Monique Toohey
Ms Monique Toohey
Nasihah Consulting
Monique is a Consultant Psychologist and Owner/Manager of private psychology practice, Nasihah Consulting.
For the last 11 years she has worked with Australian Muslim communities initiating the development and implementation of student counselling services in Islamic Schools in Victoria.
Monique also has extensive project management experience in the community sector, managing youth and family capacity building projects, conferences and summits for the Islamic Council of Victoria, Centre for Multicultural Youth and the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
She is a trainer delivering capacity building courses on mental health for Muslim women, Intercultural training, and Islam and Muslim community awareness programs for mainstream service providers. Monique has delivered Intercultural training in Indonesia for Australian & Indonesian Aid and Development teams and Trauma Counselling Training for Indonesian community workers Post 2004 Tsunami.
Monique was selected as a delegate in both the Australia-Indonesia Institute Muslim Leaders Exchange Program in 2005 and the Australia-Malaysia Institute Muslim Leaders Exchange Program in 2008. She furthers her personal and professional interest in these countries by participating in the Asialink Leaders program.