About me
I am a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, and Academic Chair of the Postgraduate Courses in Professional and Clinical Psychology at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. Previously, I served as Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, where I was elected Head of Department for two terms from 2016 to 2021, a period marked by significant growth in student numbers.
In 2015, and again in 2020, I was appointed by the Minister of Health to the Professional Board for Psychology of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), and in 2020, I was elected as Vice-Chair of the Board.
Before joining the academic department at Rhodes University, I led the University Counselling Service from 2007 to 2008. Prior to that, I spent five years with the NHS at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, United Kingdom, a leading cognitive therapy centre, where I played a key role in developing low-intensity, brief cognitive therapy interventions for common mental disorders.