Clinical psychologist in brief

I was born and raised in Bergen, the 2nd largest city in Norway. At the age of 18 I started my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Walsh University, Ohio - USA. After completing my studies I moved to Brighton, England where I completed my Master of Arts in Psychology at the University of Sussex. I came to Australia in 2001 for my Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree with the University of South Australia. I first registered as a psychologist in 2002 and have been working full time as a psychologist since then. Many years later I completed my Doctorate degree in clinical psychology, and I am now an AHPRA Endorsed Clinical Psychologist and psychology supervisor. 

I very much enjoying travelling and find that my travels have taught me a lot about myself and other people. Combining my passion for psychology and travel worked very well in my life, providing constant change, variety and excitement to break up the hard work of studying for a total of 8-9 years and working outside of study as a poor noodle-eating student. 

My personal interests range from action and adventure such as diving and motorbike riding to the more sedentary activities of reading, classical music and the arts, and walking and playing with my two lovely labradors Stella and Wynter.  

I started my psychology career working with people with brain injury and neurological disease at Julia Farr Services in SA in Government. I progressed into clinical leadership and allied health management within a few years. My passion for work and travel inspired my move to Rockhampton QLD where I held several positions over 3 years in Disability Services QLD, a rapid progression of positions which culminated into director level in a few short years. I moved to Sydney in 2009 and started working in the non-Government sector, specialising in autism, intellectual disability, and positive behaviour support. After nearly a decade in the disability sector I switched focus to youth mental health, starting up headspace Bankstown in 2015 as the Clinical and Operations Manager of the new centre. This later grew to 4 centres, still focusing on clinical practice as well as management of allied health staff. In 2020 I started my own practice, working full time as clinical psychologist. 

Please feel free to look me up on LinkedIn if you would like further details about my professional career.