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Motivational Speaker in Melbourne, VIC
- Travels up to 200 km
- From $300 to $1,200
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Available on Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Andrew’s skills in motivational speaking, his ability to engage a diverse audience, his knowledge and experience of working in the Alcohol and Other Drug field and his capacity to deliver impactful education with a focus on lived experience and empathetic practice.
At 22 years of age Andrew had been in three prisons and had eight admissions into rehab. He has experienced childhood trauma, homelessness, incarceration and had lost everything. He has been in long term recovery from a chronic self destructive addiction for over 39 years and has worked in the AOD field for 30 years across residential treatment, pharmacotherapy services, prisons, street work and remote locations.
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Andrew House is an interpersonal educator who presents sessions to a diverse range of people in differing stages of their understanding and experiences of addiction. He responds effectively to a range of questions related to their area of interest. He has a high level of reflexivity in his educational delivery, and explores the topic through engaging narrative education, highlighting personal lived experiences. Andrew is has been in long term recovery from childhood trauma and addiction since August 1985.
He has been in the AOD field for 30 years, working in residential rehabilitation, Corrections NSW, The Royal Flying Doctor Service, Lifeline and Health NSW. He is currently a peer worker with the Windana Therapeutic Community.
It was clear his work in the field along with his passion to work towards positive change in clinical approaches in the way we support people who are experiencing or have experienced addiction, was valuable and a unique resource to our community
Andrew has been a regular contributor to ABC radio and television. He has appeared in video stories for Rural mental health, ABC Compass Program and podcasts for Lifeline’s Holding on to Hope series.
He has also provided education and presentations to post graduate university students as part of the University of Rural Health ENRICH program.
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