Naala Djookan Healing Centre

Naala Djookan Healing Centre seeks to simplify access to family and domestic violence and trauma with informed therapeutic services through a range of integrated and evidence-based services in one safe, inclusive, culturally responsive and welcoming location.

The story behind Naala Djookan

Naala Djookan ("Our Sisters") comes from the Nyoongar Dreaming Story of the Seven Sisters. Four of the sisters from the Nyoongar Dreaming Story form the Southern Cross which is reflected in the four points of the butterfly. The butterfly represents the continuation of life's journey after trauma and the guidance provided by Naala Djookan Healing Centre.

With all of its fragile beauty, the butterfly also represents courage. It takes great courage to carry out the changes necessary in the process of personal and spiritual growth. Moving from darkness into the light requires faith, commitment and bravery, but it brings freedom by giving the gift of wings to fly.

Our services

The City of Stirling is the lead organisation for Naala Djookan Healing Centre in partnership with Naala Djookan Healing Centre members: Australian Childhood Foundation, Ebenezer Aboriginal Corporation, Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Services, Karla Kuliny Aboriginal Corporation, Legal Aid Commission of WA, MercyCare, Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre, Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre, Sudbury Community House Association and Wadjak Northside Aboriginal Community Corporation.

Naala Djookan Healing centre plays a key role in the community, providing therapeutic support to women and children throughout their journey.

Our services on offer include but are not limited to:

Healthy relationships awareness
Drop-in clinics
Mentoring programs and life skills
Yoga and calming therapies
Music and art
Parenting support
Mother and daughter programs
Creche services
Mental health services
Legal information sessions - your rights under Australian law
Financial support services
Natural therapies, beauty therapies
Cultural connection
Storytelling and Nyoongar language
Bush medicine
Community connection.

Contact information

Address Naala Djookan Healing Centre, 10 - 11/24 Chesterfield Road, Mirrabooka, WA 6061
Email naaladjookanhc@stirling.wa.gov.au
Contact number (08) 9205 7555

Opening hours

Day	Opening hours
Monday	8.30am - 5.00pm
Tuesday	8.30am - 5.00pm
Wednesday	8.30am - 5.00pm
Thursday	8.30am - 7.00pm
Friday	8.30am - 5.00pm

If these offices are unattended and you need support, please call:

000 Emergency use only
(08) 9205 7375 After hours telephone support until 8.30pm
(08) 9223 1111 Crisis Care 24 hour telephone support.

Activities timetable

Naala Djookan Healing Centre offers a variety of wellness activities, designed to create connections and friendships.

The centre also offers practical support services to educate and empower women such as financial counselling and legal support.

Please see our July 2021 timetable below:

Date	Time	Activity	Description
Thursday 1 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Friday 2 July	10.00am - 12.00pm	Jewellery making workshop	Designed to help you express your uniqueness through the creation of your own piece of jewellery. This activity provides time to reflect, unleash creativity, improve focus and promote self-expression.
Monday 5 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 6 July	10.00am - 12.00pm	Craft and chat	Women will have the opportunity to be creative and chat in a safe and welcoming place while enjoying different crafts, including painting, drawing and collage.
Wednesday 7 July	10.00am - 12.00pm	Love bites	This workshop equips young people with the knowledge needed to have respectful relationships, encourage and develop their skills in critical thinking and assist them in being able to problem solve and communicate effectively.
Thursday 8 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 12 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 13 July	10.30am - 11.30am	Little hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.
Wednesday 14 July	10.30am - 12.30pm	Protective behaviours for children (5 to 11 years)	Protective Behaviours is a personal safety program that teaches children skills and strategies to identify, respond to and seek assistance in a range of unsafe situations.
Thursday 15 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 19 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 19 July	11.00am - 12.00pm	Health talk	Focusing specifically on women's health, this workshop addresses issues related to general wellbeing, sexual and reproductive health, as well as mental health.
Tuesday 20 July	10.00am - 12.00pm	Craft and chat	Women will have the opportunity to be creative and chat in a safe and welcoming place while enjoying different crafts, including painting, drawing and collage.
Wednesday 21 July	10.00am - 1.00pm	Noongar Language and yarning session	A safe place for women to learn the Noongar language and about Aboriginal culture and heritage. A place to share ideas, thoughts, and feelings while having yarn.
Thursday 22 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 26 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 26 July	11.00am - 1.00pm	Kids with anxiety	This workshop aims to assist you to understand the higher levels of anxiety your child is experiencing and the impact it has on their everyday life. This workshop will also provide simple strategies for you as a caregiver to use.
Tuesday 27 July	10.30am - 11.30am	Little hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.
Wednesday 28 July	10.00am - 12.00pm	FDV awareness workshop	This workshop will help you to understand the different forms of family and domestic violence. How to recognise the patterns/warning signs and ways to keep you and your children safe by reducing risk.
Thursday 29 July	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 29 July	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of Security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Friday 30 July	9.00am - 1.00pm	Drop-in legal clinic	This clinic will give you an opportunity to have a free one- hour, one on one session with a lawyer.

All programs and workshops are held at Naala Djookan Healing Centre, 10-11/24 Chesterfield Road, Mirrabooka WA 6061.

For further information or to register for one of these workshops, please phone (08) 9205 7555 or email ProgramsAtNaala @stirling.wa.gov.au.

Alternatively you can sign up on Eventbrite here.

Naala Djookan Healing Centre has a free crèche on the premises available for programs as specified above. Please let the Naala Djookan Healing Centre team know when booking how many children will be accompanying you.

These events are for all women and children in our community. However, please note priority is given to women and children who have experienced, are experiencing or at risk of experiencing family and domestic violence.

Naala Djookan Healing Centre offers a variety of wellness activities, designed to create connections and friendships.

The centre also offers practical support services to educate and empower women such as financial counselling and legal support.

Please see our August 2021 timetable below:

Date	Time	Activity	Description
Monday 2 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 3 August	10.30am - 11.30am	Little Hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.
Wednesday 4 August	11.00am - 12.00pm	Bush Pharmacy	This session is based on basic health and wellness with bush plants and their ancient healing properties. You will learn how to process plants for pain relief, skin care, skin irritations, chest complaints and shifting energy for better holistic health. The Bush Pharmacy session includes all the plants, medicinal oils, creams, juices, liniments ointments for participants to try.
Thursday 5 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 5 August	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of Security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Friday 6 August	10.00am - 12.00pm	Jewellery making workshop	Designed to help you express your uniqueness through the creation of your own piece of jewellery. This activity provides time to reflect, unleash creativity, improve focus and promote self-expression.
Monday 9 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 10 August	10.00am - 12.00pm	Craft and chat	Women will have the opportunity to be creative and chat in a safe and welcoming place while enjoying different crafts, including painting, drawing and collage.
Wednesday 11 August	10.00am - 1.00pm	Noongar language and yarning session	A safe place for women to learn the Nyoongar language and about Aboriginal culture and heritage. A place to share ideas, thoughts, and feelings while having yarn.
Thursday 12 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 12 August	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Monday 16 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 16 August	11.00am - 12.30pm	Mindfulness and self-compassion	This workshop will assist you to acknowledge your difficult thoughts and feelings, to support your healing journey. Self-compassion will enhance your emotional wellbeing.
Tuesday 17 August	10.30am - 11.30am	Little hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.
Wednesday 18 August	10.00am - 12.00pm	FDV awareness workshop	This workshop will help you to understand the different forms of family and domestic violence. How to recognise the patterns/warning signs and ways to keep you and your children safe by reducing risk.
Thursday 19 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 19 August	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Monday 23 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 24 August	10.00am - 12.00pm	Craft and chat	Women will have the opportunity to be creative and chat in a safe and welcoming place while enjoying different crafts, including painting, drawing and collage.
Wednesday 25 August	10.00am - 12.00pm	Protective behaviours for female parents, guardian/caregivers	Learn ways to assist your child or young person to develop lifelong skills of assertiveness, self-confidence, problem solving, communication, resilience and develop help seeking skills. These will help your child or young person to feel safer physically, and emotionally throughout their life.
Thursday 26 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 26 August	11.00pm - 1.00pm	Circle of security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Friday 27 August	9.00am - 1.00pm	Drop in legal clinic	This clinic will give you an opportunity to have a free one- hour, one on one session with a lawyer.
Monday 30 August	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 31 August	10.30am - 11.30am	Little Hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.

All programs and workshops are held at Naala Djookan Healing Centre, 10-11/24 Chesterfield Road, Mirrabooka WA 6061.

For further information or to register for one of these workshops, please phone (08) 9205 7555 or email ProgramsAtNaala@stirling.wa.gov.au.

Alternatively you can sign up on Eventbrite here.

Naala Djookan Healing Centre offers a variety of wellness activities, designed to create connections and friendships.

The centre also offers practical support services to educate and empower women such as financial counselling and legal support.

Please see our September 2021 timetable below:

Date	Time	Activity	Description
Wednesday 1 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Financial Counselling Workshop	Learn strategies on budgeting, how to deal with immediate financial problems and to manage finances to achieve your own financial stability.
Thursday 2 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 2 September	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Friday 3 September	10.00am - 12.00pm	Jewellery making workshop	Designed to help you express your uniqueness through the creation of your own piece of jewellery. This activity provides time to reflect, unleash creativity, improve focus and promote self-expression.
Monday 6 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 7 September	10.00am - 12.00pm	Craft and chat	Women will have the opportunity to be creative and chat in a safe and welcoming place while enjoying different crafts, including painting, drawing and collage.
Wednesday 8 September	10.00am - 1.00pm	Nyoongar language and Yarning session	A safe place for women to learn the Nyoongar language and about Aboriginal culture and heritage. A place to share ideas, thoughts, and feelings while having yarn.
Thursday 9 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 9 September	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Monday 13 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Tuesday 14 September	10.30am - 11.30am	Little hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.
Wednesday 15 September	10.00am - 12.00pm	Family & domestic violence awareness workshop	This workshop will help you to understand the different forms of family and domestic violence. How to recognise the patterns/warning signs and ways to keep you and your children safe by reducing risk.
Thursday 16 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Thursday 16 September	11.00am - 1.00pm	Circle of security	This 8-week program focuses on supporting and strengthening caregiver-child relationships and explores new ways to understand and respond to your child’s needs. Please note, this is a closed group and you must attend all 8 sessions.
Monday 20 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Monday 20 September	11.00am - 12.00pm	Health Talk	Focusing specifically on women's health, this workshop addresses issues related to general wellbeing, sexual and reproductive health, as well as mental health.
Tuesday 21 September	10.00am - 12.00pm	Craft and chat	Women will have the opportunity to be creative and chat in a safe and welcoming place while enjoying different crafts, including painting, drawing and collage.
Tuesday 21 September	5.00pm - 7.00pm	Protective behaviours for female parents, guardian/caregivers	Learn ways to assist your child or young person to develop lifelong skills of assertiveness, self-confidence, problem solving, communication, resilience and develop help seeking skills. These will help your child or young person to feel safer physically, and emotionally throughout their life.
Thursday 23 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.
Friday 24 September	9.00am - 1.00pm	Drop in legal clinic	This clinic will give you an opportunity to have a free one-hour, one-on-one session with a lawyer.
Tuesday 28 September	10.30am - 11.30am	Little hands	For caregivers with younger children (0-5 years), where everyone can enjoy each-other's company. This session includes fun activities such as nursery rhymes, storytelling, book reading, craft work, sensory play and exploration activities.
Thursday 30 September	9.30am - 10.30am	Yoga	This session will help you to start healing so that you can move forward and rebuild your life. Learn how to practice meditation, relaxation, and posture to reduce physical and mental distress and improve your quality of life.

All programs and workshops are held at Naala Djookan Healing Centre, 10-11/24 Chesterfield Road, Mirrabooka WA 6061.

For further information or to register for one of these workshops, please phone (08) 9205 7555 or email ProgramsAtNaala@stirling.wa.gov.au.

Alternatively you can sign up on Eventbrite here.

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