Warm, compassionate, and dedicated to making a difference, I’m passionate about creating a safe, open space where people feel respected, supported, and empowered to work through life’s challenges. With a deep commitment to understanding each person’s unique experience, I strive to build connections that foster trust and meaningful progress. I seek to address issues in a clear and respectful way by working towards agreed goals.

I began my work in the mental health and physical disabilities sector as a support worker while at university. Through working for individuals with profound physical disabilities and complex mental health needs, I learnt firsthand the real-life challenges and resilience of people faced with these conditions. This instilled a deep commitment to individualised care and support, honouring each person’s dignity, autonomy and life-experience.

On graduating in 2000, I began my psychology career working with Centrelink and the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service, providing support to individuals at risk of long-term unemployment. Through rehabilitation, counselling, and return to work programs, I learnt the importance of vocational and functional roles in people’s lives to create structure, meaning and purpose, and the impact this can have, when it is lost.

With full registration as a Psychologist in Australia, I expanded my skills and experience, living in London for eight years and qualifying as a social worker in the UK. During this time, I worked with Local Councils and Social Services, creating community care packages, managing hospital discharge, and coordinating supports for vulnerable individuals with high care needs. Through this work I came to deeply understand the social models of disability and need for a holistic approach to recovery and wellbeing.

Within the NHS, working in a multidisciplinary acute mental health care team, bridging community and in-patient supports, I provided daily at-home treatment reducing the need for hospital admission. Through this, I learnt the importance of working with family and support networks, to teach the skills of managing mental health in the community. I further developed the capacity to undertake comprehensive assessment, care planning and risk management, to fully inform treatment and gain best outcomes.

I later served at a community addictions treatment centre, where I worked with patients facing alcohol and substance dependence issues, combining therapeutic interventions with existing medical treatment to enhance recovery. I later went on to be the dual diagnosis lead for co-morbid mental health and addictions treatment in the borough, setting up in-patient group therapy programs, training community, nursing, and medical staff on therapeutic interventions, leading to measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

Returning to Australia, I had the opportunity to work with Emergency Services Queensland and the SES providing debriefing, resilience and psychological first aid packages following the 2011 cyclone and flood events. Having worked with frontline staff, first responders, Australian Defence Force members, Queensland Police, and Fire Services, I’ve developed the skills to treat PTSD and understand the significance of role transition and complexities of being called to this type of vocation.

Over the past twelve years, I’ve dedicated my work to the delivery of both group and individual therapy in the private hospital sector, covering a wide range of adult mental health concerns. I’ve also run community-based outpatient programs designed to foster recovery skills, connection and wellbeing. In my private practice, balanced with hospital work for the last ten years, I combine immediate therapeutic strategies with long-term psychotherapy for sustained change. My practice is rooted in a desire to offer a personalised, flexible approach that adapts to each client’s needs, promoting growth, resilience and recovery.

Curious and dedicated to lifelong learning, I’m always exploring new techniques and insights to deepen my practice. I recently completed a Master of Clinical Psychology during COVID and am currently undertaking the Clinical Registrar program. I aim to bring not only knowledge and experience but also empathy and openness to each session, striving to create a meaningful impact in the lives of those I work with.

registations

Registered Psychologist. Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Clinical Registrar. Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Qualifications

Masters in Clinical Psychology (M. Clin. Psych), University of Southern Queensland, 2022.

Post Qualifying Award in Social Work (UK), General Social Care Council, 2005.

Honours in Psychology (Hons.), Griffith University, 1999.

Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences (B. Beh. Sci.), Griffith University, 1998.

Memberships

Member: Australian Psychological Society.

Member: Australian Association of Psychologists Inc.