Originally from Adelaide, South Australia, I have lived in Toronto since
1990. I graduated from the massage therapy diploma program at
Sutherland-Chan School & Teaching Clinic in 1997 and have been teaching there part time since 1998.

My Swedish massage clinical practice is supplemented by training in
Craniosacral Therapy (Level One, Upledger Institute) and Matrix Repatterning (George Roth), and I have also taken workshops in Feldenkrais (Marion Harris).

I held the position of Clinical Coordinator at Sutherland-Chan School &
Teaching Clinic from 2001 to 2004, and was Chief Examiner 2001-2003. Currently I teach Clinical Assessment (why does this hurt?), Business (what's a tax deduction?) and supervise specialty clinics at Princess Margaret Lodge, Princes Margaret Hospital (cancer care) and with PWA/Fife House (HIV/AIDS).

Previous subjects taught at Sutherland-Chan include Anatomy Palpation (what's this I feel?) and Remedial Exercise (how should I stretch?).

In February 2005 I developed and taught a business skills workshop Flying Solo in Puerto Vallarta for registered massage therapists and look forward to further developing this series of workshops.

In addition I have contributed editorial assistance to several
health-related textbooks and an expert witness report on record keeping for the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario.

I am very proud of the ongoing partnership between Donvale Massage Therapy Clinic and St. Michael's Hospital to provide massage therapy for HIV+ clients of The Health Centre at 410 Sherbourne Street.