I am interested in relieving suffering and have been involved in various internal practices to this end. My original training was in social and political theory and literature.
I have worked in private practice for 35 years as a developmental psychotherapist having trained in humanistic, psychodynamic, body-based ways of exploring challenges in life and relationships. I have been practicing yoga and meditation (in the Vipassana tradition) since my early twenties, having also spent some years practicing Zen and Aikido. I see contemplation as a pragmatic way of inviting humans into recognizing oue own basic goodness - in terms of clarity, courage and wisdom – and how to bring this goodness into the world. My latest forays into learning has been in Internal Family Systems, AEDP, trauma sensitive yoga teacher training and Clean Language.
She is founding director of Openground Charity – an Australia-wide network of clinicians and teachers offering mindfulness programs, workshops and retreats, and of the Mindfulness Training Institute – Australia and New Zealand – a not-for-profit which offers teacher training and Vipassana retreats.
BA, Dip Psych (ANZAP) Workplace Trainer, Cert V, MBSR Cert. (UMass) TSY Yoga teacher (YA500H)
