Who I AM

I  am a registered Psychologist with ten years experience working with people who have experienced trauma, complex relationships, financial and work related stress, as well as parenting and generational tension. I have written reports for people going through civil litigation, applying for NDIS packages, and applying for the DSP. I am also a registered Worksafe & TAC provider.

I have a Bachelor of Arts Psychology with Honours from Deakin University and a Master of Professional Psychology from the University of New England. I have also had training in EMDR, DBT, CBT, ACT, IFS, schema therapy, family therapy, and narrative therapy.

My therapeutic philosophy is grounded in principles of unconditional positive regard and the dialectical belief that people are both doing the best they can and that they are capable of more. People often come to therapy when they have become stuck. Their normal coping strategies are not working anymore, or these coping strategies have become part of the problem. 

 I have worked through these types of situations in my own personal life and have worked with people from a diverse range of gender and ethnic identities, and ages, to also help them become unstuck and build their best lives.

I work collaboratively with my clients to develop a deeper sense of themselves so they can make clearer decisions about which parts of their lives and their selves require more self-acceptance, which parts they would like to heal or change, and to build the capacity to make those changes.