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

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.

I began teaching undergraduates in the UK in 1979 and in 1985 I joined the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) as a part-time lecturer. RMIT was the first University to run an osteopathic degree course. In 1993, I pioneered the first Osteopathic Paediatrics degree in Australia leading to a Master’s degree at RMIT. 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. Since then I have taught on many such courses in Australia, NZ, USA, UK and several European countries.

In 1995 my family moved to Canberra where for one year, we had a child in every level of education from university to pre-school! Over the last twenty two years the clinic has grown and there are now have 8 osteopaths in the clinic supported by a great admin team.

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.

Additionally, there may be other modalities that can enhance outcomes for children with learning difficulties, an example of which is sound therapy

In working with children with learning difficulties during the last twenty five years, I developed an interest in the use of sound therapy which is now delivered by Harry Armytage in the World of Wellbeing clinic, also in the Canberra Health Point (on the same floor as the Canberra Osteopathic Centre).
Find out more at: www.listen4life.com

In the last two years I have added low level laser therapy to my work as a way of applying the osteopathic philosophy to encourage and enable the innate healing processes in the body, Find out more here  or call to book on 02 62604774.