Brian R Basham

Counsellor

Brian has a long life history that he brings to the broader community. His life focus was polciing and sevred in uniform for 13 years in two states. His policing career ended as a result of work-elated injuries including a brain injury. After some time away he returned to the Victoria Police as a public servant for 9 years; including 7 years as an instructor at the Victoria Police Academy.
 
In line with his life motto of refuse to lose, Brian went on after his injuries to attend university and attain a number of post-grad qualifications in adult education and counselling. His current PhD reasearch investigates the impact of management decisions and behaviour on the mental health of employees, with a research cohort of retired police officers. He has research the development of critical thinking in the emergency services and this has led to the development of a framework for identifying critical thinkers and how they can be assessed and developed.
 
He has a passion for men's mental health as he has seen a gap in this arrea, specifically in rural and regional Australia, where he resides.