On The Couch (Caddyshack Project)
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| 04 Sep 2024 | Ethical Consent & Empowering Young People with Laura Crozier | 00:47:52 | |
"Young people are experts in their own experiences." Maddy chats with Laura Crozier a victim survivor, passionate youth advocate, Affirmative Consent Project Officer, a podcast co-host and ice hockey enthusiast. Laura shares how our life experiences shape not only who we are, but how we can help others. In this episode we are reminded the importance of centering young people in our work and ensuring their voices are heard and respected. This episode was recorded in August 2024
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
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Recommendations Growing Up Clueless & This is ADHD
References Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Australian Youth Affairs Coalition Respectful Relationships Program Affirmative Consent legislation for Victoria Yeah Nah campaign National secondary students' sexual health survey Play Safe Pro – condom ordering Caddyshack Project Condom Dispenser Project Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Chanelle Moriah author of I Am Autistic and This Is ADHD Caddyshack Project What We're Reading Caddyshack Project Goodreads profile
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten Guest: Laura Crozier Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 11 Jul 2024 | TransHealth, Medical Consent, Disability & Queer Healthcare with Axel-Nathaniel Rose | 00:47:17 | |
Spend some time and listen to an honest and open conversation about medical consent, consent culture, TransHealth, queer and disability healthcare with Axel Nathaniel Rose. Axel shares with Naomi his lived experience as a queer, transgender, and disabled man, reflecting on the life-long impacts of when medical consent is not given. An empowering episode challenging necessary system change and inspiring individual advocacy. This episode was recorded in February 2024.
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references medical abuse, explicit transphobia, sexual violence, and transphobic and misogynistic public policy.
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Recommendations The Pronoun Lowdown & Ask: Building Consent Culture
References The C-Word (Learning Consent Blog) Liz Kelly (Continuum of Sexual Violence) They Thought It Was An Obsession Article UNSW Interview (Accessible Healthcare for the Trans and Gender Diverse Community) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 International Transgender Day of Visibility On The Couch Caddyshack Project discussions Sage @sagescrittore (Ursula Le Guin Quote)
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Axel-Nathaniel Rose Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 04 Jul 2024 | Sex, Pleasure & Desire with Sex Therapist Aleks Trkulja | 00:48:27 | |
Curious about sexology and the difference between a sex therapist, body therapist, sex coach and sex worker? Maddy chats with Aleks from The Pleasure Centre to explore why an individual or couple may seek sex therapy. Offering a safe and inclusive place, Aleks' practice is guided by multiple evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Hear about the Sex Buffet and Queering Sex concepts and how to put pleasure and desire on the menu. This episode was recorded in September 2022
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual trauma
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Recommendations The Pleasure Centre & The Science of Sex
References Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten Guests: Aleks Trkjula Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 04 Jul 2024 | The Top 10 Sexual Health Questions Answered by Nurse Nettie | 00:46:53 | |
Join Maddy in conversation with Frances Turner from Nurse Nettie, answering the most commonly asked sexual and reproductive health questions by young people. Nurse Nettie is an online service that provides qualified sexual health information to young people living in New South Wales, Australia. Fran provides a glimpse behind the curtain of how the team approach answering questions without judgement, making health information accessible and inclusive. This episode was recorded in June 2022
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Recommendations Nurse Nettie & Sexual Health Infolink (SHIL)
References Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Mandatory Reporting Guidelines (MRG) Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Cervical Screening (Pap Smear) Diethylstilboestrol (DES) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten Guests: Frances Turner from Nurse Nettie Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 05 Jul 2024 | Language, Feminism & The Queer Space with Kirli Saunders | 00:54:32 | |
Maddy catches up with Kirli Saunders and dives into the importance of language, decolonization, feminism and queer space. Kirli is a proud Gunai Woman and award-winning multidisciplinary creator and consultant. Awarded NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year in 2020, Kirli is an experienced speaker and facilitator advocating for the environment, gender, racial equality and LGBTIQA+ rights. In this episode Kirli shares her passion for continuing connection to Country and reads a powerful poem called Based On Us from her book Returning. This episode was recorded in October 2022
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this episode contains the name of and discussion around a deceased person. This episode may contain words, descriptions and terms which may be culturally sensitive and reflect the views of those at the period in which the content was created.
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Recommendations
References Vale Aunty Velma Mulcahy The Incredible Freedom Machines Kirli Saunders Consulting Going Home Play Department of Education on language United Nations Indigenous Decades of Language Griffith Review Dr Lilly Brown and Genevieve Grieves Based On Us – Poem from Returning
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten Guest: Kirli Saunders Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 03 Jul 2024 | Disability, Dating & Relationships with Liz Dore & Jan McGuire | 00:42:12 | |
Listen as Naomi chats with Liz and Jan from Relationships and Private Stuff about their lived experience of working with people with disability. People on the autism spectrum, with disability or brain injury face the same issues as other people when it comes to relationships. Friendship is important. And the desire to love and be loved, whether as a friend or an intimate companion, is a drive that defines a person in a way that no disability ever can. This episode was recorded in May 2022
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual assault
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Recommendations Planet Puberty & Sexuality, Education, Counselling and Consultancy Agency (SECCA)
References Relationships and Private Stuff National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guests: Liz Dore & Jan McGuire Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 08 Jul 2024 | A Communicative Approach to Consent with Dr Joy Townsend | 00:48:45 | |
How can we include pleasure in the consent conversation? Listen as founder of Learning Consent Dr Joy Townsend goes beyond the traditional definition of consent and discusses effective role modelling and consent culture in todays society. Learning Consent delivers comprehensive relationships, sexuality and consent education programs for educational institutions and organisations. Joy shares with Naomi her passion for helping young people to catch a vision for how great communicative, connected and pleasurable sex can be. This episode was recorded in March 2023
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual assault and sexual violence
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Recommendations Welcome to Consent , Teaching Consent & 1800Respect
References Joy’s PHD “Her sexual self: A narrative investigation of young women’s sexual subjectives” UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education Comprehensive Consent Sarah Casper French Philosopher – communicative approach to consent Bad sex vs sexual violence blog Liz Kelly’s Continuum of sexual violence Professor Michael Flood National Student Safety Survey
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Joy Townsend Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 08 Jul 2024 | TransHealth is a Human Right with Clinical Nurse Consultant Maggie Smith | 00:53:16 | |
Naomi is joined by Maggie Smith, a Clinical Nurse Consultant from the T150 clinic at the Albion Centre in Sydney. T150 is an innovative specialist HIV and Sexual Health Service providing holistic care for the transgender and gender diverse community in a dedicated clinical space. Maggie provides clinical insight into TransHealth and unpacks the importance of community advocacy in ensuring accessible healthcare for the trans and non-binary community. This episode was recorded in August 2023
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Recommendations
References Australian Professional Association for Transgender Health (AUSPATH) Australian Sexual Health and HIV Nurses Association (ASHHNA) Cervical Screening (Pap Smear) Transgender Definition World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Binary and Non-Binary Pre-Exposure prophylaxis - PrEP Gender affirming health care - Transhealth Blood Borne Viruses precautions
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Maggie Smith Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 11 Jul 2024 | Collective Holding, Community Care & Mutual Aid with Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee | 01:01:02 | |
People are not the problem, the problem is the problem. Maddy sits with mental health social worker Danyelle Mei Kaplan and massage therapist Egan Magee. They spend time sharing their coordinates of belonging and explore autonomy and dignity over their own fields of existence. A powerful conversation collating thoughts on collective holding, mutual aid and healing centered approaches. Working within the LGBTQ2IA+ community, they dream of helping people heal their relationships with themselves and others to create systemic change and liberate each other. A thought-provoking episode full of depth, this is one not to miss. This episode was recorded in June 2024
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
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Recommendations Co-Culture Communication & Magkasama
References Lean Manaema from Co-Culture Communication Victoria Cruz at the Anti-Violence Project Not On Our Backs – Vikki Reynolds Emergent strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown Abolition is love by Marcus Syrus Ware Manifesto for Radical Care ( or How To Be Human in the Arts) The Value of Experiential Learning and Lived Experience with an OT Training Caddyshack Project What We're Reading Caddyshack Project Goodreads profile
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten Guest: Danyelle Mei Kaplan & Egan Magee Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 08 Jul 2024 | From International Student to Sexual Health Nurse with Ruiqi Fan | 00:44:20 | |
Join Maddy as she sits down with Ruiqi Fan, a clinical nurse specialist working at the Sydney Sexual Health Clinic. Ruiqi talks about being an international student to now working with international students in a clinical setting, providing insight into the experience. Listen as we better understand why having multilingual nurses and interpreters is important in delivering sexual health services for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Australia. This episode was recorded in June 2023
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Recommendations The International Students Health Hub & Sydney Sexual Health Centre
References International Student Health Hub RMB – Chinese Yuan currency Provincial – China health/hospital cover Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service Translating and Interpreting services PrEP campaign – ending HIV
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten Guest: Ruiqi Fan Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 19 Dec 2024 | Education & Advocacy of Women Living with HIV from Positive Speakers Bureau & Clinical Sexual Health Nurse Naomi Hoffman | 00:52:40 | |
“Awareness doesn't come about by silence”. Naomi is joined by Naomi Hoffman, a clinical sexual health nurse and HIV positive speakers Tasha and Mel. Listen as they discuss testing and treatment options available in Australia and the importance of raising awareness of women and HIV. Naomi shares her clinical experience working with and supporting women living with HIV in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Sexual Health Clinic. As a proud Kamilaroi women, Naomi works to educate the wider community to remove stigma associated with HIV. Tasha and Mel, from the Positive Speakers Bureau, share their lived experience with HIV, their advocacy for marginalised communities and their impact in education and prevention. Take some time and experience the real and honest stories from Tasha and Mel and expand your knowledge of HIV through a new lens. This episode was recorded in November 2024
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references physical and emotional trauma
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Recommendations NSW Health DBS (dried blood spot) Testing Positive Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Network (PATSIN)
References Disability Support Pension (DSP) IBAC Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital National Association of People With HIV Australia (NAPWHA) Ending HIV - Injectable HIV Treatment PrEP Access Now (PAN)
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Naomi Hoffman, Tasha and Mel Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 28 Oct 2024 | Sex, Disability & Human Rights with Rachel Wotton & Mohammed Samrah | 00:45:37 | |
Join Naomi as she chats with Rachel Wotton and Mohammed Samrah about the importance of people with disability’s access to sexual and reproductive health services. Rachel, a sex worker and academic in the field and Mohammed, a man of lived experience have a dynamic and eye-opening conversation about sex as a human right. Rachel shares parts of her PhD research and elaborates on the role the NDIS plays in the disability communities' access to sex worker services. Mohammed eloquently shares his own lived experience and how sex worker services have transformed his life. This episode was recorded in September 2024
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References Administrative Review Tribunal Rachel Wotton TED Talk - Open Your Mind to What Goes on Behind Closed Doors
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Rachel Wotton & Mohammed Samrah Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 05 Jul 2024 | LGBTQIA+ Community Care, Mental Health & Emotions with Chris Cheers | 00:51:08 | |
How can we treat ourselves with kindness when unexpected emotions arise? Naomi sits down with psychologist Chris Cheers and reflects on the mental health impacts of lockdown on the queer and creative community. His book, The New Rulebook is a practical game changing guide to embracing uncertainty offering radical, evidence-based solutions to improve wellbeing. Providing individual psychology services and workshops to artists and creatives, and the LGBTQIA+ community, Chris is passionate about creating accessible, accepting and safe spaces. This episode was recorded in May 2023
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Recommendations
References Emotional Agility Susan David Viktor Frankl Man’s search for meaning
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Chris Cheers Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 14 Oct 2024 | Public Health Student Placement & Podcasting with Jade Scott | 00:37:25 | |
In this special edition mini-episode, Maddy and Winnie sit down with Public Health Placement Student Jade Scott at the University of Wollongong recording studio. Listen as they reflect on Jade’s project that explored podcast production and how it can be better used as an innovative tool for sexual health education and promotion. This episode was recorded in October 2024
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References Caddyshack Project On The Couch The Infinite Dial 2023 Australia from Edison Research Sexual Assault Support Service University of Technology Sydney
Credits Host: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Guest: Jade Scott Producers: Maddy Stratten, Winnie Adamson & Jade Scott Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 03 Jul 2024 | Understanding the Transgender Lived Experience with TransHub | 00:43:48 | |
Join Naomi as she unpacks the transgender experience with Sophie from ACON’s TransHub. TransHub is a digital and resource platform providing clear and easy information about gender affirmation and healthcare for all trans and gender diverse people in NSW. Sophie dives deep into the history of transgender language and provides insight into the trans and non-binary experience. This episode was recorded in February 2022
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Recommendations
References Trans Definition Gender identity vs Sexual orientation Cisalpine and Transalpine Gauls Informed Consent Medical guidelines Norman Bates (Psycho movie)
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guests: Sophie Keeffe Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 11 Jul 2024 | Sexological Bodywork & The Somatic Therapy Approach with Stella Topaz | 00:49:28 | |
Have you ever wanted to know more about sexological bodywork? Together, Naomi and Stella Topaz from Abundant Body talk through the wheel of consent and the somatic therapy approach of sexological bodywork and how it varies from other types of therapy and sexology. Stella reveals the inside of a sexological bodywork session and walks us through how she works with compassion and gratitude. This episode was recorded in March 2024
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
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Recommendations Comfortable in my skin & More than a body
References Wheel of Consent by School of Consent Urban Tantra Professional Training Progam National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Credits Host: Naomi Viret Guest: Stella Topaz Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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| 10 Oct 2024 | Healthy Relationships, Porn Literacy & Sex Education with Tessa Opie & Kerrin Bradfield | 00:48:43 | |
Join Winnie as she sits down with Tessa Opie and Kerrin Bradfield in a nuanced discussion on consent, sex education and porn literacy education for young people. Tessa and Kerrin are dedicated and passionate in empowering others to develop healthy attitudes toward relationships, consent and sex. Listen as they share their dynamic collaboration in creating the Respect Collective: Relationships and Sex Education for the Real World. Respect Collective is an online hub for High School educators to create safe and engaging spaces where students can explore and develop health attitudes toward relationships and sexuality. This episode was recorded in September 2024
CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode references sexual, physical and emotional trauma
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Recommendations
References Society of Australian Sexologists Caddyshack Project On The Couch The Commonwealth Consent Policy Framework Triple J Hack Misogyny Forces Teachers to Quit
Credits Host: Winnie Adamson Guest: Tessa Opie & Kerrin Bradfield Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)
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