We tell our own stories because no one else can.
Issa Rae

I am the daughter of a Lithuanian refugee and an Australian mother. Story has been embedded throughout my life: tales of displacement, survival, adversity, and hope.

Since then, grief, loss, relational challenges, and significant life events have led me to a handful of deeply skilled practitioners and supervisors, each of whom modelled how inner landscape, our relationships with others, myth, and intuitive awareness can open pathways to healing

I do not separate biography from practice. All resumes are non-linear, yet the structure of a CV flattens this complexity, privileging certain forms of work while obscuring others. It is within the crevices of what is often left unseen that much of my work lives. Part of this process is to dismantle dominant cultural narratives.

Alongside psychotherapeutic, academic qualifications & over a decade in private practice, I have worked across the creative arts, including film, audio, and writing. I have co-produced Q&A (ABC TV) & written a shortlisted novel. I also present a podcast.

How I Work

Be it workshops, presentations, or 1:1 client work, each encounter is different. My role is to meet what is present in the room. I integrate somatic and trauma-informed practices with depth-oriented therapy, systemic family constellation work, attachment theory, fairy tales, and mythology.

I work with generational patterns and overlooked aspects of self, allowing what has been unspoken in the body, the family system, and lived experience to come into view in a more integrated form. Story arises not only through voice, but through the body, through shadow and silence and desire.

Meaningful change is possible for everyone.

CERTIFICATION AND TRAININGS

Grad Cert, A Narrative Approach to Fairy Tales: Pacifica Online USA
Grad Cert, Family Constellation Therapy: Maria Dolenc
Grad Dip,  Gestalt Therapy: Gestalt Therapy, Sydney
MA, Counselling: Monash University
MA, Professional Writing: University of Technology, Sydney
BA Drama, Acting: University of Western Sydney
Registered member of PACFA