About
I grew up in South Africa, and after qualifying as a social worker - moved to London where I obtained my Practitioner Doctorate in Counselling Psychology with a specialization in psychodermatology. Over the next decade and a bit, I worked in the NHS, lectured on post-graduate courses at London Metropolitan University and supervised psychology students.
In 2006 I moved to Greece where I lived and practiced for the next ten years. During this time I was part of the first group to complete the International Schema Therapy Certification Course in New York. I was trained directly by Jeffrey Young & became an Advanced schema therapist, trainer and supervisor.
In Athens I collaborated with a dermatology hospital to set up a psychology service for patients with chronic skin disease and was President of the Greek Psoriasis Patient Association. To advance learning in Schema Therapy I lectured at the Athens Institute of Research and Behavior, provided Schema therapy training with Arnie Reed and Chris Hayes.
In 2016 I moved to California with my husband and young son. I am currently director of the California Schema Therapy Training Program with Kathy Rudlin and we are expanding schema therapy training in Los Angeles and San Diego.