About Trauma-Informed Wellbeing & Inclusion Training
About Victoria Wilson
About Victoria Wilson
About Victoria Wilson
"Am I safe and do I matter?"
I am driven to create trauma-informed education and workplaces so that all can live with dignity and reach their true potential. My experiences of PTSD, born from the 2011 Fukushima disasters, led to my PhD in trauma-informed teaching of English, which I completed while undergoing treatment for stage 3 cance
"Am I safe and do I matter?"
I am driven to create trauma-informed education and workplaces so that all can live with dignity and reach their true potential. My experiences of PTSD, born from the 2011 Fukushima disasters, led to my PhD in trauma-informed teaching of English, which I completed while undergoing treatment for stage 3 cancer. These experiences, as well as my 20 years of teaching adult students from 37 countries, have given me particular insights into the human condition and the ways we interact.
I specialise in the teaching of adults who have survived significant trauma, marginalisation, and deficit beliefs by those in power. My research focuses on psychological trauma and the necessity for inclusion, belonging, transparency, agency, and justice. I am motivated by an endless quest for quality and true understanding. Ethics and integrity are my currency, and clear, concise communication is my language.
My Qualifications
About Victoria Wilson
About Victoria Wilson
- PhD in trauma-informed teaching of English to adult speakers of other languages (University of Qld)
- MA in Applied Linguistics (University of New England)
- Honours degree in Communication (QUT)
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism (QUT)
- Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CLIC International House, Seville)
- Grad Cert in Autism Studies
- PhD in trauma-informed teaching of English to adult speakers of other languages (University of Qld)
- MA in Applied Linguistics (University of New England)
- Honours degree in Communication (QUT)
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism (QUT)
- Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CLIC International House, Seville)
- Grad Cert in Autism Studies - ongoing (Griffith University)
- Grad Cert in Counselling - 2025 (University of Tasmania)
20 years of teaching, training, and creating courses for adults from diverse backgrounds including former refugees, immigrants, and neurodivergent students.
My Approach
My Approach
My Approach
I know that truly listening and collaborating are the key to success. I work closely with clients to understand their challenges and goals, and develop solutions that are tailored to their unique needs. My approach is transparent, results-driven, and designed to help organisations - and the people in them - thrive.
Consulting
My Approach
My Approach
Educational and organisational consulting in psychosocial safety, inclusion, and diversity. When people feel valued and heard and have the opportunities they need to develop and shine, they will reach their full potential.
I specialise in working in culturally and linguistically diverse environments, with people who have experienced situat
Educational and organisational consulting in psychosocial safety, inclusion, and diversity. When people feel valued and heard and have the opportunities they need to develop and shine, they will reach their full potential.
I specialise in working in culturally and linguistically diverse environments, with people who have experienced situational fragility and forced migration, and with neurodivergent learners and employees.
Videos and interviews
Teaching students from a refugee background
Trauma-informed teaching and course design: The hows and the whys
PTSD: Please don't talk about personal resilience!
Presentations by Dr Victoria Wilson and Dr Snezjana Bilic for the National Association of Enabling Educators
PTSD: Please don't talk about personal resilience!
Trauma-informed teaching and course design: The hows and the whys
PTSD: Please don't talk about personal resilience!
Presentation by Dr Victoria Wilson, 2023
Trauma-informed teaching and course design: The hows and the whys
Trauma-informed teaching and course design: The hows and the whys
Trauma-informed teaching and course design: The hows and the whys
English Australia Podcast Interview
Interview: Teaching innovation rises out of trauma
Trauma-informed teaching and course design: The hows and the whys
Englishy Things
Interview: Teaching innovation rises out of trauma
Interview: Teaching innovation rises out of trauma
Interview with Victoria Wilson by Clare Harris for her website Englishy Things
Interview: Teaching innovation rises out of trauma
Interview: Teaching innovation rises out of trauma
Interview: Teaching innovation rises out of trauma
Publications
Understanding and Responsiveness in the Trauma-Informed Adult ESL Classroom
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Trauma-Informed English Language Teaching to Adults
Insider Views on English Language Pathway Programmes to Australian Universities
Trauma-informed teaching of adults
Fukushima and Beyond: Teaching Trauma Survivors
Selected presentations and workshops
Keynote Speaker, TasTESOL 2024 Conference
NEAS Ukraine Workshop Series & Expert Panel
NEAS Ukraine Workshop Series & Expert Panel
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NEAS Ukraine Workshop Series & Expert Panel
NEAS Ukraine Workshop Series & Expert Panel
NEAS Ukraine Workshop Series & Expert Panel
Keynote Speaker, VALBEC Conference 2020
NEAS Ukraine Workshop Series & Expert Panel
Book Launch Workshop: Opening Up the University
Book Launch Workshop: Opening Up the University
Book Launch Workshop: Opening Up the University
Book Launch Workshop: Opening Up the University
Paris Conference on Education
Book Launch Workshop: Opening Up the University
Paris Conference on Education
JALT Conference
Book Launch Workshop: Opening Up the University
Paris Conference on Education
Other
Other
Other
- National Association of Enabling Educators Australia CALD SIG Webinar, 22 May 2024. Trauma-informed teaching of adults from culturally & linguistically diverse/marginalised backgrounds
- Mental Health Practitioners Network, 10 October 2023. Trauma-informed practice with adult English language learners
- TasTESOL Term 3 Forum. 5 September 2022. English language learners and trauma informed learning.
- English Australia Mental Health SIG Symposium: Brave New World, 3-4 August 2022. Human Informed TESOL: Lessons from trauma-informed practice that help all learners.
- Supporting students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, 24 June 2022, Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia. Trauma-informed principles for student-facing staff
- Culturally Responsive Teaching for Students from Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Backgrounds Symposium, Western Sydney University, 5 July 2021. Trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and strength-based teaching
- Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC) Webinar, 5 May 2021. Understanding English language learners: What works for traumatised students, and everyone else too!
- VALBEC 2020 Conference, 2 December 2020. Trauma-informed teaching of adults learning a second or other language (workshop)
- South Australia TESOL Mini-Conference, Adelaide, 7 March 2020. Trauma-informed pedagogy for adult learners of EAL
- Faculty of English Language and Migrant Education Staff Professional Development Program, TAFE QLD, Logan Campus, 3 October 2019. Creating a trauma-sensitive EAL classroom for adults
- Queensland Association of Teachers of English as a Second or Other Language (QATESOL) Mini-Conference, Toowoomba,1 June 2019. Welcome, valued and heard: A trauma-informed, humanising pedagogy for adult learners of English as an additional language
- Inaugural Mental Health and Higher Education Conference, James Cook University, Townsville, 30 June-1 July 2017. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- QATESOL Professional Development Day, St Saviour’s College, Toowoomba, 7 May 2016. Post-traumatic stress disorder: Pedagogical implications for the English as a second or other language classroom