Staying Sane:
maintaining positive mental health for you and your offspring while raising gifted young people
7:30pm – 9:00pm; Wednesday 12th August 2026
An information evening for parents and educators
with
Dr Natalie Rimlinger
Dr Rimlinger’s presentation will cover:
- stress, grief and trauma — what is genuine and why does it matter?
- managing a child’s questions about big issues
- recognising indicators and initiating discussion when something is amiss
- the evidence about increased risk to gifted children
- when to seek professional support
- different grief styles and supporting the self-contained child
- simultaneously managing parental stress
ABOUT Dr Rimlinger:
Dr Natalie Rimlinger is a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Footsteps Psychology in Canberra. A self-described gifted, rebellious underachiever who left school at Year 10, Natalie discovered her own giftedness as an adult — after years of feeling bored, misunderstood, and thoroughly under-served by a system that had no idea what to do with her. She knows that chair from both sides.
It was her children who brought her to the field. Both are gifted; her youngest is profoundly gifted — and it was navigating that reality as a parent, with all its passion and frustration, that shaped her entire career.
Natalie holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Australian National University, where her doctoral research examined the psychological wellbeing of parents of gifted children. She has presented on giftedness internationally and has worked with gifted individuals and their families for over two decades, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT).
Her central clinical conviction — and one she'll speak to tonight — is that the gifted population is its own distinct group, and that most of the psychological assessment tools and measures we currently use were simply never normed with them in mind. Until that changes, gifted children and their families will keep falling through the cracks. She is determined to make sure that happens less. While no longer working with children, Natalie still supports the parents of gifted children and is a fierce advocate, with beliefs that every child deserves a proper educational fit.
TIME: 7:30pm
DATE: 12th August 2026 (HOBART TIME)
COST: Current TAG financial members free; TAG non-members $10 per person
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The advice offered in this session is general in nature and may not be specific to your individual situation. Whilst all care is taken to provide accurate advice, please seek a second opinion or consult an expert about your specific circumstances.
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