Our team

Laurel Downey

Board Director

Laurel currently works as a consultant to therapeutic care organisations. She has been a mental health clinician and family therapist for over 35 years and has specialised in child trauma and attachment issues in the Government, Non-Government, Community and Child & Adolescent Mental Health systems. She previously worked as CEO of a non-government organisation, Catalyst Child and Family Services, delivering therapeutic residential care in northern Queensland.

striving for genuine results for children, young people and their families

Laurel has extensive experience in the development of practice frameworks as well as the design and delivery of training for the child and adolescent mental health, child protection & OOHC placement sectors.