Julie is an endorsed community and counselling psychologist and supervisor. She is a senior lecturer in counselling at Eastern College Australia with training in narrative therapy. She has worked as a researcher at Australian Psychological Society, counselling co-ordinator at Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, community educator at Victorian Equal Opportunity Commission. Julie has also been a foster parent and a cottage parent. She enjoys bushwalking with her husband, sons and grand-daughter, gardening, water aerobics, classical piano, singing, reading and writing.