Tracy Westerman Tracy Westerman i(27666754 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Nyamal
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1 Extract : Jilya Tracy Westerman , 2024 extract autobiography (Jilya : How One Indigenous Woman from the Pilbara Transformed Psychology)
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , September 2024;
1 2 y separately published work icon Jilya : How One Indigenous Woman from the Pilbara Transformed Psychology Tracy Westerman , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2024 27666775 2024 single work autobiography

'From humble beginnings in the remote Pilbara, psychologist and Nyamal woman Tracy Westerman has redefined what’s possible at every turn. Despite neither of her parents progressing past primary school, and never having met a psychologist before attending university, Tracy went on to become the first Aboriginal person in Australia to complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology, rising to become one of the country’s foremost psychologists. Against significant odds, she commenced her own private business to challenge the way the mental health profession responds to cultural difference, and recently established a charitable foundation and scholarship program to mentor Indigenous people from our highest-risk communities to become psychologists.' (Publication summary)
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