about Liz

I am a neuroscience-trained psychotherapist, and my work goes deeper than traditional talk-based therapy.

​While talk therapy often focuses on thoughts and behaviours, psychotherapy works with the emotional and nervous system patterns underneath them. This matters because many of our reactions aren’t conscious choices. They’re shaped by how our brain and nervous system learned to respond to stress, relationships, and past experiences. Even when we understand why we react the way we do, those deeper patterns can remain unchanged. This work supports those patterns to shift, not just be understood.​​

​My academic background includes an Honours degree in Political Psychology from the University of Melbourne. My studies explored how beliefs, meaning-making, and social systems shape our sense of self, belonging, authority, and worth, both individually and collectively. I am also a Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and hold coaching qualifications through an ICF-accredited program.

Throughout my life, I’ve been deeply curious about why we are the way we are and how our thoughts, beliefs, and values are formed; the stories we tell about ourselves and the world; and how these stories shape our lived experience.

​More recently, my work has been strongly informed by an understanding of neuroplasticity and our capacity to change over time. Together, we explore not only how your nervous system, inner world, and life experiences have shaped you, but also how you can begin to relate to yourself and the world differently moving forward.

​At different points in life, we are asked to choose between safety and growth, belonging and authenticity, adaptation and self-expression. When these choices are made under pressure, they can become patterns that persist long after they’re needed. In our work, we gently bring these patterns into awareness so their original purpose can be understood, and so you can decide whether they still serve you now.

Many people I work with are reconnecting with parts of themselves that have been set aside, such as intuition, creativity, emotional truth, or a deeper sense of meaning. Others come because they feel anxious, burnt out, at a crossroads, or quietly aware that something needs to change, even if they can’t yet name what that is. Whatever brings you, the work is collaborative, respectful, and paced to honour you.