About me
I work with teens, individuals, and couples towards a more peaceful life. I can assist with anxiety, depression, and relationship stress by providing a safe environment and the use of techniques and strategies for positive emotional health. Neurodivergent affirming and inclusive.
Counselling & Reiki
Counselling and Reiki At Zest Psychology, Birkdale click here to book Mon/Wed/Fri.
Counselling and Reiki At Skills4Life Psychology, click here to book Ormiston, Tuesday and Thursday.
I acknowledge the Quandamooka People, traditional owners of the land, water, and skies where I work, live, and play. I pass my respect to the traditional custodians of this country and its leaders present, past and emerging.
Opening Hours
Skills4Life, Delancey St, Ormiston
Tues: 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
Thurs: 1 – 6.00 pm
Zest Psychology, Birkdale
Mon: 1.00 – 6.00 pm
Wed: 8.00 am – 3.30 pm
Fri: 8.00 am – 1.00 pm
Mind your own business
I’ve been called on my judgement a few times. Never as loudly as the time I was told to mind my own business, by a man washing his clothes at Kirra Point on a Tuesday morning. I try really hard not to be judgmental, or if catch myself making a judgement call in my mind, […]
Anxiety – how to put it back in its box.
Anxiety is a friend of mine. It’s taken me some years, but now I know some ways of backing her off, calming her down and gaining control of my body. It has taken many years and many lessons and just when I think I have taken control back, she comes again. I now understand that […]
Be your own cheerleader!
Last night there was a monumental event in our home. My daughter, ate something she had never tried before. This might be a regular event at your place, or you may also have the challenge of a fussy eater who balks at the sight of anything squishy, green or jiggly. I understand completely, I have […]
I am an acorn seller
My daughter has recently discovered the word tempting. A week after Easter, when she had happily chowed down on a multitude of Easter eggs she found mine in the fridge perfectly whole, golden and shining. She wanted it. I asked her why. She said “It’s tempting”. So I told her just because it’s tempting doesn’t […]
The holding place
I’ve spent a lot of my life going through change. Before I turned 27, I had traipsed through some nine towns and cities in Australia. I’d worked in London, studied in Central America and volunteered in Africa. Last count I had packed up and moved to and from 27 homes and held 16 jobs, including […]
Tantyville on Jacob
I’m sprinting up the street chasing my child, who is running away from home. I have bare feet, no bra on and I’m wearing my PJs. This outfit is so far from active wear. It’s inactive wear, lying on the lounge wear, not sprint wear. The shorts have teal lace around the cuffs and matching […]
What is Reiki and how woo-woo is it?
Reiki (pronounced Ray-key) is a method of healing which works by balancing the body’s energy system. It originated in Japan and was taken back to the wider world by an American woman who was trained in the 1930s. The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words – Rei which means Wisdom or Higher Power […]