Our Team

My work is shaped not only by decades of clinical practice but also by my own lived experience with mental health, chronic illness, developmental delay, parenting, and pain management. These experiences allow me to meet people with genuine understanding, compassion, and respect for the courage it takes to seek support.

Over the years, I’ve worked in many different environments — community programs, hospitals, private practice, schools, and organisational services. Each setting has taught me something valuable about how people heal, grow, and reconnect with what matters most to them.

Now semi‑retired, I feel incredibly privileged to work in a nature‑based, animal‑assisted therapeutic setting — a place that brings me joy every day. I see, time and again, how nature and animals create powerful opportunities for emotional regulation, sensory exploration, grounding, and meaningful connection. The farm environment naturally supports mindfulness, presence, and gentle nervous‑system settling in ways that traditional settings often cannot.

I am recognised by AHPRA as qualified to provide focused psychological strategies for people experiencing mental health concerns. My therapeutic approach draws on cognitive, behavioural, narrative, and interpersonal techniques, woven together with a warm, person‑centred OT lens.

At the heart of my work I believe people thrive when they feel seen, supported, and empowered to participate fully in the life they choose not to mention getting their hands busy making, doing and caring for nature and all creatures.