~ A space to remember Integrate Place 2009 - 2013
IMAGES THAT CAPTURE THE FEEL OF THE WEBSITE AND WORDS THAT DOCUMENT HOW VISIONARY THIS TRANS-DISCIPLINARY, TRAUMA-INFORMED CLINIC WAS...
A gallery of images documenting the history of Integrate Place - a transdisciplinary clinic in Brisbane where Dr Johanna Lynch and the team there pioneered whole person approaches to distress.
TESTIMONIALS GATHERED WHEN THE CLINIC CLOSED CAME FROM PATIENTS, CLINICIANS, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS:
“I think Integrate Place was setup with a wonderful notion and powerful contribution in holding those people who often slip through the cracks. By definition those people are not catered for by the mainstrea and are not funded by mainstream sources, and need support not always funded by the mainstream.” - John
“It is so horrid that such a visionary model has proven unsustainable but there is reality” Dr Cathy Kezelman (BlueKnot Foundation)
“You have done a marvellous job in the creation of Integrate Place and you have given structure, meaning, and empathy to those who were hungry for it.” Wendy
“Integrate Place has been like a safety haven for me over the past couple of years” Kay
“Thankyou for yesterdays session. You completely hit the nail on the head and I feel I accomplished more with you yesterday that what I have in about the last five years with other therapists.” Sharni
“Thankyou so much for being part of my journey, thank u for believing in me, I never thought working through my abuse was possible until I met you. Thank u for believing in me. Thanks.” Jenny
“Thankyou for providing such a safe and supportive place. You really do make a difference. A light in the dark and a hand to hold. Thankyou for existing!!” Prina
“I have felt so blessed to have been a part of Integrate Place. The knowledge I gained, not only for my practice as an arts therapist, but also for me personally. I learnt about the power of hope, kindness, and heart. I will never forget my time as part of the team at Integrate Place… and the laughter, I loved the laughter.” Elise
“Thankyou Integrate Place… openness, heartwarming, hope, togetherness. My eyes and heart and mind have been opened to new ways of working and it has been a wonderful journey.” Fiona
“Thankyou for your love and acceptance of everybody whatever their pain or its source. You find beauty in everyone.' L
“I can still remember the excitement of the early days as you created a vision for what Integrate Place would be. In those five years, many hearts have been soothed, light has been brought to the darkest of places and many who had felt judged elsewhere came and found acceptance… Integrate Place was a blessing to many and its legacy will continue in the hearts of all those patients who found healing behind its door.” Leisa
“Not a moment goes past when Integrate Place is not on my mind. I miss you all so much.. the creaky door just after the tinkles of laughter from the front room, the computer who goes bong, the cranky postman, cars that go beep with Kiri rushing out the door to wave, snakes crawling through the undergrowth at my window, hugs and tears and laughter and learning and caring and loving as well as profound revelations, shocking discoveries and lots of cakes. My life and practice will never be the same. Nor do I want it to be. I was blessed to experience Integrate Place and I would do it all over again in an instant.” Gillian
Dr Johanna Lynch is a highly experienced GP psychotherapist with over 15 years of dedicated work supporting adult survivors of childhood trauma and neglect. She specialises in addressing dissociative processes that disconnect individuals from themselves, their values, relationships, and context. Through her clinical work, Dr Lynch focuses on rebuilding connection and fostering unity in each of these areas.
Her PhD, titled Sense of Safety: A Whole Person Approach to Distress in Primary Care, translates trauma-informed care into a practical framework usable across disciplines. In 2025, her work has grown to be considered a theoretical framework with a paper being published online this month - you can read more here. This evolution uniquely positions her for transdisciplinary consultation on wellbeing and distress in our communities. She further expanded on her research by translating her PhD into an academic book, titled A Whole Person Approach to Wellbeing: Building Sense of Safety.
Dr Lynch’s clinical focus lies in sensing and attending to the whole person, which includes their relationships, values, and meaning-making processes. She emphasises the development of autobiographical coherence - integrating all aspects of a person’s story, including the unpresentable parts. As a generalist, she incorporates her training in trauma-specific therapy, internal family systems, hypnosis, and grief into her work with adults and adolescents in the community.
Passionate about supporting frontline workers who encounter the impact of social and relational experiences on the distress of our community, her supervision philosophy is to offer a safe place for the practitioner to be themselves and reflect on the impact of their encounters on their own experiences. Dr Lynch prioritises awareness of emotional and bodily intuition, evidence-based approaches, and the holistic perspective of seeing the whole person in both patients and practitioners.
Dr Lynch has offered individual supervision and group case consultations for over a decade. Additionally, she has co-facilitated a multidisciplinary case consultation group for more than 12 years and serves as a long-standing coordinator for the Mental Health Professionals’ Network. Her teaching contributions extend nationally through online case consultations for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Rural and the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine. She also holds a Senior Lecturer position at The University of Queensland.
Dr Lynch completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS UQ 1992), Fellowship of General Practice (RACGP 2003), Grad Cert Grief and Loss (Health Sciences UQ 2007), Fellowship of the Australian Society for Psychological Medicine (FASPM- 2016) and Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy (International Society for the Study Trauma and Dissociation 2011).
She is committed to personal and professional growth and has had extensive training on attachment and trauma, dissociation, and hypnosis. She has attended workshops and training sessions with esteemed leaders in the field, including Daniel Siegel, Lou Cozolino, Allan Schore, Ed Tronick, Colin Ross, Stephen Porges, Peter Fonagy, Anthony Bateman, Ruth Lanius, Pat Ogden, Christine Courtois, Julian Ford, Dan Hughes, and John Briere.
Dr Lynch is the Immediate Past and Advisor to the Australian Society of Psychological Medicine, Clinical Advisor to the Brisbane South PHN Domestic and Family Violence Team. She is also an Advisor to the Blue Knot Foundation, and Past Consortia Chair for Headspace Capalaba (Brisbane). She consults to the Safer Families Centre for Research Excellence, RACGP, the ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research, and Outback Futures.
If you are interested in pursuing clinical supervision with Dr Johanna Lynch or would like to know more, please email hello@drjohannalynch.com.