QGCA proudly presents Beyond Survival Mode: Thriving as a Guidance Officer/ School Counsellor with Megan Corcoran.

• This session is designed specifically for education professionals working in high-demand, relational roles, people who are skilled at supporting others but rarely given the space to examine what that work costs them, and what genuinely sustains them. This includes:
• The reality of the work — understanding vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and the cumulative impact of working in complex environments, without pathologising the experience
• Why individual self-care is not enough — shifting the conversation from personal responsibility to systemic and relational conditions that protect wellbeing (while still empowering us in the parts we can control)
• What actually helps — practical, evidence-informed strategies for moving beyond baseline coping towards something more sustainable
• Building community as a protective factor — how connection, trust, and shared language within teams and professional networks directly buffer against burnout.

WHEN: Saturday 10th October, 9.30am-1pm 
WHERE: Auditorium (D101), University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Campus.
COST: Free for QGCA Members. Non-Members $30 (Catered event).
Please note: This event will be recorded and shared with members only following the event.

 Megan Corcoran a trauma-informed wellbeing consultant, supporting practitioners, leaders and young people. Megan founded Wagtail Institute to help make this vision real. She partners with schools, youth services, and complex settings to strengthen wellbeing, support practitioners, and build trauma-informed communities where healing is possible. At Wagtail Institute, Megan brings heart, science, and strategy together — supporting the adults who hold space for others and helping to build communities where everyone has a reason to belong, to heal, and to thrive.

Author of Beyond Survival Mode