A clinical career, a measurement-led practice.
I've been in clinical practice since 1997 — twenty-nine years, exploring and delving into what the body and brain are actually telling us.
I came into this work through the sports science pathway. I spent my early years in elite-level Rugby League in Queensland, where I learned that performance and recovery are nervous-system stories long before they are muscular ones. That instinct became the driving force behind my career.
Initially following my father, I trained as a chiropractor, focussing on Tonus Neurological technique and Bowen-based manual therapy. I developed a keen interest in the brain and the nervous system in my search for a deeper understanding of the body-brain connection, and engaged in postgraduate study in functional neurology, achieving certifications in qEEG brain mapping, neurofeedback, biofeedback, and anxiety education.
The Healthy Brain Clinic in Geelong and Camperdown evolved as a vehicle to deliver a service that I am strongly passionate about. The most intriguing thing that I discovered during this process was the ability to see the amazing way that the human brain functions and how neural dysregulation affects people's daily lives. The ongoing observations I have made through clinical practice have fuelled my excitement to expand my work so that I can reach as many people as I can, to assist them on their journey towards greater mental clarity and healthy brain function.
Outside the clinic, I have practised martial arts for forty-five years and have founded Vital Force Aikido in Geelong, Victoria as Head Sensei. Aikido taught me what no textbook could: that the nervous system reveals itself in movement, in breath, and in how a person meets pressure.
