About

I am a registered member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA, level 2) and the WA Association for Mental Health. My counselling studies began in 2017 and included Advanced Study majors in Expressive Therapies, Abuse Counselling, and  Mindfulness-Based Therapies (Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors). I am a qualified Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist, and a Shark Cage® facilitator. My entry into the field of somatics started in 2010, when I began studying with Alice Cummins. I am a graduate of her ISMETA-registered Somatic Wisdom  program. Based on the practice of  Body-Mind Centering®, in-depth areas of study included cellular consciousness, experiential anatomy, hands-on techniques, developmental movement patterns, embodied somatic knowledge, and expression through movement.

 

As a registered professional member of the ACA, I meet their high Standards of Practice and uphold their Code of Ethics. I am committed to developing my therapeutic practice through ongoing professional development and continue to deepen my knowledge base through personal research, wide reading, and conversations with professional colleagues.

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In addition to my therapeutic practice, I am a feminist educator and completed a Ph.D at Edith Cowan University in 2014. My award-winning thesis, published by Peter Lang London in 2016, focused on contemporary understandings of the presence and expression of body-based sexual trauma in women. Feminist philosophies and values underpin my therapeutic practice, primary interests, and research.  I am committed to supporting women's  wellbeing and broadening public understandings of women's lived experience. Other interests include embodied forms of inquiry, creative writing, and performance making.

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