My offer to you
Finding a new life and creating lasting change begins with self-awareness and a deep understanding of what truly brings us meaning, fulfilment, and happiness. Change involves aligning daily life with core values, cultivating mindfulness, and embracing a growth mindset.
Real transformation is not about perfection but about consistency, compassion, and the willingness to face both joy and difficulty. Small, intentional habits, nurtured over time, create lasting shifts.
Healing emotional wounds, fostering meaningful relationships, and staying connected to a sense of purpose all contribute to a richer, more grounded state of being.
Importantly, change unfolds through presence and patience—acknowledging that life is always in flux. True fulfilment arises not from avoiding discomfort, but from engaging with life wholeheartedly and authentically. Through this ongoing process, we learn to live with greater clarity, resilience, and connection.
Working closely with a therapist is one of the most fundamental ways to initiate meaningful and lasting change in your life. In therapy, you have the opportunity to be deeply heard and supported while gently exploring the thoughts, behaviours, and emotions that shape your experience.
With my background as a psychologist and long-time meditator, I bring a blend of clinical insight and mindful presence to our work together. I will walk alongside you as we uncover what truly matters to you and identify the changes that will bring more clarity, purpose, and contentment into your life. Together, we will look at what may be holding you back—patterns of thinking, emotional blocks, or old wounds—and find ways to move through them with compassion and courage. I will help you stay accountable as you begin to make shifts, coaching you through setbacks and celebrating progress.
Whether your goals are emotional, relational, or spiritual, I will support you to stay grounded, clear, and motivated. This is not a quick fix, but a collaborative journey towards a more authentic and fulfilling life—one step at a time, with someone by your side.
My private practice is in Healesville in the Yarra Valley and I can offer you face to face appointments and/or Telehealth sessions.
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MY CREDENTIALS
I have nearly 40 years experience as a psychologist, working in some of the big counselling agencies in Melbourne in senior positions and in private practice.
My meditation history is in Tibetan Buddhism as a scholar and practitioner of this ancient tradition. I have been able to integrate these learnings into my own life and into my psychology practice.
Some of the places I have worked- Cairnmillar Institute as Head of the Professional School, Relationships Australia as the Manager of Relationship Education, LifeWorks as Senior Clinician, Clinical Director of Evancourt Private Hospital (now Albert Road Clinic).
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EDUCATION AND MEMBERSHIPS
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Hons) La Trobe University 1989
Member of the Australian Association of Psychologist Inc
Registered with AHPRA
Postgraduate Certificate of Clinical Sexology- NAOT institute London
200 hour yoga teacher training- Kundalini Tantra Yoga with Master Ketut Arsana
Doctor of Clinical Sciences Counselling and Psychotherapy La Trobe University 2004 (incomplete)
Certificate Mindfulness Integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Year-long internship at Cairnmillar Institute (1990) which included:
Certificate of Counselling and Psychotherapy Cairnmillar Institute
Certificate of Couples Therapy
Certificate of Family Counselling
Certificate Clinical Hypnosis- Ampersand (1993)
Member of Kagyu Evam Buddhist Institute
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