Ben Bradley 

Principal Practitioner​

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Ben is a registered Mental health Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), as well as a trained Behavioural Therapist. With over 15 years of frontline and leadership experience, Ben has worked across diverse environments including schools, family homes, disability services, out-of-home care, not-for-profits and forensic settings.

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Specialising in high-risk, complex, and challenging presentations, Ben provides therapeutic support in the form of individual, couples, family, and group counselling to children, young people, and adults. His collaborative approach involves working closely with family members and key supports to create holistic, person-centred plans that foster lasting change.

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Ben’s areas of expertise include:

• General mental health

• Parenting and co-parenting after separation

• Complex and challenging presentations and behaviours in children and adolescents

• Adolescent violence in the home

• Forensic mental health and offending behaviours

• Neurodivergence 

• Dual diagnosis​

 

Known for his authentic engagement style and strong therapeutic rapport, Ben brings both clinical insight and compassionate care to every relationship. His work reflects a commitment to inclusive practice, ethical service delivery, and empowering individuals in even the most complex circumstances.

Lucy Degrazia

Senior Manager - Mental Health & Business Services

 

Lucy is a compassionate and experienced mental health clinician with over 12 years supporting children, youth, and adults across a variety of settings including family homes, out-of-home care and not-for-profits. With expertise in alcohol and other drug (AOD) interventions and mental health care, Lucy has held specialised roles working with complex and challenging clients often involved with child protection and the legal system. Lucy employs evidence-based practices to support individuals with complex and intersecting needs.

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Lucy also brings valuable leadership experience, having held management roles where she supervised multidisciplinary teams, guided clinical governance, and supported staff development across community, disability, and forensic settings. Her strategic and empathetic leadership style ensures that service delivery remains responsive, inclusive, and aligned with best practice standards.

 

Lucy’s areas of expertise include:

• General mental health

• Alcohol and Other Drugs

• Dual Diagnosis

• Parenting and child development

• Parenting during child protection/family law court

• Neurodivergence ​​​​​

 

Lucy is deeply committed to client-centred practice and is known for delivering compassionate, outcomes-focused care that honours each person’s lived experience.

Brenton Sherwell

ACAP Student Counsellor

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Brenton is a registered Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and completing a Masters of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Brenton is additionally registered as a student member with Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). With around 15 years of work in the community services sector, including disability services, the foster care system, and homelessness services including leadership and management roles, comes with experience working with a diverse range of presentations. Brenton has completed a placement in a Secondary College for hisSocial Work degree and is currently undertaking a counselling placement with Courageous Minds. 

 

Brenton has provided Team Leadership and Management across multi-disciplinary teams, and multi-agency teams supporting staff in supervision and practice development across the homelessness space. He works from a strengths-based approach, utilising techniques acquired during additional training from Jeff Young's No Bull Therapy. 

 

Brenton's areas of expertise include: 

General mental health

People who have had negative experiences with therapy previously 

 

With a direct, but warm approach, Brenton provides a supportive and safe environment to be both challenged and supported on your journey to personal growth, healing and development. 

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