Dilip Balu
Australia
Vicarious Trauma | Supervision | Collaborative Care | Trauma Aware Schooling
Dilip is a Senior Clinical Social Worker and Professional Lead Mental Health Social Work & Safe Start Coordinator based in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District. Dilip also practices privately as a trainer and clinical supervisor for individuals and groups. His clinical and leadership experience ranges across Child Protection, Out of Home Care, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Perinatal & Infant Mental Health, and long-term psychotherapy. Dilip has a special interest in relational perspectives on understanding human development across the lifespan, specifically with people who have experienced complex developmental trauma in the context of abuse and neglect. He works from a systemic perspective that views the person’s experience as embedded within, and intimately influenced by the relational systems that support them. This systemic and ecological perspective also drives Dilip’s clinical and research interest in understanding and mitigating the impact of trauma exposure on clinical practice. As an extension on this, he is currently undertaking a PhD at The University of Sydney studying the interpersonal factors that drive collaborative care in Out of Home Care.
Dilip also holds a significant interest in educational settings which stems from his clinical experience, love of working across disciplines and agency boundaries, and a deep and enduring interest in human development, systems and post traumatic growth. Dilip strives to keep things balanced and maintain his relational orientation to all things with the help of his wonderful young family, close friends and the more than occasional snack of fried chips:)
Presentations
STAYING WARM in SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES
School Leader Mental Health
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GO DEEP without DROWNING
Relational Trauma: Beyond Burn Out and Self-Care
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Testimonials
"We have all enjoyed the group supervision. Dilip is a wealth of knowledge."
Manager, Child and Family Support