About Esmé Holmes
With over 25 years of experience Esmé brings an eclectic wealth of knowledge into the world of Cultural Inclusion, Cross Cultural Conversations, Diversity, Oragnisational & Personal Change. To build a house without a foundation gives us a disconnected and insecure structure to protect and support our social, emotional and psychological health. A good strong house needs a strong foundation. The psyche, social and emotional health of a nation is dependant on the cultural inclusion as the cultural foundation of that nation.
Esmé’s drive for Cultural Inclusion is informed by her Danish and Māori cultural lineage Ngati Kahungnu, Ngati Porou and Ngai Tahu. For those corporate and government organisations yet to embrace the rich cultural heritage of Australia. “I can help you prepare the ground and open the door to developing the foundational pathways towards building Cultural Sensitivity and Respect – working learning and sharing together.”
Her background is in psychology, mental health and holistic models of connection, sustainability, systems theory and process, constructive communication, cross cultural change, laying foundations cultural competency in working with First Nations Peoples, inclusion and diversity, executive and organizational cultural change.
Esmé is widely acknowledged for her ability to open a space for conversations based on a common value of respect of differences and similarities in complex and difficult environments. She consults with workplaces to provide workplace coaching for cultural inclusion & diversity.
Areas of Expertise
- Cultural Inclusion
- Personal & Organizational Cross-cultural Conversations
- Laying Foundations Towards Developing Cultural Sensitivity Measures
- Vicarious Trauma in the Workplace
- Team/group facilitation and debriefing
- Executive Coaching
- Programs in Cultural Change, Inclusion & Diversity
- Cross-cultural Consultant supporting long term employment – First Nations Peoples
Business Experience
- AccessEAP Cross Cultural Inclusion Lead
- ConVerge International, Senior Consultant (Associate)
- Established Outreach Health Clinic with La Perouse Aboriginal Community, Sydney Hospital Facility, SESAHS.
- Co Founder, Board Member, NFP healing Organisation: Aboriginal Health & Western Medicine NSW
- Director Esmé Holmes Consulting (Pvte practice)
– Laying Foundations Towards Cultural Competency
– Workplace: Cultural Inclusion Executive Coaching, Constructive Communication
Strategies
– Inclusion & Diversity Coaching, Cross Cultural Conversations.
– Organisational & Personal Coaching
Organisational Projects
- National Lead: Laying the Foundations Towards Cultural Competency First Nations Peoples – AccessEAP 2018-2020
- Cross-cultural Consultant – Corporate and Community Sectors, New Zealand, Borneo, Africa, Australia 2013-2019
- Co-founder & Board member not for profit organisation for Aboriginal Health & Western Medicine: 2Women Dreaming Healing organisation – Sydney NSW 2001-2015
- C0-founder Koori Healing Unit – Sydney Hospital Addiction Clinic Facility – SESAHS 2000
Qualifications & Memberships
- MA Cultural Psychology (WSU)
- PGraduate Diploma in Clinical Drug Dependence (MacU)
- Bachelors of Social Science Psychology (CSU)
- National Accreditation in Mediation (Res. Inst)
Memberships
Australian Psychological Society APS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Psychology Interest Group APS
Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapy ASCH
National Mediation Association System NMAS