I have been a counsellor for over thirty years. My original training was the Bachelor of Social Work at the South Australian Institute of Technology. For the first 15 years I worked in child protection services, correctional services and mental health services. For the last 15 years I have worked in a small non-government organisation providing counselling to couples and individuals.
As a counsellor, my approach is personal and practical while my theoretical base is animaception (see the blog) and attachment theory.
As an attachment based therapist I build healthy and natural relationship with my patients and support them to ‘meet the needs’ of those they love while being able to dismiss those they do not.
As an animaception based therapist I encourage and support individuals to notice, express and recover from their emotions and to resolve the ‘old’ traumas that continue to impact on their daily lives.
Counselling Services
If you struggle to develop and maintain changes to your life I encourage you to apply for counselling thus beginning the journey to repair and strengthen your relationships, be they partners, parents, children, enemies, friends, or yourself. Please complete an application for counselling here.
Animaception Theory
I have developed and written the theory of animaception to explain my lifelong interest, why people have emotions. They can be fun but they are often painful, and this conflictual existence had me curious from when I was a small child. Read my posts to learn more.
The development of the ‘basic’ theory of animaception led to a very surprising outcome; as you begin to understand and integrate animaception into your life it becomes obvious that humans are naturally and essentially compassionate creatures. It turns out the aggression and competitive undermining nature of some humans is actually unhealthy. To understand this requires an integrated understanding of emotions and their role in our everyday lives. Understanding the compassion is a journey because the first step is to understand and learn to be in charge of our emotions! To learn more about compassion keep reading the blog.