Looking back, I feel that my work has unfolded in three chapters over the past fifteen years, across Australia and Europe.

The first was centred on stress. I spent years in corporate wellbeing, mostly working with groups, and became deeply interested in the many faces stress can have. Under academic supervision, I measured heart rate variability and stress hormones in over 1,500 people. What stayed with me is how powerfully stress manifests differently in people. In your body, sleep, tension, and in relationships. How quietly it may erode the things that actually matter most for you.

From there, my work expanded into nature-based mental health. I was fascinated in how the environments we live and work in shape our nervous system. I co-led a clinical trial, published peer-reviewed research, and trained hundreds of health professionals across Europe in nature-based health interventions. This deepened my understanding of how much context matters in mental health.

The third chapter has brought it all together now in my one-to-one clinical work. What I’ve learned over the years now adds to how I listen, what I notice, and how I work with my clients. Therapeutically, I draw on evidence-based approaches such as ACT, narrative therapy, and CBT, alongside somatic awareness, parts work, and psychodynamic perspectives.

Additionally, nearly twenty years ago, I spent extensive time in Buddhist monasteries in Nepal and ashrams in India learning mindfulness and meditation techniques. These skills developed my patience and a deep respect for what can happen when someone slows down, pauses and listens to themselves. This is not something I advertise or teach, it simply just sits underneath everything I do.

I hold a Master of Science in Work and Organisational Psychology and I'm registered with AHPRA.

I work in English and also in my native tongue, German.