My undergraduate and Masters' degrees in Psychology are from the University of New South Wales.
My doctorate in Clinical Psychology is from California School of Professional Psychology - Berkeley, California.

My clinical experience includes more than 30 years in private practice, and more than 10 years in university counselling departments and community mental health centres.

My teaching experience includes more than 15 years teaching post-graduate courses in Clinical Psychology in Australia and the United States.

I am registered as a Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.

While living in California I was registered as a Marriage, Family and Child Counsellor by the State of California.