MIARM, Relationship Mentor, Support and Development Worker, Domestic Violence Project. Patricia is also a graduate of UCC and full member of IARM, the Irish Association of Relationship Mentors. Working privately and as a support worker in a domestic violence project has given me an interesting insight into the importance of psychological safety from both the standpoint of the client, practitioner and organisation. Our experience of safety is crucial to health and wellbeing at all ages and stages, more evidently at times of difficulty and suffering. Co-creating safe spaces is also essential to our learning to understand the dynamics of threat and safety. In my experience, safety is the cornerstone on which equality, empowerment and trust rest. I have a huge interest in co-creating and sharing conversations that explore psychological safety in our relationships with ourselves and Other.