Therapeutic Rhythm for Clinicians: Gippsland

Therapeutic Rhythm for Clinicians — Gippsland

An experiential training in rhythm, regulation and therapeutic connection

This professional learning workshop offers clinicians an opportunity to experience the therapeutic potential of rhythm, music and embodied connection, and explore how these practices can complement their work with clients.

Through practical, facilitated rhythm exercises, participants will explore rhythm as a resource for connection, self-awareness, emotional expression, co-regulation and relational attunement. No musical experience is necessary.

The training is facilitated by Djulz Jade Chambers, therapeutic rhythm practitioner and educator, alongside Julie Santall, psychotherapist and counsellor. Together, they bring practical rhythm experience and clinical insight to the workshop.

Julie will help participants integrate the rhythm exercises, drawing connections with counselling techniques and trauma-informed practice. She will also guide participants in considering how rhythm exercises and interventions could be adapted for their own client groups.

The training combines practical experience, reflection and clinical discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the therapeutic potential of rhythm and consider its relevance to their own practice.

This training is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers and other clinicians interested in exploring embodied, relational and creative approaches to therapeutic practice.

No musical background is required — just curiosity and a willingness to participate.

About the Facilitators

Djulz Chambers

Djulz Chambers is an Australian therapeutic rhythm facilitator, educator and Djembe practitioner with over 20 years' experience delivering rhythm-based programs across education, AOD, mental health and community settings. Following immersive training with traditional communities in Northern Burkina Faso, she has dedicated her career to translating West African percussion traditions into trauma-informed, evidence-informed practices that foster nervous system regulation, social connection and wellbeing. Djulz currently facilitates therapeutic rhythm programs with adults and young people through Uniting Vic.Tas' Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health services and the Australian Children's Music Foundation (ACMF), while also delivering facilitator training nationally through African Drumming. She specialises in experiential group processes that support therapeutic, educational and community practice.

Julie Santall

Julie Santall brings over 35 years of experience in trauma-related work, beginning her career as a Registered General Nurse specialising in trauma before moving into complex psychosocial work with people experiencing addiction, marginalisation and significant life challenges.

Her qualifications and professional training include holistic counselling, hypnotherapy and drug and alcohol counselling. Julie takes a holistic perspective, with a particular interest in the relationship between early attachment experiences, the nervous system, trauma and our capacity for connection.

Through her counselling practice, ReFocus Counselling, Julie supports people to develop greater self-understanding, emotional awareness and compassion. In Therapeutic Rhythm, she brings this clinical perspective to the integration of experiential rhythm practices and their potential application in trauma-informed, relational work.