About Lisa

My journey into this work began in nursing. After completing my qualification, I worked in general medical nursing before moving into Neonatal Intensive Care.
A year later, I trained as a Midwife, working across antenatal, birth, postnatal, and special care nursery settings. Over 25 years, I became a senior clinician in this incredible field.

But as the years went on, I began to notice something missing. While we cared deeply for people’s physical needs, their emotional wellbeing often went unseen — yet it was always there, just beneath the surface.

That insight became deeply personal when I became a mother myself. During pregnancy and the postnatal period, I experienced anxiety and depression — something I hadn’t fully expected, even with all my clinical experience. I suddenly found myself in the same space I had witnessed so many others in: overwhelmed, unsure, and alone. And like many women, I discovered how hard it can be to find emotional support that truly meets you where you are.

That experience changed the course of my career. It led me back to university to study Counselling, and eventually into the mental health field, where I worked as a Senior Mental Health Clinician at the Raphael Service (St John of God) before starting my own private practice.

For the past nine years, my work has focused on perinatal and reproductive mental health, as well as trauma recovery and emotional wellbeing. More recently, my practice has expanded to include a broader range of counselling services — through Victim Services NSW, supporting women through stress, anxiety, grief, loss, and trauma and life adjustments. This evolution feels like a natural extension of my path, allowing me to bring the same depth of care and understanding to people at all stages of life.

At the heart of my work is a belief in individualised, collaborative care. Whether you’re seeking short-term support or space for deeper exploration, we’ll shape therapy together in a way that feels safe and right for you.

And most importantly: I get it.
I know how heavy life can feel, how isolating or confusing certain seasons can be. My intention is to offer a space where you’ll be met with compassion, not judgment — a space where you can breathe, be heard, and begin to reconnect with yourself.

• Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing 2020 - Western Sydney University
• Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Units 2018 - Western Sydney University.
• Circle of Security Parenting facilitator training - 2017
• Graduate Diploma in Counselling 2015 - Australian College of Applied Psychology.
• Graduate Diploma in Midwifery 1995 - Western Sydney University.
• Advanced Diploma in Applied Science Nursing 1990 - Western Sydney University.

• Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN)
• Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) - Clinical Membership
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)

• Professional Supervisor
• DBT informed practitioner
• EMDR - Level 2
• Internal Family Systems - Level 1
• Recovery based -Trauma informed training
• Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator
• Perinatal & Infant Mental Health