Qualifications

Academic

• PhD (Psychology & Special Needs, University of London);
• MA (Psychology of Education, University of London);
• MSc (Educational Psychology, University of East London);
• BEd Hons (Teaching qualification, University of Hertfordshire, UK).

Professional Associations

• Member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (MAAPi)
• Registered Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia) with endorsements in: Educational & Developmental Psychology; Counselling Psychology.
• Registered Primary Supervisor: Educational & Developmental; Counselling (Psychology Board of Australia)
• Registered Medicare provider.
• Registered provider for most private health funds.
• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPS)

Practical Experience

• Consultant Child Psychologist assessing and working with children, adolescents, and their parents and teachers, across the age-range in London (1990 – 2002) and Sydney (2002 – current).
• Teacher in London, Haiti and Pakistan.
• Workshops and training delivered for parents, teachers and school counsellors.

In the Media

• Appearances on Channel 9 Today Show; featured on Sky News National, Channel 10 News.
• Featured in School A to Z schoolatoz.com.au (NSW Gov. of Ed)
• Cited in: The Sunday Magazine, The Telegraph; The Sydney Morning Herald; Family Circle; Sunday Life, The Sun Herald; Coles Magazine; The Manly Daily; The Woman’s Weekly; Dolly.

Publications

• Talking in Pictures
  (practical techniques for counsellors, social workers, therapists and psychologists) userfriendlyresources.com.au, 2016.
• Rapport
  (British Psychological Society news magazine), book review, 1999.
• Educational Research, Vol.31 (3) pages 181 – 188