After an extensive career in education, Denise embarked upon a career in counselling. She is a registered and qualified counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (Level 4), a professional member of the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association( ANZACATA) and a qualified teacher in Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). She has a private counselling practice and provides face to face sessions in the Central Victoria as well as telephone and video counselling