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I'm a clinical psychologist, animal-assisted therapist, private practice owner, board-approved supervisor & the creator of the SPARKSFIRE® Approach - a no-fluff approach to helping therapists move from overworked and overwhelmed to confident and thriving.

23/06/2026

🔥 The SPARKSFIRE Systems Snapshot

Most practices already have a client journey.

Some are beautifully designed and laid out perfectly.

Most are more like the Sydney CBD!

Built in layers, patched as needed, and (mostly) still functioning despite several questionable decisions made under pressure.

No judgement.

That's often how systems evolve.

The problem is that eventually those little workarounds start costing more than we realise.

Time.

Energy.

Money.

Good-fit clients.

Sanity.

The SPARKSFIRE Systems Snapshot is a practical, written review of your practice systems.

I'll look at things like:

• your website
• enquiry process
• intake flow
• FAQs
• email templates
• admin systems
• communication touchpoints
• and all the bits that technically make up your 'system'... but mostly live in your head

You complete a detailed prep form.

I review the patterns.

You receive a written report with 5 practical optimisation recommendations to help you:

✔ reduce admin
✔ save time
✔ improve client flow
✔ attract better-fit clients
✔ make everything feel a bit less clunky

And because I know part of the problem can be calendar management:

It's completely asynchronous.

No Zoom calls.

No scheduling.

No twenty-seven emails trying to find a time that suits both of us.

You fill in the form.

I do the review.

Your report lands in your inbox. With your 5 recommendations.

AND if you'd like help implementing the recommendations afterwards, the first 5 people to sign up also receive $250 credit toward SPARKSFIRE implementation support with me!

I've opened 5 pilot spots only while I refine the process.

And if I can't find at least 5 meaningful optimisation opportunities in your systems?

I'll refund you in full.

If your website, intake process, referrals, admin flow, FAQs, or "I'll fix that when things calm down" list has been quietly haunting you...

This might be a good place to start.

Link below and in bio!

https://sparksfire.com.au/systems-snapshot

22/06/2026

Burnout is rarely just about being tired.

It's what happens when the demands placed on us keep exceeding our capacity to meet them.

The problem?

Those demands don't all come from the same place.

Sometimes they're personal:
• Boundaries
• Health
• Nervous system capacity
• Patterns we've developed over time

Sometimes they're professional:
• Lack of confidence
• Disjointed training
• Ad-hoc or misaligned supervision
• The cost of co-regulation

And sometimes they're built into the systems we're working inside:
• Admin
• Compliance
• Technology
• Workflows
• Unrealistic expectations

Yet so often we reach for one solution and expect it to fix everything.

More "self-care".
More training.
More effort.
More "resilience".

When what we actually need is to identify - which layer is carrying the heaviest load?

Because you can't solve a systems problem with a bubble bath.

You can't solve a professional clarity problem by doing one more PD.

And you can't solve a capacity problem by ignoring your own nervous system, OR the systems you're working within.

The first question isn't:

"What should I do?"

It's:

"Where is the pressure actually coming from?"

That's where sustainable change starts AND finishes.

Which feels loudest for you right now?

And if you're not sure where to start?

Take my free 12-question Burnout Pressure Check.

In less than 3 minutes you'll discover whether your biggest source of strain is:

• Personal Capacity
• Professional Clarity
• Organisational Design

Because the solution depends on where the pressure is actually coming from.

🔗 Link in comments/bio or cut and paste the link below:

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/quiz/9dWFp9coZnCrsLXKvink

20/05/2026

I don’t know about you, but I find that one of the most exhausting parts of working in healthcare is watching successive governments continue pouring billions into short-term, politically visible “solutions” while largely ignoring the people on the ground telling them what would actually strengthen the system long term.

Every year:
• white papers
• advisory groups
• stakeholder consultations
• consumer panels
• workforce surveys

And every year it feels like clinicians, consumers, practices, and providers are saying versions of the same thing: strengthen the existing systems people are already using.

𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
O𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.
O𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘟𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦.
O𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵.

𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘯𝘰-𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

Instead, we keep getting reactive, fragmented, 'buzzword'-heavy reforms that cost fortune and just move pressure from one part of the system to another, or push the real consequences further down the line for the next government to deal with/spend more money on.

Real systemic change - like so much of the good that we do enjoy - requires governments willing to plant trees they may never personally get to sit under.

But to be fair, it also requires us as voters to stop rewarding short-term “announceable” policies over slower, less glamorous structural reform.

Because sustainable systems are built over decades, not election cycles.

So if this stuff matters to you, write to your local member.

Tell them you are paying attention and tell them you care about long-term sustainability, - not just short-term optics.

Because right now, a lot of clinicians and consumers are paying the price – literally and figuratively - of systems designed around political cycles rather than human needs.

18/05/2026

Do you relate at all?

One of the psychologists in our SPARKS group last year logged into our weekly call sitting in her car on a 𝟯𝟴-𝙙𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 day.

And because she wanted to make sure there was absolutely no background noise for everyone else?

She turned the air con off.

Not down.

𝗢𝗙𝗙.

Meanwhile, her body was sitting there quietly going:
“Um. Excuse me. We're boiling here. Turn the freakin' air con on!”

But she kept ignoring it because she didn’t want to inconvenience anyone.

Her phone, however, had no qualms enforcing some basic survival boundaries.

It overheated and shut itself down completely.

When she came back five minutes later - air con blasting this time - we had to tell her two things:
1. We genuinely couldn’t hear the air con at all.
2. That may have been one of the clearest examples of self-sacrificing we’d seen in a while.

Then came the question:
“Would you leave your kids in a hot car like that – for even 5 minutes?”

Immediate horrified response:
“Of course not!”

“Your dogs?”

“Absolutely not.”

But herself?

That had somehow felt reasonable.

And THAT’S the weird little trap with self-sacrificing patterns.

The rules change as soon as it’s about you.

Discomfort becomes acceptable.

Needs become negotiable (or non-existent).

Your wellbeing quietly drops to the bottom of the priority list while everyone else’s comfort gets protected automatically.

Until one day your nervous system, your body - or apparently your iPhone - stages an intervention.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛?

11/05/2026

Yesterday marked 14 years since I was fully registered as a psych!

Which means I’ve now been working in mental health for 20 years!! And healthcare overall for 32!!

Which honestly seems kind of unbelievable!!

I’m not quite sure when “I’ve been doing this forever” snuck up on me, but here we are.

As you all know I'm a big believer in acknowledging achievements and milestones like this (well at least I have been since I started trying to practice more of what I preach with the SPARKS Approach!) And I do think these moments are a useful time to pause and reflect - while giving yourself that pat on the back of course!

So here are my top 5 takeaways:

1) Being good at this work is not the same as being endlessly available for it.

2) Doing more is not always helping more.

3) The people who look the most capable are often carrying the most invisible load.

4) Good therapy is rarely (like close to NEVER) about saying the perfect thing at the perfect time (although SUPER nice when/if that does happen!). It’s more often about making the room safe enough for the real thing to be felt - and then MAYBE said.

5) Trying to create an actually sustainable practice - while not impossible - is MUCH harder to do after you've burned out! (But annoyingly, that's often the first time you really get it!) BUT if it's something you can build before the wheels fall off, it'll save you a LOT of pain down the track!

Overall, I’ve LOVED this work in all its weirdness, depth, privilege, heartbreak, humour and head-shaking moments.

And I think one of the biggest things the years have taught me is this:

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Coz the work is truly awesome. But it's not worth sacrificing yourself, OR your health!

Anyway. Slightly wild milestone!

Very grateful. Slightly tired. Still here! :)

02/05/2026

Can you spot the AI? 👀

This reel was made using 7 different AI tools and programs — some obvious, some a little sneakier.

And that’s kind of the point.

AI isn’t just about writing captions or asking ChatGPT to make your notes sound nicer (although that is super useful!)

It can also help with visuals, organisation, resources, workflow, planning, content creation and all the tiny admin-ish tasks that quietly eat at your time (and your brain!)

So… how many uses of AI did you spot?

Drop your guess in the comments — and if you’re curious about how healthcare workers like you can use AI ethically, safely and practically, come along to the free webinar this Monday.

**Exploring AI for Clinicians**
Monday 4 May | 7-8pm AEST

Register via the QR code in the reel or the link here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/exploring-ai-for-clinicians-the-known-the-new-and-the-unexpected-tickets-1985140680213?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Let me introduce you to a range of different practical, grounded ways AI can support clinicians without replacing the human bits!

27/04/2026

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗔𝗜 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿!

I'm amazed at how many of my supervisees and coaching clients still haven't had a play with any of the 100s of AI tools out there!

Which of course means they have no idea how much time, money and energy it can save - or how fun it can be!

And the biggest barrier to this seems to be:

“…I have no idea where to even start.”

Hence this webinar!

I’m teaming up with David Lopis (who’s doing great work with AI in the psych space) to walk through what AI can really look like in practice - not the shiny promises, or even the complicated stuff - but the real, simple ways to help you create immediataely usable stuff.

We’ll show you:
- how people are using AI for content + resources
- what custom GPTs and chatbots can realistically do
- how AI scribes and note tools work (I’ll demo this live)
- the myths, weird quirks, and lesser-known, most recent uses - including making your own infographics as in the example below
- and importantly - how to do this all ethically and safely

It’s a grounded, practical session - and you certainly don't need to be a tech wiz to take something really useful away from this.

Plus of course - its also a totally free hour of PD!

So click the link below to register and come along and see what’s possible!

Mon 4th May
7-8pm (AEST)

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/exploring-ai-for-clinicians-the-known-the-new-and-the-unexpected-tickets-1985140680213?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

20/04/2026

I was talking to a coaching client a while back…

She had 20 years of experience.
Was an actual trainer in her particular niche.
Internationally accreditated.

The kind of clinician other therapists seek out to learn from.
And yet…

She was seeing up to 9 clients a day just to make ends meet.
Because she hadn’t felt “good enough” to raise her fee in years – not even $10.
(For context - she was charging $190/hr... in the 2020s)

When we unpacked it, the reason certainly wasn’t lack of experience, or skills, and certainly not lack of positive outcomes for clients.

It was this:
“I don’t have training in X or Y 𝘺𝘦𝘵… so I 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 justify charging more.”

𝗔𝗞𝗔: 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲.

Because Shiny Squirrel doesn’t care that you’re already highly trained.
It doesn’t care that you’re actively helping your clients.
It doesn’t care that you’re literally training other clinicians.

It just keeps whispering:
“Yeah… but remember that one client 5 years ago who really wanted X or Y?”

So instead of charging appropriately… she kept slogging away. 30+ clients/week!
Trying to earn a feeling that no amount of training was ever going to give her.

And this is the price we pay for minimising the stuff we do well- for not focusing on BEING in the room rather than what we DO in the room.

Which is why SPARKSFIRE doesn’t hand you another shiny thing to chase.

It helps you notice the traps you keep falling into and shows you how to step out of them safely.

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.
I𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂?!

13/04/2026

A very quick snapshot of how I’ve been using ChatGPT this week 👇

Not in a “build a robot empire” way… 😉

More like:

• making a thoughtful birthday gift
• turning random ideas into a complete presentation
• organising a website build without frying my brain
• creating a quick intro video for a friend
• going down a research rabbit hole (because of course I did)

Using AI can be fun and creative.

And it's not about doing more!

Just spending more time on the stuff you WANT to be doing and less time on the stuff you DON'T.

If you're interested, but not sure where to start - I’ve put together a free ebook + some on-demand trainings:

https://subscribepage.io/1oCzJO

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Melbourne, VIC

Website

https://12pointspsychology.com/sparks-from-band-aids-to-breakthroughs/

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