About Etheon Parkes
An accredited Clinical & Mental Health Social Worker, with a career dedicated to healing, empowerment, and emotional wellbeing.
Master of Clinical Social Work Counselling | Clinical, Family Therapy & Medical Social Work UNSW
Master of Indigenous Studies | Health, Law & History UNSW
Bachelor of Social Work (Hon) | Social Work UNSW
Graduate Certificates of Social Work Supervision UNSW & Sydney University.
EMDR certification, EMDR Institute Australia
Narrative Therapy qualified, Dulwich Centre, South Australia
Interpersonal Psychotherapy qualified (IPT) Calgary, Alberta USA.
Medicare Provider Number 1982 211T. NDIS Registered Social Worker Service Provider NDIS 4317-24845 NSW Victims Services Registered Consultant Senior Counsellor 24416328350Â AASW 458263
A Safe Space for Healing and Clarity
Whether you are navigating trauma, emotional distress, identity, family and close relationship struggles, or major life transitions, my clinical approach focuses on supporting you reconnect with your strengths, values, wellbeing, and a renewed sense of self-determination and direction.
Working Across Complex Human Systems
Throughout my career, I have worked across mental health, disability, homelessness, youth justice, family services, immigration detention, guardianship, education, and crisis response settings. I have supported adolescents, adults, women, families, people seeking asylum, sole parents, First Nations communities, LGBTQI+ individuals, and people living with disabilities and psychiatric disabilities.
My Experience Includes:
The Connection Between Identity and Wellbeing
This work has given me a deep understanding of how trauma, identity, culture, power, and social systems, influence emotional wellbeing and mental health outcomes across the lifespan.
Advocacy Grounded in Dignity & Human Rights
I spent more than a decade working within Adult Guardianship across NSW as a legal substitute decision-maker, responding to complex medical, legal, psychological, and social justice matters. I have advocated for client rights and least restrictive outcomes across Tribunals, District Courts, and the Supreme Court of NSW, always focusing on dignity, autonomy, safety, and empowerment for the people I support.
Trauma-Informed & Culturally Responsive Practice
For more than 15 years, I have worked alongside First Nations individuals, families, and communities across NSW and continue to advocate for LGBTQI+ culturally diverse young people and adults. I have 6 years experience as a Senior School Counsellor within Aboriginal-focused primary schools. My work is culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and shaped around each person’s lived experience, identity, values, relationships, and emotional needs.
Supporting Healing Through Integrated Therapeutic Care
I draw from a wide range of culturally informed therapeutic approaches, integrating Social Work, Psychotherapy, Narrative Therapy, Family Therapy-informed practice, EMDR, and evidence-based psychological frameworks.
Leadership, Supervision & Ongoing Practice
Alongside private practice, I often work in part-time leadership roles as a clinical manager within adolescent and family mental health services. I also provide clinical supervision to Counsellors, Clinical Social Workers, Psychotherapists, Psychologists, and clinical university placement students.
Building Better Outcomes Through Clinical Leadership
My previous leadership experience includes supervising multidisciplinary teams, leading trauma-informed programs, responding to crisis situations, and contributing to policy reform and service development across Australia, Argentina, Brazil, India, Lebanon, and South Africa.
Supporting People Through Life’s Most Complex Moments