I work with adults experiencing difficulties with any aspect of life, particularly anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, childhood trauma and abuse, relationship problems, communication, self-esteem, or addiction. I provide a supportive, understanding and safe place where you can explore your concerns and find a way forward. I draw on many techniques, theories and my own experience, to listen and respond to each individual.

My therapeutic focus is on the person and their lived experience, which includes their feelings, emotions and thoughts. I aim to bring empathic understanding and help clients build cohesion and resilience. I combine an awareness of somatics and the bodily level of experience with a humanistic approach to the integration of all parts of the Self.

Before starting my practice 26 years ago, I qualified and worked as a social worker and completed five years’ training in somatic psychotherapy. Since then I have taken additional training courses in couple therapy, mindfulness, self psychology, emotion-focused therapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, infant observation, group therapy, neurotherapy, and other modalities.

In 2013 I completed a Master of Counselling at La Trobe University. In recent years I have studied meditation in various forms, including Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Transforming Stress into Well-Being.