My Profile
I have been working in private practice since 1994. In that time I have worked with adults, adolescents, and children, suffering from a range of problems and pathologies. In addition to my direct therapy work, I provide supervision to other psychoanalysts and mental health social workers counselors/psychotherapists interested in practising from a psychoanalytic orientation.
I have extensive experience teaching in psychoanalytic programs of study at post-graduate and undergraduate levels. I have regularly taught and presented at professional development seminars run by the Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis (ACP) and more recently the Lacan Circle of Australia (LCA). I was an active participant in the ACP's seminar programs since 1991. I ran the clinical seminar program of the ACP between 2008–2014 and co-ordinated the four year program clinical and theoretical studies. I have presented the LCA's winter webinar series in 2021 and 2023.
I have undertaken the tripartite training required to become a psychoanalyst; personal analysis, supervision of psychoanalytic cases over several years, and a course of clinical and theoretical studies run by the ACP. This formation continues by regular involvement in the seminar programs of the Lacan Circle of Australia.
In 2005 I completed my PhD within the Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University. My research investigated Lacan's invention of objet a and its antecedents; exploring how this invention transforms Freud’s theory of the drive.
Mental Health Social Work
I completed my training in social work with a specialization in mental health. I have a Masters of Social Work from the University of Melbourne. I am an accredited mental health social worker, as such, I participate in regular professional development and training in mental health-related practice. I have been a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers since 1994. I have a Medicare provider number as a mental health social worker and, as such, can receive referrals under the Better Access to Mental Health Care Scheme funded through Medicare.
