Indigenous Psychological Services

Daniel Mulholland

Daniel is a Yanyuwa/Mara Man from the Borroloola region in the Gulf Country of the Northern Territory (on his father’s side) and Anmatjerre on his mother’s side (from TiTree area in Central Australia- NT) Daniel has wide family, Cultural and Ceremonial Networks throughout the NT and has lived in various places including; Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs, Batchelor, Borroloola and the Tiwi Islands.

As a Senior Aboriginal Mental Health Worker, Daniel has worked extensively with Aboriginal Communities throughout the Northern Territory within various roles at ‘grass-roots level and middle management over the past 11 years and has worked in both Government and Non-government Mental Health Programs and Facilities. Daniel has also been a VET Lecturer in Mental Health and Community Services Work with Batchelor Institute in the NT.

Daniel’s Cultural Knowledge and experience of working with Indigenous clients experiencing Mental Health problems, compliments a functional Two-way approach to Mental Health Service delivery.


Steve Raymond

Steve Raymond is from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage. His Torres Strait heritage is from his father’s side and Aboriginal heritage from his mother’s side that is from the Limilngan people through Kakadu in the Northern Territory. Steve has worked as an Aboriginal Mental Health Worker for the past nine years. He is used to working in Aboriginal communities who are a long way from supports and services. This includes working with NT Mental Health Services as well as Social and Emotional Wellbeing Services. From 2003 through to 2006 Steve had the pleasure of working in NSW as an Aboriginal Health Education Officer based at the Langton Centre, Sydney NSW which is one of the leading centres in the world in regards alcohol and drug abuse problems. Steve worked as an out reach worker to educate the Koori community on the effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs and also working closely with all the males of the community in all aspects of life so that the standard of living was improved. He has a strong passion for advancement of issues to do with Aboriginal men.



Cate Braham

Cate Braham is a non-Aboriginal woman from Adelaide, South Australia. She has worked for 21 years as a Psychologist, specialising in assessment and therapy, in the areas of child, adolescent and family mental health; child protection and, more recently, youth justice. Within her current role she has, at her own request, been given lead responsibility for improving services to Aboriginal children, young people and families as provided by psychologists across both the child protection/ youth justice areas. Along with a Principal Aboriginal Consultant, Cate recently co-authored “Guidelines for undertaking Psychological assessments with Aboriginal families within Families SA”. These guidelines are directed at ensuring psychologists undertake assessments and other interactions with Aboriginal families in a more sensitive and culturally appropriate manner. Further, she is currently preparing a discussion paper regarding considerations of attachment and culture in making child protection decisions. Cate is also involved in planning service changes within the youth justice arena to improve the engagement of, and relationships with, Aboriginal families, with a view to supporting young people to more successfully transition out of secure care back into their communities and to ensure they are provided with culturally appropriate care while in custody. In addition, Cate has a longstanding interest in areas of grief and loss, adolescent suicide and domestic violence.

Sandra Kennedy

Sandra Kennedy is non-Aboriginal but has spent most of her career with Aboriginal people mostly throughout far north Queensland. She has mixed heritage with a Russian grandfather and Spanish grandmother, spent most of childhood around south east Queensland Caboolture region. Since the age of 18 when she moved to Burketown in the Gulf Of Carpentaria in QLD, she has spent most of her time in this and the Mount Isa region in Queensland having resided and worked in remote indigenous communities, mainly Doomadgee, Mornington Island and the surrounding areas. Having spent most of her time working in northwest Queensland, close relationships have been formed with members of Kalkadoon, Waanyi, and Ganngalida peoples. She started her career as a nurse until the birth of her 2 children in 1992 and 1994 and moved into psychology in 1997 and further working as a psychologist Northwest Qld from 2000. She has a passion for working with communities and Aboriginal people including helping communities develop women's groups and providing support to men’s groups. Since 2004 she has been working with Queensland Health as a psychologist and now District Coordinator of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Services.