It was through treating my baby son who had projectile vomiting that I became passionate about osteopathic care of babies and children. This has led to further study over the years, in my quest to help babies and children with a variety of difficulties, including birth trauma, colic and reflux, gait problems, poor dental occlusion and learning difficulties. These conditions often require a combination of conventional medical treatment in conjunction with osteopathic care and other supportive modalities.

Note, I am no longer taking on new adult patients.

I trained at the British School of Osteopathy (BSO) and subsequently joined the BSO’s Board of Governors and the General Council of Registered Osteopaths. In 1983 my family and I moved to Melbourne Australia, another life change that has been a great blessing.

My love of osteopathy has led to continuous study, teaching undergraduate and post graduate students in Australia, UK, USA, NZ, and several European countries. The Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation of Australia and New Zealand, of which I am a founding member, was established in 1990 as a vehicle for teaching post graduate courses.  In 1993, I pioneered the first Osteopathic Paediatrics degree in Australia leading to a Master’s degree at RMIT in Melbourne. 

I get great satisfaction from sharing this osteopathic journey with my colleagues and osteopathic students who are in their last years of study, for whom I have been running an annual Osteopathic Summer School since 1999. 

My deep and abiding passion is to contribute to the fulfilment of potential for children and adults through the use of osteopathy and other therapies that intrinsically support effective body function.