I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist with over 8 years of clinical experience, supporting adults and adolescents to overcome anxiety, trauma, panic, phobias, and emotional life blocks—especially when these difficulties feel entrenched or hard to shift.
I work with people who are outwardly functioning but internally overwhelmed, and who want more than short-term coping strategies. My approach focuses on creating lasting change by working with both the mind and the nervous system, so progress feels grounded, natural, and sustainable.
Therapy is collaborative, respectful, and paced to your readiness. You remain in control at all times.
If you’re ready to move beyond coping and toward meaningful, lasting change, I look forward to supporting you.
I hold the following academic and clinical qualifications:
PhD in Education, Monash University
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Sociology
Bachelor of Education (Honours), specialising in Educational Psychology
Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy
Diploma in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Professional Memberships & Compliance
I am a:
Clinical Member, Australian Hypnotherapists Association (CM2017030)
Professional Member, Australia & New Zealand Mental Health Association (MN 15653)
I hold current Professional Indemnity Insurance; Working With Children Check (WWC); and First Aid Certification
Public Sector & Systems Experience
In addition to clinical practice, I have held senior analyst and advisory roles within:
Victorian Department of Education and Training
Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
Sri Lankan Ministry of Education (Education Service)
This experience has given me deep insight into stress, authority, performance pressure, and mental health within complex organisational systems, allowing me to understand how emotional and psychological patterns develop and persist beyond individual circumstances.
Publications
I have published numerous books and academic articles in refereed journals. I am the author of:
Feeding Anxiety to Your Kids: Exploring Parental Anxiety & Its Intergenerational Transmission (2025)
When Words Become Wounds: How Trusted Voices Shape Our Health, Identity, and Freedom (2026)
Both titles are available on Amazon and directly from the author.
My Unique Approach
My aim is to support clients in becoming healthier, more resourced, and more independent, so they can lead meaningful and fulfilling lives. Therapy is focused, purposeful, and always guided by each person’s readiness and circumstances.
My therapeutic approach is comprehensive and holistic, integrating a range of evidence-based modalities and clinical protocols. This allows treatment to be tailored to each individual, rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.
Many people arrive in therapy knowing what they struggle with—but not why it keeps happening. My work prioritises nervous-system regulation before cognitive change, recognising that lasting change occurs when the body feels safe enough to support insight and learning.
Therapy is collaborative, respectful, and paced to you, allowing change to emerge naturally rather than being forced.
Together, we:
Identify how anxiety or other symptoms are being maintained
Calm physiological arousal before challenging thoughts or behaviours
Access unconscious emotional patterns driving reactions and responses
Build internal safety, confidence, and self-regulation
Support change that integrates smoothly into daily life
You remain in control at all times.
To support progress beyond sessions, my services may include guided audio resources, practical strategies to use between sessions, written handouts, and—where appropriate—brief updates or guidance for caregivers.
Clinical and Scientific Foundations
My therapeutic approach is comprehensive and holistic, integrating a range of evidence-based modalities and clinical protocols. Treatment is always tailored to each individual’s needs and circumstances, rather than applied as a standardised formula.
My work is evidence-based and integrative, drawing from:
Trauma-informed approaches grounded in attachment theory
This integration allows therapy to be both scientifically sound and experientially effective, supporting change at cognitive, emotional, and physiological levels.
The initial session focuses on understanding your concerns, establishing therapeutic goals, and identifying underlying patterns that may be maintaining current difficulties. The duration and frequency of therapy vary depending on individual needs; while some clients notice meaningful change within a small number of sessions, others may benefit from a longer or more gradual process. This is always discussed collaboratively and reviewed as therapy progresses.
Working with Families and Organisations
I provide clinical mentoring and therapeutic guidance for parents, supporting them to strengthen their own emotional regulation and, in turn, foster resilience, emotional safety, and adaptive coping in their children from an early age. This work recognises that children’s emotional wellbeing is closely shaped by the regulation and responses of the adults around them.
In addition to individual and family-based work, I offer specialised training and consultation for corporate and public-sector organisations. These programs are designed to support individuals working in high-pressure, high-responsibility environments, where sustained stress, performance demands, and emotional overload are common.
Training and consultation focus on:
practical tools for emotion regulation and arousal control
strategies to reduce stress reactivity and burnout
strengthening psychological flexibility and resilience
applying self-regulation skills in real-time workplace situations
Across all settings, the emphasis is on developing self-mastery and internal capacity, rather than reliance on ongoing therapy. The aim is to equip individuals, families, and organisations with skills they can apply confidently and independently in daily life.
What Our Clients Say
Thanks for helping our daughter to regain confidence… she is doing studies well and excelling…
Janaka W
I left your clinic as a changed person, I am positive and looking forward to enjoy the rest of my life..
Sarah A
…… I suffered from hayfever for fifteen years, it is a miracle, I can breathe now, I can breathe… I don’t believe it….
Jace A
Thanks for saving our marriage, we are back together, regain romance and being happy….
Sachi G
This is my seventh month after quitting smoking, I feel healthy and fit, thanks for your help…
Scott J
You are always enthusiastic, energetic, you are a good listener…thanks for your kindness…
Daniel H
… When I came to see you I did not know what I was doing, I was in a dark place, it was even hard to find my way, I was unable even notice you, my eye sight was also blurry, something has changed, I can see things clearly, I am feeling free…
Jennie F
…. I had an accident and was in a coma and was lucky enough to gain consciousness. Then I slipped into depression and suffered seven years. I was reborn after meeting you…. Thanks for helping me to regain my life..
Siva S
…… you treated me like a human being, thanks for listening, I am relieved now and a changed person ….”