As a counsellor I have always been drawn to women's issues. I began my career in British Columbia Canada where I taught courses in relationships, self-esteem and assertiveness for the University of British Columbia Women's Centre and the Vancouver Family Services Association through the 80's. I
also did family counselling for the Government of British Columbia and adolescent counselling for the Elizabeth Fry Society.

After registration as a counselling psychologist (with the British Columbia Psychological Association) I spent a decade in private practice.  In the early 90's I trained in humanistic psychotherapy with Jim Bugental, the first president of the Association of Humanistic Psychology and taught with him at a Professional Development  Centre called Haven by the Sea.  This work utilised my group skills and my years of experience in the group therapy movement in the 70's.  I belonged to B.C.'s Feminist Counselling Association and was the first Co-ordinator of Women's programmes at a community college.

In the late 90's I became interested in psychoanalysis and in Scotland am now registered as a psychodynamic counsellor (since 2004).  I trained with members of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Association (CPA), the Seattle Centre for Object Relations and the Seattle Institute of Psychoanalysis.  I was active in organising professional training events with the Western Branch of
the CPA and was a member of the Western Canadian Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association.

After  immigrating to Glasgow in 2001, while establishing myself in a new family and a new community and getting registered locally, I did volunteer counselling for the Tom Allan Centre for two years and was employed in the women's counselling service of the Sandyford Initiative.  The commitment to a women's service and a women's space appealed to me deeply. At the Listening Ear service there, in the course of 3 years I saw over 400 women, usually for a single session and learned how significant that one contact could be.  I gained a deep respect for the strengths and inner resources of my clients and a sense of some of the needs of the community.

I joined the Scottish Institute of Human Relations and became a member of the Scottish Association of Psychodynamic Counsellors.  In 2005 I began to develop my private practice here in psychodynamic counselling and in 2006 added a second consulting room on the South side of Glasgow where I live.  I
believe I gained some insight into the psychological health of My interests now as I look forward to my 60's, are in contributing to the social and emotional well  being of Glasgow's women.