About Me
An Australian-born, French and English-speaking therapist, workshop facilitator and organisational consultant based just outside Paris, France.
Over the past decade, I've lived a largely nomadic life: two years travelling across Asia, Europe and South America; two years living in Turkey, and the last three in France. Along the way, I've discovered both the richness and challenges of expat life. Immersing myself in different societies has led me to appreciate diversity, cultivate empathy, and find value even in the most unusual or challenging of human experiences.
Before becoming a therapist, my career spanned a range of disciplines, mostly focused on supporting others to overcome obstacles and strive towards their full potential. I've been a tutor, a teacher, a coach and a guide; a leader of teams and a manager of professional development and human resources. I've freelanced, run businesses, and worked across contexts—from small organisations to global firms; in offices, in the field, and remotely. These roles have ingrained in me a deep-seated optimism in people's capacity to change, and a drive to help build systems and structures that support such change.
In service of this goal, I've also invested deeply in grass-roots and cultural organisations, including leadership positions at regional Burning Man events and Rainbow Gathering autonomous community laboratories. This work has included designing processes for incident resolution and providing support for team members facing work-related stress, burnout and interpersonal conflict. I've facilitated mediations lasting upwards of eight hours and intervened directly to resolve acute, dynamic situations. As a volunteer lead at multiple festivals, I oversaw safety and welfare teams. More recently, I spearheaded efforts at a major French music festival to address cultural appropriation and promote fair representation of performers from disadvantaged populations.
This outer journey has been accompanied by an (ongoing!) journey of inner work. This includes thousands of hours spent in silent meditation retreats, including volunteering as a student manager. I've also participated in many indigenous-led rituals, including South American plant-medicine ceremonies—inspiring, in part, my interest in the psychotherapeutic benefit of altered states. In addition, I am engaged with several spiritual traditions, notably Theraveda Buddhism, Sufism, and European folk mysticism. Other influences include Authentic Relating and Men's Work, workshops of which I've also facilitated. Sex-positive and committed to allyship, I stand with those facing discrimination, marginalisation or systemic disadvantage.
Finally, I myself have been an IFS client for the past several years. Experiencing its transformative power when other therapies fell short is what inspired me to train as a practitioner myself.
I would be honoured to share that experience with you.