I can't speak to all transgendered, nonbinary and gender diverse peoples experience, or to all experiences of diverse sexuality, or to all experiences of complex trauma and complex post traumatic stress. I can only speak to what I know, to what I’ve studied and to what I've learned from working in this field for over 16 years. I learn continually from the people I work with.

I was born in Sydney and raised in New Zealand and completed my Counselling and Psychotherapy training with the Human Development and Training Institute in Auckland, graduating in 2007. 

Like any learning I have been distilling those teachings over the ensuing years and have appreciated again and again the comprehensive base I was given, to develop from as a therapist.

In 2012 my passion for education in the field of complex trauma, lead me to start working with the Blue Knot Foundation and the Mental Health Coordinating Council of NSW.

I love to learn and have completed many therapeutic courses over the years, including working with Babette Rothschild and studying Somatic Therapy, studying IFS and Parts Work, attending workshops and conferences with many of the top international complex trauma experts like Janina Fisher, Bessel van der Kolk, Pat Ogden etc and completing advanced training in EMDR, as well as Flash Technique, and Attachment Informed and Intergenerational EMDR.