Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse

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CYRA FERNANDES

Cyra Fernandes is a social worker and family therapist with extensive experience in working with children, young people and their families. For the past sixteen years she has been working for the Australian Childhood Foundation both as a clinical therapist, team leader, Program Manager and has been responsible for managing the program for children and young people with problem sexual behaviour and harmful sexual behaviour. She has written several papers and presented extensively in this area. More recently, she has been working in the Northern Territory establishing a therapeutic service for Aboriginal children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour.