My work is grounded in a deep respect for each client’s uniqueness — and a firm commitment to methods that are both evidence-based and clinically effective. I take a client-centred, individualised approach, drawing from a range of psychotherapeutic and neurobiological models to support meaningful, lasting change.

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There is no formula. The process is collaborative and responsive — guided by what is most attuned, effective, and appropriate for you.

 

Core Therapeutic Modalities

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I primarily work with:

 

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

 

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

 

A trauma-informed understanding of Structural Dissociation

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Together, these approaches provide a robust framework for working with the deeper architecture of experience — especially where unprocessed memory or early attachment adaptations have created ongoing emotional, behavioural, or relational difficulties.

 

EMDR and Why Memory Matters

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My primary focus is on the resolution and reprocessing of memory — not just how it lives in the brain, but how it’s held in the body, the nervous system, and sometimes in more subtle emotional or energetic patterns. These unprocessed experiences often underpin the symptoms or patterns clients seek help for: persistent reactivity, emotional overwhelm, relational triggers, or cycles that repeat despite insight or effort.

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Left unresolved, these patterns can become embedded in our system — shaping the way we think, feel, and relate, long after the original cause has passed.

 

This work is not about managing symptoms — it’s about gently accessing and integrating the root material, so your internal system can move toward greater coherence, freedom, and vitality.

 

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

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IFS is a powerful and respectful model that understands the mind as being made up of distinct “parts” — each with their own roles, needs, and burdens. Some parts are protective. Others may carry pain. All are trying, in their own ways, to keep you safe.

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Rather than pathologising these internal voices or conflicting emotions, IFS invites a compassionate relationship with them. Through this, we gain access to what IFS calls the “Self” — a calm, clear, curious inner presence that can lead the internal system with wisdom and care.

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IFS is especially effective when integrated with EMDR, allowing us to track and process complex emotional material with precision and gentleness.

 

Structural Dissociation

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Many of the clients I work with present with what is best described through the lens of Structural Dissociation — a clinical model that recognises how the personality can become divided into different “self-states” or modes when exposed to overwhelming or traumatic experiences.

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This can look like internal conflict, memory gaps, shifts in emotional states, or feeling “like a different person” in different contexts. Structural Dissociation gives us a map for understanding these experiences not as pathology, but as intelligent survival responses — ones that can be integrated over time with care, safety, and the right tools.

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Working with this model allows us to honour the complexity of your system without overwhelming it — and to bring previously fragmented experiences into connection and wholeness.

 

Havening Techniques® (Optional Alternative Therapy)

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I also offer Havening Techniques® — a psychosensory approach for clients interested in an alternative or adjunct to psychological treatment. Havening supports the depotentiation of distressing memory, often used to reduce emotional charge and enhance resilience.

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Please note: Havening is not considered a psychological intervention and sits outside the Medicare rebate system. Sessions are 90 minutes and can be discussed in more detail if this is a modality you’re drawn to. More information is available at www.havening.org.

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My office is located at 109 West Burleigh Road, Burleigh Waters QLD Australia 4220