PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
1987 Registered Nurse, Division 2; Metropolitan and Eastern School of Psychiatric Nursing
1988 Psychiatric Nursing Certificate, Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN); Metropolitan and Eastern School of Psychiatric Nursing
1989 Certificates in Gestalt, Psychodrama, and Psychotherapy: Richmond Institute
1991 Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Psychiatric Nursing) , Phillip Institute of Technology
1991 Certificate in Professional Assault Response Training: Royal Park Corporation
1992 Certificate in Management & Implementation of Change & Conflict Resolution: Office of Psychiatric Services
1995- Mother
1997 Professional Counselling: Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
2004 Graduate Diploma in Applied Arts, Theology. Australian Catholic University
2005- Masters in Theology: Australian Catholic University
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Some of my positions have been as follows;
*Acute Clinical Specialist of Royal Park Corporation
*Clinical Teacher in Psychiatric Nursing specializing in Therapeutic Intervention, Royal Melbourne Institute
*Tutor, Ballarat University, First & Second Year Psychology students.
*Psychiatric Nursing intervention in Prisons, Victoria
*CoOrdinator, Ballarat Psychiatric Fellowship, providing accommodation, daily support and 24/7 advocacy to folk experiencing mental health challenges.
*Consultant, NGOs Queensland, in individual and community mental health needs.
PARTICULAR PASSIONS
Always advocacy for the rights of individuals
Theraputic intervention in challenging behaviours
Anthropological issues in diagnosis of psychotic, personality and neurotic disorders
Spiritual aspects of Emotional/mental challenges
Education of children and teens for optimal growth.
OTHER STUDIES OF NOTE
Philosophy from Ancient Greece to the periond of ‘Enlightenment’
Anthropology, Mythology, History, Sociology. Psychology
Evolution of spirituality in conjuction with psychological evolution in cross-cultural recorded history
An ‘attempt’ to understand quantum physics.
Haha, we all ‘attempt’ to understand quantum physics. There is a famous physicist (Pauli?) who said ‘no-body understands quantum physics’ – and that was his speciality!