Hello! I’m Deb Clinical Nurse Specialist and NDIS Specialist PBS Practitioner. I have 35 years of experience across public, private and not-for-profit sectors. I trained in England before moving to Australia with my husband, and have spent my career working across some of the most complex presentations in mental health and disability. I was instrumental in establishing and managing services for children, mental health, intellectual disability and forensic populations — and I bring that breadth of experience to every client I work with today. In the past seven years, my work has been focused within the NDIS. I am endorsed as a Specialist Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner. Through all of it, one thing has become undeniably clear to me: trauma sits at the heart of so much of what we’re trying to understand. I bring extensive experience supporting people through PTSD and Complex PTSD, and trauma-informed care underpins everything I do. I offer sessions via telehealth — so whether you’re in regional WA, rural Queensland, or anywhere else in Australia, you can access specialist support without leaving home. Outside of my clinical work, I am passionate about animal welfare. I have helped establish and manage several large animal rescue organisations across Australia, and I continue to support smaller groups with fundraising and capacity building. It’s how I stay grounded — and it reflects the same values that drive my clinical work: reducing suffering and making the world a little kinder. I integrate both top-down methods — building cognitive insight, language and emotion regulation — and bottom-up approaches that work with the nervous system, sensory processing and somatic experience. Together, these create a more complete pathway to safety, regulation and long-term growth.