A bit of history
The burning question that has underpinned my life is: why we do the very things we don’t want to do, and often avoid the things we know would help us?It shaped both my life and my work.
I immersed myself in psychology and personal development since my early teens.
While I hold a number of qualifications and certifications, have read extensively, had decades of experience and worked with thousands of clients, I am still fascinated by how unique each individual is.
Before focusing entirely on therapeutic work, I spent a number of years in the corporate world. It didn’t take long to realise I was not particularly suited to being a cog in the machine, and I moved instead into running my own businesses.
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Alongside this, I home educated three children who are the light of my life.
If I had my life to live over, I might campaign to change the education system but, I fear, I’d have better success moving Table Mountain to France.
Life Theories
I’ve always been more interested in what is actually going on behind the scenes, whether it is politics, therapeutic practices, behaviour, or the bigger questions in life and the universe.
My current theory is there are no real answers, but I’m happy to engage in conversation about the pure potential of all that we could be, might be, or have been.
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Life in France
My family moved from South Africa to the United Kingdom in 1997. More recently, my husband and I moved to rural France.
Like many people living in the countryside, we are renovating an old house. This is an ongoing project that seems to have a life of its own.
We’ve learned many skills we had no intention of ever learning, including a new language (ongoing struggle).
It’s a whole new life, one where we feel free. Autonomous. Joyful. Peaceful.
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Professional training
My training and professional development have included work in areas such as:
- Psychotherapy and counselling
- Hypnotherapy
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Nutritional therapy (particularly in relation to mood)
- Foundation kinesiology
- Regression therapy
- Anxiety and OCD specialisation
- Family mediation
Full professional credentials are available on request.