NEXT AGM: 4 NOV 2024 4PM AEST
NEXT AGM: 4 NOV 2024 4PM AEST
PTSD Resurrected Inc. is a Gold Coast charity established in 2017 by veteran Andy Cullen and his wife, Zoe. Together, they were driven by the vision to restore hope, healing, and purpose to individuals and their families who are suffering from PTSD as a result of trauma experienced during their service.
Since the establishment of the charity, we have recognised that trauma affects everyone. As a result, we have expanded our reach to include not only veterans and first responders – but also victims of crime, domestic violence, childhood trauma, disability, grief, and chronic illness.
We are leading the way in the treatment of moral injury in Australia through our peer-led medically proven independently evaluated REBOOT courses.
Meet Andy and Zoe Cullen, the founders of PTSD Resurrected. They established the charity based on their own lived experience with PTSD, which profoundly impacted their young family.
Together they fought their way through the many challenges that living with PTSD brings. They released a book of their experience Resurrected – A Story of Hope, and founded PTSD Resurrected in 2017 to restore hope to individuals and their families struggling with trauma as a result of their service.
Andy is a veteran of 17 years service in the Australian Army. Retiring as a Major in 2012 having served 6 years as a soldier in the Royal Australian Infantry (RAINF) and later as an Officer in the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) focusing much of his career in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). He was awarded the COMMENDATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE for operations in Afghanistan.
Zoe has a passion for life, family, travel and after university married into the Army, her own career taking a back seat to Andy’s life as a Military Officer. Her passion is now firmly focused on helping others and giving a voice to partners / caregivers and children who’s stories are often not told.
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Sean and Leanne, along with their four beautiful children, began their journey with PTSD Resurrected Inc. in 2018. The couple participated in the second intake of graduates for the Reboot Combat Recovery course. This course helped Sean and Leanne better address and navigate difficult conversations in their marriage and family while dealing with the traumas of PTSD.
Sean served with the Australia Defence Force (Army) for 14 years. He spent half this career, working with the Royal Australian Artillery with an Airborne Capability. In his first year of enlistment he was deployed to East Timor, when the country was classified as a war zone. Sean transferred to the Petroleum Operation Unit for the latter half of his career and completed two more deployments of Timor Lest’e before discharging from the Army with the rank of Sergeant in 2013.
Sean worked the Oil and gas fields of Barrow Island in Western Australia for 2 years, before completing an Advanced Diploma in Management and Security and worked on behalf of the ADF for another 2 years. He was diagnosed with PTSD in 2017 and on medical grounds was advised to cease employment to focus on his health and recovery.
Leanne has had working experience in the Mining Industry as a Safety and Training Officer and also in the Mental Health Industry as Disability Employment Consultant. With these experiences, she has witnessed first-hand the stigma behind mental health in these industries.
Upon completion of other Mental Health Courses, by far the Reboot Recovery Combat Course addressed the moral injuries and also involved couples and families. Her passion is for others in the course to be equipped as she was to support their partner and source help for themselves as support network.
Simon & Xenia are founders of Gold Coast based charity At The Ark Inc. ATA is a registered charity, set up to support families in the recovery of child sexual abuse & families impacted by domestic & family violence. They equip organisations such as churches, childcare centre, schools & families, on protection & prevention of child abuse & domestic violence.
Xenia is an international author of four books, three of which empower families, educators, and professionals to teach self-protective behaviours. Her autobiography, Broken to Be Beautiful, recounts her journey through a 15-year domestic violent marriage and how she rediscovered herself through Christ to become an advocate for the voiceless. Xenia’s eBook on child protection is available for free on their website. A qualified counsellor, pastor, and public speaker, she was named Gold Coast Woman of the Year and a Westfield Local Hero in 2020.
Simon has over 20 years of experience in ministry and the non-profit sector in Australia and the UK, including work in Christian media. He is actively involved in running At The Ark and serves on the board of PTSD Resurrected. Simon and Xenia pastor a local church on the Gold Coast together.
At The Ark was established after discovering that four of Xenia’s children had been sexually abused by her first husband in the UK in 2007. Since then, their faith has guided them to answer God’s calling. As itinerant ministers with Minister Fellowship International, they travel Australia and the world, advocating for the protection of children and offering hope and empowerment to survivors of domestic violence.
Simon and Xenia are proud to collaborate with PTSD Resurrected to facilitate the highly successful REBOOT Trauma Recovery courses in Australia and globally.
For more information, visit www.attheark.org.au or www.xeniaschembri.com.
James John Arundel Wallace, AM is a retired Australian Army officer and a current lobbyist on social issues. Jim is the Chairman of the Australian Christian Lobby. Jim's extensive military career and lived experience makes him an ideal ambassador for PTSD Resurrected inc.
Wallace studied at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the British Army Staff College.[4] He served in the Australian Army for 32 years, reaching the rank of brigadier.
His service included command of the Special Air Service Regiment (1988–1990). He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1984.
