I am an Attachment, Trauma, and Jungian Therapist. I am Certified as a ‘Reliable Coder’ to score Adult Attachment Interviews for Reflective Function for both clinical and research purposes. I provide online 1:1 sessions as well as an Adult Attachment Interview package to identify and repair your attachment security. I am not a licensed mental health provider and I do not provide any medical advice.

My training is clinical and diverse. It includes Attachment, Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), Jungian Psychology, Complex Trauma (CPTSD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Somatic Experiencing, child behaviour change and Neuroscience. My training is extensive but most importantly, I work from my soul.

Prior to psychology, I was a technology lawyer and a Family Violence and Criminal Barrister for over ten years. I graduated with three university degrees including a Master of International Business Law (University of Helsinki), a Bachelor of Law (Monash University) and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Ancient Greek and Latin (Monash University). I also hold the post-graduate qualification of Barrister-at-Law and I am a Member of the Victorian Bar (Supreme Court of Victoria).

Psychology Training and Education

Jungian Psychology

I have completed the core components of Jungian Analyst (Psychoanalyst) training (300 hours of Jungian Analysis and core knowledge components).

Attachment

I am Certified as a ‘Reliable Coder’ to score Reflective Function for Adult Attachment Interviews for both clinical and research purposes. I completed my training and certification under Professor Howard Steele at the Adult Attachment Interview Institute and the New School for Social Research University in New York.

I am also trained to score and administer the Adult Attachment Interview for clinical and research purposes. I completed my training under Professors Howard Steele and Miriam Steele at the Adult Attachment Interview Institute and the New School for Social Research University in New York.

I am trained to score and assess Infant Attachment under Mary Ainsworth’s Strange Situation Procedure. I completed my training under Professor Alan Sroufe at the University of Minnesota.

Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)

I have completed the core MBT trainings required for Certified MBT Practitioner status.

I have completed Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Practitioner Level Basic Training for MBT Therapists at the Anna Freud Centre. I was trained by Professors Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman, the founders of MBT.

I have also completed Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) Practitioner Level Training specialised in the clinical treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I completed my training at the Anna Freud Centre and I was trained by Professor Anthony Bateman, Bob Dozrek, and Brandon Unruh.

I am currently completing MBT Supervision at MBT Boston with Bob Drozek and Brandon Unruh.

Trauma and Complex PTSD (CPTSD)

I have researched and written a thesis on trauma and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). This thesis is twice the length of a standard PhD (my thesis is 160,000 words in length). I am currently editing this down to be published as a book on complex trauma.

My Attachment and MBT trainings also included trauma training. I have also been trained in Somatic Experiencing and body-based therapies specifically for treating complex trauma.

Other trainings

For Parenting and child behaviour change, I have completed Parent Management Training provided by Alan Kazdin at Yale University (the ‘Kazdin Method’).

I have also completed advanced level Medical Neuroscience training at Duke University provided by Professor Leonard White.