Graduate Diploma of Infant Mental Health (2025)                              

Federation University, Ballarat, Vic 

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Graduate Diploma of Childhood and Play (2024)

Deakin University, Geelong, VIC

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Child-Centre Play Therapy Program (2016) 

Play Therapy Australia, Western Australia

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Bachelor of Social Work (Hons) (2004)

University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

 

Bachelor of Arts (English) (1999)

University of Qld, Brisbane, QLD

Penn State University, USA

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Other Qualifications & Professional Development

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• Registered Circle of Security-Parent Facilitator, Circle of Security

• Certified Learn to Play Practitioner, Deakin University

• Theraplay Level 1 - Compass Seminars

• Dare to Lead (Brene Brown), Of Kin

• Trauma Responsive Leadership, Blue Knot

• Reflective Practice and Feedback in Supervision, Daphne Hewson

• ACT for Beginners, Psychwire

• Narrative Exposure Therapy, QPASTT and Transcultural Mental Health Centre

• Biofeedback, NSW Survivors for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture & Trauma

• Therapeutic Life Story Work, Richard Rose, Berry Street Childhood Institute From

• Mistrust to Trust: Brain based, attachment-focused treatment for traumatised children and young people, Dan Hughes and Jon Baylin Australian Childhood Cool Kids Anxiety Program, Macquarie University

• Hey Warrior - Working with Anxiety in Young People, Karen Young ​

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