Dorothy Gilmour – Rotary SAFE Families
Dorothy has vast experience and professional, academic history in Social Sciences including human behaviours and challenges of specialised groups.
Her main practice was in the area of trauma, loss, grief, mediation and suicide prevention for individuals, parents and families, and included debriefing after a critical incident in workplaces and post community disasters. Her services included years of University lecturing in Masters’ programs of Psychology, Social Science and Family Therapy in Trauma, Loss & Grief Counselling and Palliative Care.
Dorothy remains an advocate for social justice and fairness for those less fortunate. She is determined for everyday people to be part of the solution in the prevention of family abuse, including abuse to our elderly abuse across the nation.
Dorothy believes that we must not only rely on Police and social services to manage this epidemic of abuse: 'We must understand the triggers of abuse, how to refer a victim. We need to make changes now. We must ensure our children and grandchildren do not perpetrate this lack of respect for humanity.'
As a passionate Rotarian, and Co-Founder of Rotary SAFE Families in 2018, you will hear her distinctive: "Onwards and Upwards!"