We Are People Too
We Are People Too
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
https://wearepeopletoo.com.au/Overview
We Are People Too provides specialised, trauma-informed counselling for people with disability. Our clinical team includes experienced counsellors in relationships and sexuality, access to sexual activity, harmful sexual behaviours, and behaviour change for people who use violence. We also support victim survivors, including those with complex communication needs.
Our approach is rights-based, neurodivergent-affirming, and deeply committed to safety, dignity, and supported decision-making.
Practitioners at this location
Counsellor
Amanda Damian is a qualified counsellor (ACA level 2) and accredited clinical supervisor with extensive experience supporting adults and people with disabilities. She specialises in trauma-informed, attachment-based, and neurodiversity-affirming practice, with a strong focus on sexual abuse recovery, disability rights, and working with people who have used violence.
Amanda integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, art therapy, and psychoeducation to create safe, empowering spaces for healing and change. She has particular expertise in supporting clients with complex communication needs, and works collaboratively using accessible and inclusive tools.
Amanda also offers clinical supervision for professionals in the disability, violence prevention, and community sectors. Her approach is relational, reflective, and centred on practice that challenges ableism and honours lived experience.
Counsellor
I'm a qualified counsellor (ACA Level 2) with a rich background in adult sex education and sexological bodywork. My work centres on helping people deepen their understanding of sexuality, sex, relationships, and the connection and understanding they have with their bodies.