Qualifications
PhD, Political Science
University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma, Psychotherapy
Jansen Newman Institute
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
Membership of Professional Associations
Awards and Distinctions
Pierre Janet Writing Award
ISSTD, 2020 and 2014
Awarded for the best clinical, theoretical, or research paper in the fields of disassociation and/or trauma in the past year
Academic Achievement Prize
Jansen Newman Institute, 2001
David Jansen Differentiation of Self Prize
Jansen Newman Institute, 2001
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship
1990-1991
Honorary Associate
Department of Women’s Studies, Macquarie University, 2000
Visiting Research Scholar
Institute of Postcolonial Studies, Melbourne, 2000
Previous Positions
2013 - 2020
Head of Research
Blue Knot Foundation
2011 - 2012
Lecturer
MCAP, Jansen Newman Institute
2010
Lecturer
Master of Clinical Counselling program, Institute of Counselling & ACU, Strathfield
2010
Senior Research Officer
Mental Health Association NSW
2010
Researcher
Social Justice Social Change Group, UWS
2008 - 2009
Program Director
Jansen Newman Institute
2004 - 2007
Counsellor
Lifeline Western Sydney; counsellor in private practice
1994 - 2001
Lecturer, Department of Politics
Macquarie University, Sydney
I resigned my tenured lectureship in the Dpt of Politics at Macquarie University to pursue study and practice of psychotherapy but retain my interest in politics and the workings of power which are always relevant
1992 - 1993
Lecturer, Dpt of Politics
University of New England, Armidale (UNE)
1990-1991
Fulbright Post Doctoral Year
Dpt. of Government, Georgetown University, Washington DC
Dpt. of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley