Coach & Mentor
Education
Marie Therese received her post-graduate diploma in psychotherapy and counseling from Jansen Newman Institute (Sydney, Australia), with specialisation in family, existential, narrative, and psychodynamic and group therapies, combined with her dissertation on grief. She holds an undergraduate degree from La-Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia) in gender studies.
Publications
Marie Therese has been published in several anthologies, including 'The Honoured Poets of 1998' and 'The Liquid Mirror Anthology' in 2000. Her memoir, 'Sex, Spirit and the Soul of Therapy,' was published in 2009 and chronicles her journey through psychoanalysis and healing from trauma caused by domestic violence and religious upbringing. Her film script, 'Close Your Eyes and Jump,' inspired by her mother’s story of domestic violence, received a commendation from the Austin Film Festival in 2023. She hopes to secure funding to make the film soon.