when we yarn, we are equal. I have skills, you have skills and together we are giving each other and our knowledges time to be heard. In yarning, no one view can give a full picture and each view informs the complete picture so there's no wrong answer, just questions about where our knowledges can take us.

our goal here at Hobajing Practice, whether it is counselling, supervision or training, is to hold spaces that give voice for all stories. Try to think of it like taking a friend out to your favourite creek or trail. Somewhere you've been a hundred maybe even a thousand times where you can name every branch, every crevice, every stone and of course you know the way so well that you never sink into a hole or fall over a log. You know the history of the land and how the weather, the people and the fauna have impacted the landscape for good and for bad. Your friend though notices something different, something you don't even see at first and maybe insist is not there, but they point it out and it starts to shine. Something you can't believe you have either missed for so long or thought had no importance at all.

narrative yarns are just like that friend bringing other parts of the landscape to the front to learn how it was shaped, who was involved and how it can be brought right up close or pushed away. In combination with maybe a bit of humour, a bit of poking and a lot of listening, our skills lie in expanding the view so you can fully see the influences that are keeping pain, worry or suffering alive. See below for more info on individual counselling, supervision and group training

with over 2000 hours of yarning, counselling and supervision practice, I integrate the healing knowledges of my Yuwaalaraay, Muruwari and Scottish ancestors into the Western approaches I have learnt. Though application is different, all Ancestories utilise the concepts of community and yarning, and view health as a combination of parts intertwined with each other

formally, I have degrees in Adult Training and Development, Career Education, and Narrative Therapy and am currently undertaking PHD research at Charles Darwin University. As a Counsellor, I am registered level four with the ACA, and the business is registered with Support Nation and IAHA. I have been employed in construction, community services and the public service. In my younger days, I worked behind the counter in the Commonwealth Employment Service, and in administration in Austudy, Abstudy and SQWISI. Prior to Hobajing Narrative Practice, most of my exposure was in construction quality management and safety coaching, with side hustles in team building and problem solving.

my professional qualifications and experience though are nothing compared to the skills i have built as the eldest child of a very large family of daughters, a "part Abo" of the 1970s and 1980s and the many other paths I took to become the woman I am today. As such, I am very comfortable talking and listening and exploring cultural, age and gender safety and identity, homelessness, child abandonment, sex work, redundancy, divorce, addiction, alcoholism, blended families and any other meta narratives that may be overshadowing a person's love, life and work

when services require additional supports I bring professionals into the practice who share the non-judgemental exploration of narrative practice even if they are not specifically narrative practioners

accreditations

hobajing practice is registered with Supply Nation .. clear here for details

training, supervision and counselling can also be undertaken in both Queensland and New South Wales Construction Sites. Jedison Wells has 15 years exposure to construction as a Quality Auditor, holds Construction Cards for both states and full PPE

jedison wells is an accredited level 4 counsellor and member of the college of supervisors .. clear here for counselling details and supervisor details

jedison wells is a member of Indigenous Allied Health Australia