{"id":3544,"date":"2025-06-23T03:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T03:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/mms_staging\/?page_id=3544"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:19:31","slug":"bio-esma-kurt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mmseminary.com.au\/home\/bio-esma-kurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio &#8211; Esma Kurt"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3544\" class=\"elementor elementor-3544\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4a15d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"c4a15d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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She has experience working with individuals across the lifespan and previously worked in school settings, both as a teacher and a psychologist. She also has experience working within community health settings as well completing internships at the Austin Hospital Clinical and Health Psychology Department, the Royal Children\u2019s Hospital CASEA program, and at ReGen. Dr Esma is the\u00a0Vice-President\u00a0of the\u00a0Muslim Mental Health Professionals Association and actively presents workshops and seminars within the local community. She founded The Equine Approach in 2021 and provides equine assisted psychotherapy in addition to a range of other therapeutic modalities, combining her passion for wellbeing with her love for horses. Her practice, Mind Care Consulting was awarded the Hume City Council 2022 Small Business Award and Dr. Esma was personally awarded 2022 Business Leader. Mind Care Consulting was also awarded the Northern Business District Award for Industry Education Engagement in 2023. 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