Tracy Westerman With Stan Grant
10 September 2024
In the Playhouse
Talks and Ideas
Turning Indigenous heartbreak into hope
Join us for this Sydney-exclusive event with renowned clinical psychologist and Nyamal woman Dr Tracy Westerman speaking to journalist and Wiradjuri man Stan Grant about the transformation taking place in the treatment of Indigenous trauma.
| Date | Time |
| Tuesday 10 September | 6.30pm |
| Ticket | Price |
| Standard | $25 |
| Groups 4+ | $20 |
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Run time
This event will run for approximately 90 minutes, including audience Q&A.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Age guidance: 15+
Event may contain adult themes.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Stan GrantTracy Westerman makes us human and whole.
Useful information:
How one Nyamal woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology
From humble beginnings in the remote Pilbara, Dr Tracy Westerman was the first Aboriginal person in Australia to complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology and has risen to become one of the country’s leading psychologists. In her clinical practice and charitable foundation, she is revolutionising the treatment of mental health, suicide behaviours and complex trauma in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
In an event that marks the publication of her powerful memoir Jilya, Westerman speaks to journalist and Wiradjuri man Stan Grant and argues the mental health professions’ one-size-fits-all approach is creating irreparable damage. Drawing on her decades of client stories of trauma and heartbreak, she explains how a different approach has helped to heal the wounds of intergenerational trauma. Join us on World Suicide Prevention Day, Tuesday 10 September, for what promises to be an inspirational and powerful conversation.
Presented by Sydney Opera House
Image credit: Jodie Grieve
Dr Tracy Westerman AM
Dr Tracy Westerman AM is a proud Nyamal woman from the Pilbara region in Western Australia. She has a PhD in Psychology and is the founder of Indigenous Psychological Services and the charity, the Westerman Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health. She is a recognised world leader in Aboriginal mental health, cultural competency and suicide prevention, achieving national and international recognition for her work. Westerman has received many awards including an Order of Australia, Telstra Women’s Business Award Winner (Western Australia) and Australian of the Year (Western Australia).
Stan Grant
Stan Grant is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Yindyamarra Nguluway Trust at Charles Sturt University. He has a Doctorate of Theology and was formerly ABC’s Global Affairs and Indigenous Affairs Analyst and host of news program Q+A. He is one of Australia’s most respected and awarded journalists, with more than 40 years experience in radio and television news and current affairs. For more than a decade he was CNN’s senior international correspondent based in China and the Middle East. He is the author of seven critically lauded bestselling books and the producer and writer of the Australian Academy Award winning documentary The Australian Dream examining the racist abuse of footballer Adam Goodes. Stan has a strong reputation for independence and integrity and has covered the biggest stories of our world for the past four decades including interviewing many Australian and world political leaders.
Plan your visit
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
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Please contact Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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