Looking beyond ‘happiness’, we all have an encoded capacity for peaks of joy in relationships, a peaceful inner life, and bliss in our work. Our gift is our uniqueness, and sharing this brings us deep fulfilment. This is the bedrock that grants us growth and resilience through our darkest moments.

My counselling and teaching work springs from an awareness that our own healing radiates outwardly; positively impacting our family, community and world.

As you can see, my work is varied:

• I speak at international conferences, on a range of themes presented in my books.
• I conduct international trainings for psychotherapists, and for parents.
• I offer private psychotherapy/counselling/coaching sessions.

To invite me to speak at your event, to join one of my classes or to enquire about private sessions, please use the contact link at the bottom of this page.

Across all of my endeavours, this is the vision that sustains me and energises my work:

 “Our own personal and relational healing journey is the greatest driver of a new kind of society: one that is regenerative, peaceful and dynamically inter-connected with our Natural World”.

I was born in Uruguay to migrant parents. Spanish was my first language, French my second (from attending a French Lycée) and Romanian my third (from my parents).

When I was 10 years old we left a troubled South America behind, and came to Australia. Although this early dislocation was quite challenging, it it’s left me with a lifetime fascination with how our diverse cultures and our childhood experiences shape the way we relate to the world.

After university, I spent many years training in a number of psychotherapy modalities; in particular: group therapy and body-oriented psychotherapy. Psychotherapy continues to be a commitment and passion for me. I’ve been in private practice for 35 years.

I love to write. I also love to research all human sciences – anthropology, history, neuropsychology. So far, three books (Parenting for a Peaceful World, Heart-to-Heart Parenting, Inner Child Journeys), and countless articles. My principal passion is the deep connection between personal wellbeing and planetary wellbeing.

Besides this: playing music (guitar, banjo, percussion and singing) is my second vocational passion – and I strongly believe in the healing properties of music.

I love to research and to write about the sciences and knowledge systems that clarify what it is to be human and illuminate our quest for our truest potential. I have written many articles for parents, educators and health professionals; on social evolution and brain science. These have been translated into multiple languages and republished globally. I have written three books: Parenting for a Peaceful World, Heart to Heart Parenting and Inner Child Journeys. It’s been an ongoing thrill to see them translated into German, French, Serbian, Korean and Chinese – with more translations on their way.

I train therapists in my ‘Inner Child Journeys’ therapeutic method, and I run group supervisions online.

Travelling across Australia and around the world to deliver my keynote addresses, seminars and workshops never gets old. I love meeting diverse international communities of visionaries; people devoted to enriching children’s lives – front-line warriors in the quest for an evolving humanity.