Supporting Women To Their Journey to Healing & Independence

Our Mission

Working Along Side Women

Liberty Women’s Foundation exists to support women healing from trauma, domestic violence and addiction, our mission is to work alongside women to reduce isolation, strengthen relationships, and build the skills, resilience, and capacity needed for long-term independence by providing free, trauma informed psychotherapy and counselling, clinically guided and crisis-aware support and community connections.

Trauma Informed care

Free, trauma informed psychotherapy & counselling that honors each woman’s unique journey

Community Connection

Building relationships & reducing isolation through clinically guided support & community connections.

Long Term Independence

Strengthening skills, resilience & capacity needed for meaningful, lasting independence.

“ We believe in every woman’s ability to heal. ”

We believe healing is strengthened through connection and shared understanding. And we believe a woman’s recovery can become one of the most powerful stories of her strength, resilience, and growth.

Our Vision

A Community of Support & Transformation

Our vision is a community where women healing from trauma, violence and addiction are supported to move from crisis to stability, from isolation to connection, and from survival to meaningful independence. We believe recovery can be a powerful turning point one that honors women’s strength and creates lasting change for families and communities.

Crisis

Stability

Isolation

Connection

Survival

Independence

Governance

Non Profit Organization

We are a non-profit, non-government organisation and operate under a board of directors.

The members of our Board work with great passion and dedication to support Liberty Women’s Foundation

Stacey Youngs is the Founder of Liberty Women’s Foundation and brings a rare integration of frontline emergency experience, trauma-informed psychotherapy, and deeply relational leadership to the organisation. Stacey has worked extensively with individuals and families experiencing crisis, trauma, mental-health distress, and profound vulnerability. Her career has shaped a strong understanding of how trauma impacts the nervous system, relationships, and a person’s sense of safety — particularly for women navigating domestic violence, addiction, and complex life stressors.

Alongside her paramedic career, Stacey is a qualified psychotherapist with a strong grounding in trauma-informed, relational, and nervous-system-based approaches to healing. Her clinical work is guided by the belief that healing does not occur through fixing or pathologising, but through safety, connection, and compassionate understanding. Stacey has worked closely with women in crisis accommodation, community mental-health settings, and recovery spaces, supporting them to rebuild trust in themselves, their bodies, and their futures.

Liberty Women’s Foundation was born from Stacey’s lived experience of witnessing the gaps in care for women at their most vulnerable, particularly the lack of accessible, ongoing, trauma-informed support once immediate crisis has passed. The foundation reflects her unwavering belief that recovery is not only possible, but transformative when women are met with dignity, consistency, and genuine human care. Stacey is deeply committed to creating services that honour both clinical excellence and the lived realities of the women they serve.

As Founder and Chair, Stacey provides strategic vision, clinical oversight, and values-based leadership to the foundation. She is passionate about building strong community partnerships, sustainable systems of care, and a culture that prioritises integrity, collaboration, and compassion at every level. On a personal level, Stacey leads with authenticity, humility, and heart. She is driven by a deep respect for the courage it takes to survive and an equally deep belief in what becomes possible when women are supported to heal. Liberty Women’s Foundation is both a professional mission and a deeply personal calling, grounded in the conviction that no woman should have to navigate recovery alone.

Rachel McCready

Board Member | Senior Mental Health Clinician

Rachel McCready is a Senior Mental Health Clinician with Queensland Health, bringing decades of experience in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities. She is widely recognised for her frontline leadership within the Mental Health Co-Responder Program, where she worked collaboratively with the Queensland Ambulance Service and Queensland Health to deliver specialised mental-health assessment and crisis intervention directly in the community.

Through this innovative model of care, Rachel helped provide compassionate, person-centred alternatives to hospital-based responses for people experiencing acute psychological distress. Her work has enabled many individuals to receive timely support safely in their own homes, reducing unnecessary and often distressing Emergency Department presentations, and improving outcomes for both clients and their families.

Rachel is known for her calm, grounding presence and her ability to meet people with empathy, respect, and clinical clarity during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Her expertise spans complex mental-health presentations, risk assessment, crisis stabilisation, care coordination, and interagency collaboration.

As a Board Member of Liberty Women’s Foundation, Rachel brings extensive clinical insight, a deep understanding of Queensland’s mental-health system, and a strong commitment to innovative, community-based models of care. Her compassion, integrity, and unwavering respect for human dignity are felt in every space she enters. We are deeply grateful to have Rachel on our Board, and her presence strengthens both the heart and the clinical foundation of our organisation.

Carly Harris

Board Member | Paramedic & Peer Support Officer

Carly Harris brings nearly two decades of frontline experience as a Paramedic with the Queensland Ambulance Service, where she has devoted her career to serving the community with compassion, steadiness, and clinical excellence. She is widely respected for her calm presence under pressure, her ability to navigate complex and emotionally charged situations, and her unwavering commitment to the people she supports during moments of crisis.

In addition to her paramedic role, Carly serves as a Peer Support Officer within QAS’s Priority One Program, providing confidential, trauma-informed support to paramedics and staff. Through this work, she offers grounding, guidance, and understanding to colleagues impacted by the psychological demands of frontline emergency work, helping foster resilience, connection, and wellbeing within the workforce.

Carly’s lived experience, integrity, and deep empathy inform her approach to care and leadership. She brings a heart-centred, values-driven perspective to the Board of Directors, grounded in both professional experience and genuine human connection. Her presence strengthens the foundation’s culture, reinforces our commitment to trauma-informed practice, and enriches every conversation she is part of. We are profoundly grateful to have Carly on the Board and for the wisdom, compassion, and steadiness she brings to Liberty Women’s Foundation.

Our Approach

Our Service Delivery Framework:

Trauma-Informed, Safe, and Relational

Liberty Women’s Foundation delivers services that are culturally safe, accessible, inclusive, and grounded in trauma-informed care. We recognise the profound impact of trauma, domestic violence, and adversity on the nervous system, identity, and relationships, and we prioritise safety, choice, collaboration, and empowerment in every interaction.
Our practitioners and facilitators are trained in trauma-informed and violence-informed practice and work from a compassionate, relational lens. We collaborate closely with community partners and local organisations to ensure our services are responsive, respectful, and aligned with the needs of the women we support.

Person-Centred and Individualised Support

We recognise that every woman’s healing journey is unique. Our services are not one-size-fits-all, and we do not rush or prescribe a single pathway to recovery.
Support is tailored to each woman’s goals, strengths, and circumstances, honouring her autonomy and lived experience. Our person-centred approach ensures women are met where they are, supported at their own pace, and empowered to make choices that feel right for them.

Lived-Experience Informed Practice

Lived experience sits at the heart of Liberty Women’s Foundation. Many of the people involved in shaping, governing, and delivering our work bring firsthand understanding of trauma, recovery, and resilience.
This perspective informs how we design services, communicate, and show up for the women we support. It ensures our work remains grounded, relevant, and deeply respectful of the realities faced by women navigating healing after trauma and violence

Evidence-Based and Continually Evolving

Our work is informed by contemporary research, best-practice trauma frameworks, and emerging evidence in mental health and recovery-oriented care. We are committed to reflective practice, ongoing learning, and continuous improvement.
As the foundation grows, we will continue to develop clear program logic and outcome measures to evaluate impact across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons. This ensures our services remain effective, accountable, and aligned with our mission to create meaningful, sustainable change in women’s lives.

Collaboration and Community Connection

We believe healing is strengthened through connection. Liberty Women’s Foundation works in partnership with community organisations, crisis services, and support networks to ensure continuity of care and strong referral pathways. By collaborating rather than working in isolation, we aim to create a more connected, compassionate system of support around each woman, one that honours her dignity and supports long-term stability, safety, and independence.