The inspiration of this group led me into further academic training first in education and then in education psychology resulting in a Master's degree and then a PhD in counsellor training. I became a registered psychologist in the state of Victoria, Australia in 1989 and graduated from Monash University with a PhD in 1993.

I began practising as a psychologist in 1992 and then taught in counselling and psychology fields from 1995 to 2007 at Tabor College, a tertiary Christian College originating from the Pentecostal tradition. In 2008, I returned to counselling practice as a private practitioner and continue to be interested in Christians working together to express the Christian faith in psychotherapy.