Passion: Dr. T’s passion is the nurturance of children. She has worked as teacher, clinician, researcher and therapist. Her commitment is to supporting parents during the early years so that the potential capacity of children is protected and can blossom fully. When parents are assisted to nourish their children what can be achieved is usually beyond their greatest hopes. The nurturance and protection of children could prevent much human suffering. In addition, how we treat children determines what the next generation can achieve and the rate of human evolution. It is our most important legacy.
Encouraging Mothers to Survive, Thrive and Blossom.
Professional Background: Dr. T is a psychologist with a Masters and a Doctorate in Psychology. She runs three private Clinics and has diverse experience as an academic, researcher and clinician. She has implemented innovative programs across the fields of early intervention, schools, primary prevention and refugee and migrant health. Research has included early child development, trauma recovery, empowerment and the leadership of migrant women. Dr. T has conducted industry and social profiling at national, state and local levels. She has taught in the fields of Public Health, Psychology, Counseling, Medicine, Biomedical Science and Behavioral Science and holds numerous teaching awards. This diverse background is a source that informs her clinical work, training and practice.
Global Priorities: With the challenges we face today the most important thing we can do is nurture the next generation in new powerful ways. Children raised transformatively can conceptualize solutions that older humans, with more negative experiences and damaged neural pathways, are unable to conceive. Prioritizing the nurturance of children over short term capital gains is our most productive financial and social investment.
Skills: As a Psychologist Dr. T has worked with the range of human issues: from anxiety, depression, self-harm and trauma recovery to fostering empowerment, motivation and confidence. People are helped best by clear information that builds upon, and makes sense of, the issues they face. Parents are often flooded with information without any way of knowing what information is helpful or harmful. Restoration of personal confidence and power as a parent helps them be able to choose for themselves what information is trustworthy and to create strong, healthy lives for themselves and their children.
Mothers Standing with Dignity and Strength.
Personal Background:
“I was the first person in my family, on either side, to ever go to University and the first to ever receive a degree. I have four degrees and a Clinical Diploma. This was not done in ease and comfort. My children were raised while completing my Postgraduate degrees and working. There was little money and a lot of hard work and thrift store shopping! I understand what it is like to struggle to nourish children when you are threatened, hassled and challenged. I also know how important it is to be empowered to enjoy your children in life situations that are less than ideal. This site includes some of the things that will hopefully support and encourage you.
My children are now healthy strong adults who are good and powerful in their own right. They are people of whom I am proud, whose companionship I love and whose judgment I respect. There are ways to make life work while nurturing children and having a great time along the way.”