Acknowledgement of Country

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and wander, the Dharug, Gundungurra and Wiradjuri people. I recognise their continued connection to the land and waters, and acknowledge that they never ceded sovereignty. I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging, to the lineage of nature-based wisdom they steward and to the dreaming they embody.

Acknowledgement of Lineage

In offering the different strands of my therapeutic approach, I acknowledge the legacy of deep listening that was born through the dreaming of aboriginal people: the practice of listening to self, to place, to each other and to the dreaming itself.  I acknowledge that many of my approaches, including Somatic Inquiry and Process Work, flow in the same river, and borrow much from the wisdom traditions of First Nations.

Acknowledgement of Privilege, Rank, and Power

I acknowledge the privilege, rank and power I hold as a white, western male, and that this shapes my perspective on life and healing, together with my world view.  What I offer is drawn from practices that have deeply benefited me and I encourage you to explore whether they work for you.  Your own experience is the best litmus for what is right in your life.

I acknowledge that, for aboriginal people, deep healing must also involve reconnection with land, ancestors, family, culture and community.  I venture that this also holds true for non-indigenous people.

I acknowledge the devastating impact of living under persecution, in all its forms, and the ongoing wounding inflicted by cultures that are inherently re-traumatising.  I acknowledge that healing must also be a community initiative, undertaken for the benefit of the individuals living within it.

In my work, it is my heartfelt intention to guide people inward, connecting them with the profound healing potential of the human awareness, which is universal to all human beings. 

I name that the nature of awareness is vast and that healing work offers the possibility to tend not only our own individual wounding, but that of our culture and communities, and the lineage of inherited trauma that flows from our ancestors.   

In offering this work, I hope in some small way to contribute to the healing and wholeness not only of individuals but, through the reality of inter-connectedness, the healing of family systems, culture and, by extension, the earth herself.