Support your clients with greater clarity, structure, and confidence.
Designed for counsellors, social workers, youth practitioners, case managers, survivor-care teams, NGOs, and organisations supporting children, young people, and adults impacted by trauma and exploitation.
A trauma-informed, narrative and creative approach that helps practitioners support clients to:
stabilise distress
reconnect with their story
rebuild identity with clarity and hope
Many practitioners are supporting clients who:
feel emotionally overwhelmed or dysregulated
are caught in loops of rumination or intrusive thoughts
have lost a sense of identity after betrayal, abuse, or disruption
struggle to make sense of their experiences
feel stuck between processing the past and moving forward
You may find yourself wondering:
How do I help clients feel safe without shutting down the work?
How do I move beyond listening into structured, meaningful progress?
How do I support identity repair—not just symptom relief?
The Narrative Healing Framework™ offers a clear, practical pathway:
Stabilisation
Supporting emotional safety, regulation, and reduced overwhelm
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Narrative Integration
Helping clients make sense of their experiences with compassion and clarity
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Identity Reconstruction
Rebuilding a sense of self beyond trauma, betrayal, or disruption
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Forward Story Development
Supporting safe, realistic next steps and renewed direction
Trauma not only affects memory—it disrupts the story people use to understand themselves and their life.
This framework helps practitioners gently support clients in reconnecting that story.
This framework incorporates simple, accessible creative methods such as:
reflective journaling
visual and expressive exercises
structured narrative prompts
These tools:
support emotional processing beyond words
increase client engagement
are adaptable across clinical, community, and cross-cultural settings
No prior experience in creative therapies is required.
After engaging with this framework, practitioners often experience:
greater confidence supporting trauma and emotional overwhelm
a clear structure for guiding sessions
practical tools they can use immediately
improved ability to support identity and meaning-making
greater clarity when working with complex client presentations
A practitioner-focused resource based on the Narrative Healing Framework™ will be released in May 2026.
It will include:
trauma-informed foundations
narrative therapy-informed approaches
structured intervention pathways
creative therapeutic practices
real-world application across counselling and community settings
Training will be released in stages:
2-hour introductory workshops
half-day and full-day practitioner training
team-based and organisational training
Sessions expected from late 2026.
This work is:
trauma-informed and strengths-based
grounded in narrative therapy principles
aligned with ethical, client-centred counselling practice (ACA-informed)
designed to reduce overwhelm for both client and practitioner
adaptable across diverse populations and settings
It is not about doing more.
It is about supporting people more clearly, safely, and meaningfully.
Counsellor | Creator of the Narrative Healing Framework™
Amanda Butel is a qualified counsellor and therapeutic art practitioner supporting women and young people impacted by trauma, exploitation, betrayal, and burnout.
Her work integrates strengths-based Narrative Therapy with elements of CBT, ACT, and creative therapeutic approaches, helping clients rebuild safety, restore identity, and move toward meaningful recovery.
Amanda has facilitated extensive therapeutic group work with survivors of exploitation, disengaged adolescents, and helping professionals, and has developed trauma-informed resources used across counselling, aftercare, and school-based settings.
Alongside her private practice in Australia, she collaborates with survivor-care organisations and practitioners, contributing to program development, professional resources, and structured care pathways.
Her approach is grounded in stabilisation, nervous system regulation, narrative repair, and practical tools that support long-term healing and reintegration.
If this approach resonates with your work or your team, you are warmly invited to connect.
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If you have any questions, please contact Amanda:
Trauma-informed counselling, professional resources, and practice support for survivor-care professionals in Australia and internationally.