-stay residential therapeutic care for young people with thoughts of suicide, supporting them to engage with psychological / counselling support, peer support and develop emotion regulation, distress tolerance and mindfulness skills. This also includes short term case management to support referrals to ongoing clinical and non clinical care. Ruah Community Services is an integrated community service provider in Western Australia working across the areas of mental health & wellness, family & domestic violence, family support, housing & homelessness and legal services.

  • Registered Counsellor - Tier 2 Youth Mental Health at Youth Focus
    Jul 2022 - Jun 2024 · 2 yrs

    This position was part of the clinical team (metro) that delivers a free, face-to-face and tele-health based professional counselling service to young people aged 12 to 25 who are experiencing mental health challenges. This comprised both single session thinking (SST) and ongoing counselling streams to deliver tier-2 youth mental health services to young people who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm, family & interpersonal issues, grief/ loss and trauma. This role also included the provision of postvention services to school communities berieved by the loss of someone to suspected suicide. Youth Focus is a leading mental health provider that has been supporting the wellbeing of young people in the Western Australian community since 1994.