Educator, Researcher, Registered Mental Health Professional
Rural Mental Health
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Counsellor, farmer, researcher
Working where land, people, and mental health meet
Supporting rural communities through change, challenge, and connection
I am a fully qualified and registered member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors
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Media Articles:
Rural Guardian, 11 February 2024, Finding happiness. Click here.
Rural Guardian, 11 December 2023, Rural business women recognised at awards. Click here
Rural Life, Monday, 28 February 2022. Survey offers hope to young rural men. Click here.
Farmer’s Weekly, March 2, 2022. Prioritising men’s mental health. Click here.
Farmer’s Weekly, May 16 2022. No lessons in shaming and bullying farmers. Click here.
Farmer’s Weekly, June 29, 2022. Nurture community, as well as environment. Click here.
Newsroom, 8 July 2022. Mental health’s ‘hell of a ride’ for rodeo lover. Click here.
Stuff, 8th May 2021. Lands of loneliness: The unbearable pressures of farm life. Click here.
Otago Daily Times/New Zealand Herald. 1st August 2022. Learning to spot the warning signs. Click here.
Otago Daily Times, 7 September 2022. Firearms licence fears often unwarranted. Click here.
Otago Daily Times, 14 November 2022. New taxes put rural communities at risk. Click here.
Otago Daily Times, 31st October 2022. Let’s have a little more respect for the farmers who put food on our tables. Click here.