I'm a clinical psychologist based in Melbourne, Australia. I worked for many years in the alcohol and other drug treatment sector, working with both voluntary and mandated clients presenting with a wide range of life challenges. Much of my work was co-located in community health settings, alongside allied health and medical services. I also worked in the mental health sector with co-occuring substance use and serious mental health concerns.
Over the years MI became the foundation for my work, providing an invaluable anchor for working with change. One of the things I have really appreciated in MI is the throughtful and highly practical way it approaches how we communicate, not just what we communicate. In this way, it has not only been helpful in its own right, but has helped to enhance other interventions.
I have worked hard to develop an inclusive, interactive training style that reaches people on different levels of learning. And I firmly believe that we learn best when we feel good being in that training room. I continue to try to find creative and practical ways to support learning and integrate skills into every day practice, as I am usually training professionals in settings with limited time and resources.
